Peerless News Archive
- 10/14/2009 - Thank you for visiting The Peerless Group at iba!
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Thank you to all that made the trip to Dusseldorf, Germany and visited us at iba! For Peerless the iba show proved very successful across our mixing, dough handling, cookie sandwiching and cake make-up lines. We hope you had the opportunity to see our all new depositing technology in action at the AutoBake stand in hall 16. If you didn't please...
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- 09/17/2009 - PEERLESS TO EXHIBIT AT STAND D10 IN HALL 11 AT IBA 2009
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Join 76,000 industry professionals in Düsseldorf, Germany for the world’s biggest, freshest, most comprehensive trade fair for bakers and confectioners. Industry leaders gather here to find all the resources they need to improve product, productivity and profits. Here, close to 1000 exhibiting companies fill more than 72,000 m2 (775,000...
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- 04/06/2009 - Peerless adds new General Manager
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We are pleased to announce that Andrew Hovancik has joined the ITW Food Equipment Group as General Manager of The Peerless Group. Prior to joining The Peerless Group, Andy was a Senior Vice President at Intralox, LLC. Intralox is a leading manufacturer of specialized conveying equipment serving manufacturing and distribution companies...
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- 11/20/2008 - Peerless to attend iba 2009
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The Peerless Group has committed its booth space for iba 2009 - World Market for Baking. "We will showcase the latest technology in batter depositing, biscuit sandwiching, and dough mixing. iba has historically been an excellent show for The Peerless Group as our customers and prospects from around the globe are in attendance" states Matt Zielsdorf...
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- 11/20/2008 - Peerless Appoints New European Sales Agency
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Good news for the UK and Ireland industrial baking industry! Turkington Europe Ltd has been appointed as the selling agent for The Peerless Group. The agency agreement covers capital equipment sales, spares and service for the industrial bread and roll market in the UK and Ireland. Matt Zielsdorf, Peerless Vice President Sales, states...
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- 07/09/2008 - US Bakers – Don’t Forget the ESA!
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On February 13, 2008 President Bush signed the Economic Stimulus Act (ESA) of 2008 into law and it contains a wide array of benefits for American businesses for assets purchased in 2008. Among other things, higher first-year depreciation on assets bought in 2008 can significantly (and positively) affect a baker’s 2008 tax liability. The Peerless Group...
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- 06/27/2008 - Eric Cruse is Promoted to Service Manager For The Peerless Group
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The Peerless Group is pleased to announce the promotion of Eric Cruse to the position of Service Manager. With his new responsibilities Eric will be responsible for managing, scheduling and training the Peerless field service technicians as well as being a primary point of contact for all Peerless Group customers. Eric’s background in capital...
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- 06/12/2008 - Large-Scale HS24 Mixer System Ships To Europe
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The Peerless Group has recently shipped an HS24 Horizontal, roller bar mixer to a prominent European baker for the large-scale production of quality bread and buns. This system features Peerless’ fully-automated mixer solution incorporating its proprietary Custom Mix Cycle System (CMCS™) as well as the Peerless Dough Quality Controller (DQC™) for enhanced...
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- 01/07/2008 - ITW Food Equipment Group Acquires Peerless
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The Food Equipment Group of Illinois Tool Works Inc. (NYSE: ITW) has acquired The Peerless Group, including its Sidney, Ohio manufacturing facility. With a significant position in the retail and foodservice equipment markets, ITW saw an opportunity in acquiring The Peerless Group. “We are very interested in the wholesale baking industry...
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- 11/26/2007 - The Peerless Group Announces Web-based ePartz
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The Peerless Group has launched additional functionality to its market-leading website www.thepeerlessgroup.us with the addition of ePartz - a web portal for overstocked spare parts for Peerless Group machines. Users are able to search a subset of the Peerless inventory database and locate items that are either hard-to-find or no longer carried...
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- 11/20/2007 - Peters Updates The PT2 Sandwiching Machine
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The Peters division of The Peerless Group has just introduced the latest version of the industry-leading PT2 / QS sandwich cookie machine. This proven production machine is capable of producing 1,600 sandwiched products per minute with a wide range of crèmes, jams and peanut butter fillings. The unit can be equipped with a QS2 stacking system...
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- 10/17/2007 - Communications Protocol Now Available For Peerless Mixers
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Peerless Publishes Its Standard Communications Protocol for Mixers (PM-COMM-001) The Peerless Group has set the protocol standard for communications between its line of mixers and material handling (dry and liquid) in the bakery. “As technology advances, the need for a high level of exchange of data is required for the best system performance” said...
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- 10/12/2007 - Peerless Has Exceptional IBIE 2007
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Peerless Group Showcases Two New Machines At IBIE 2007 The Peerless Group exhibited a number of its technologies at the 2007 IBIE show and was very satisfied with the results of the show in Orlando. “Our virtual booth www.peerlessbooth.com resulted in almost 2,500 visitors prior to the show opening and with the leads we captured during the show Peerless had...
