Jaime Nau has been promoted to president of Nieco Corporation, a Windsor, California-based manufacturer of broilers for commercial kitchen cooking and part of The Middleby Corporation.
Nau will continue to oversee and direct the day-to-day operations of sales, manufacturing, engineering and research and development for Nieco, as she did in her previous position as Nieco general manager. In her expanded role Nau will be more involved with all of the Middleby brands and the corporate strategy for commercial foodservice.
New customers and markets
“Jaime has proven to be an effective and respected leader who has successfully grown sales and seeded new products in the global marketplace,” said Korey Kohl, Middleby Group president who made the announcement.
“Under Jaime’s leadership as GM, the Nieco business continued to grow, reaching new customers and markets with innovative products. She has built trusted relationships with both her internal teams and key customers. We are confident she will excel in her role at president of Nieco.”
Nau has been with Nieco for more than a dozen years in various roles including several management positions within the company in sales, operations and customer service. Prior to joining Nieco she worked with ConeTech, Inc. in the wine industry.
About The Middleby Corporation
The Middleby Corporation is a global leader in the foodservice equipment industry. The company develops, manufactures, markets and services a broad line of equipment used in the commercial foodservice, food processing, and residential kitchen equipment industries.
The company’s leading equipment brands serving the commercial foodservice industry include Anets®, APW Wyott®, Baker’s Pride®, Beech®, BKI®, Blodgett®, Blodgett Combi®, Blodgett Range®, Bloomfield®, Britannia®, Carter-Hoffmann®, Celfrost®, Concordia®, CookTek®, Crown®, CTX®, Desmon®, Deutsche Beverage®, Doyon®, Eswood®, EVO®, Firex®, Follett®, frifri®, Giga®, Globe®, Goldstein®, Holman®, Houno®, IMC®, Induc®, Ink Kegs®, Jade®, JoeTap®, Josper®, L2F®, Lang®, Lincat®, MagiKitch’n®, Market Forge®, Marsal®, Middleby Marshall®, MPC®, Nieco®, Nu-Vu®, PerfectFry®, Pitco®, Powerhouse Dynamics®, QualServ®, RAM®, Southbend®, Ss Brewtech®, Star®, Starline®, Sveba Dahlen®, Synesso®, Taylor®, Toastmaster®, TurboChef®, Ultrafryer®, Varimixer®,Wells® and Wunder-Bar®.
The company’s leading equipment brands serving the food processing industry include Alkar®, Armor Inox®, Auto-Bake®, Baker Thermal Solutions®, Burford®, Cozzini®, CVP Systems®, Danfotech®, Deutsche Process®, Drake®, Emico®, Glimek®, Hinds-Bock®, Maurer-Atmos®, MP Equipment®, M-TEK®, Pacproinc®, RapidPak®, Scanico®, Spooner Vicars®, Stewart Systems®, Thurne® and Ve.Ma.C.®. The company’s leading equipment brands serving the residential kitchen industry include AGA® AGA Cookshop®, Brava®, EVO®, Fired Earth®, Heartland®, La Cornue®, Leisure Sinks®, Lynx®, Marvel®, Mercury®, Rangemaster®, Rayburn®, Redfyre®, Sedona®, Stanley®, TurboChef®, U-Line® and Viking®.