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- 10/04/2007 - WWW.PEERLESSBOOTH.COM Welcomes its 1,714th Visitor Before The IBIE Opens!
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WWW.PEERLESSBOOTH.COM Welcomes its 1,714th Visitor Before The IBIE Opens! Since the launch of www.peerlessbooth.com on September 14, 2007 The Peerless Group has recorded its 1,714th visitor to its virtual booth as of October 4, 2007. The innovative site was developed with two audiences in mind – one is the attendee who is trying to maximize their efficiency...
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- 09/14/2007 - Peerless Launches Industry-Leading IBIE Website
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The Peerless Group Launches a New Website Specifically for IBIE Sidney, Ohio – The Peerless group announces the creation of an innovative website aimed to increase the value of the IBIE experience for the baking market. www.peerlessbooth.com is an animated site to allow every Baker on earth to visit the Peerless Group booth 3700 via the...
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- 08/28/2007 - Peerless Updates its Tine Dough Feeder Design
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With the widest range of dough-feeding technology in the wholesale baking market, The Peerless Group has recently re-designed its popular Tine Dough Feeder for enhanced sanitation and maintenance. Designed for dry and/or agglomerated doughs, the Tine Dough Feeder efficiently breaks, spreads and forwards the dough for even feeding of downstream dough-forming...
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- 08/28/2007 - Peerless Belt-Driven Mixers in Even the Most Demanding Applications
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While there are many chain-driven horizontal mixers in the baking industry, in the past few years there has been a strong demand for belt-drive systems for their reduced noise, maintenance and sanitation characteristics. The Peerless Group has been using toothed belts for some time, but there was an inherent limitation in their load-carrying capability. ...
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- 08/15/2007 - CTC Touch screen Fix Now Available
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If you have a Peerless mixer installed prior to August, 2007 supplied with a CTC touch screen operator interface (model EPX 10” and EPX 15”) and are experiencing random lock-ups of the machine a software patch is now available for download from our website. We have found the root cause to be in the PS/2 touch screen driver software provided by the OEM. ...
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- 07/26/2007 - Peerless Named Vendor of The Year at Kroger
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Peerless Named Kroger La Habra’s 2006 Vendor of the Year The Peerless Group was named 2006 Vendor of The Year by Kroger’s La Habra, California bakery for its outstanding service and support of the baking operations. Recently Wally Mullvain, West Coast Regional Manager was on hand to accept the award on behalf of The Peerless Group. As a long-term supplier to...
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- 05/24/2007 - The Peerless Group Attains GOST-R Certification for Shipments to Russia
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In the global wholesale baking machinery marketplace, The Peerless Group is one of only few (and the only US-based company) to achieve ISO certification. This certification, first achieved in 1997 has served the company and its customers well, but ISO 9000 is not yet recognized in Russia. Peerless sees a sizable market for baking equipment in Russia as well...
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- 05/15/2007 - Peerless Adds a Waterjet
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Peerless Takes Delivery of the Area’s First 87,000 PSI Water Jet Machining Center When it came to increasing the manufacturing capacity at the Peerless Group, Will Witten, Director of Operations for Peerless, knew the time was right for water jet technology. “In recent years our investment in machining had been in CNC area, but we’ve reached a point where we...
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- 04/16/2007 - Peerless Passes Its 16th ISO Audit
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Peerless Passes Its 16th ISO Audit On April 11, 2007 The Peerless Group successfully passed its 16th consecutive ISO surveillance audit. “We are coming up on the 10th anniversary of our initial certification and this milestone is significant for us in many ways” said Rick Elsass, the Peerless Group ISO Program Manager. “Initial certification...
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- 03/23/2007 - To Sustain or Not to Sustain, There is No Question
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The issue of sustainability and the baking industry is receiving some much needed focus recently. It is a concept that makes a great deal of sense on all levels. While many are now working to define it within their organizations, most companies have been pursuing the path of sustainability literally since they began their corporate lives.The Peerless Group...
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- 03/23/2007 - Preventative Maintenance Made Easy
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The Peerless Group continues to develop new ways to help you keep your equipment in peak operating condition. “While the launch of our new web site offers our customers extended care capabilities though our unique Maintenance Reminder system, we have recently expanded our after-sale support offerings” says Rob Zielsdorf, Vice President of Service and Parts....
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- 03/20/2007 - Peerless Announces the Refined Rotary Dough Feed System
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The Peerless Group is now producing a new generation of dough feeding (RDF) equipment with enhanced sanitation features such as a swing-away control panel, curved structural members for superior liquid-shedding after wash down and no hidden ledges in the product zone. This coupled with a streamlined blade oiling system assures easy cleaning and...
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