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Food Processing & Consumer Products Marketing Specialist Joins Global Design/Construction Firm

Industrial Design & Construction (IDC) has announced the addition of Jeff Cross to its food processing and consumer products division. Mr. Cross is a marketing and food processing equipment specialist with 17 years of experience in the food processing industry. From his base in IDC’s Portland, Oregon office, Mr. Cross will serve IDC clients worldwide. IDC has 17 offices in the U.S., Europe and Asia.

Mr. Cross’ broad experience in project management, equipment procurement, manufacturing planning, and food plant operations and maintenance was of particular interest to IDC, which provides complete facility design and construction services from a single source. Mr. Cross is also heavily experienced in serving Asian and Latin American food processors, which complements IDC’s strategy to increase project activities in that part of the world. Mr. Cross is fluent in Spanish.

Mr. Cross’ background includes extensive experience with a wide range of food processing and packaging clients, including those involved in meat and poultry, dairy, household products, snack foods and frozen food industries. He is the former General Manager and Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Intech Enterprises Inc., where he managed sales, engineering, production and client service. He has also served as a Vice President of the International Division of Custom Food Machinery.

One of Mr. Cross’ distinctive areas of expertise is his ability to locate and install equipment at considerable savings to food and consumer products manufacturers. In repeated cases, he has used his vast network of contacts among new and used equipment suppliers to locate specialized processing and packaging equipment at great savings to clients.

IDC is an employee-owned, multidiscipline firm that provides design, construction management, equipment installation and ongoing facilities services to manufacturers worldwide. IDC’s staff of 1,400 uses a unique project delivery approach that totally integrates design, construction and operations capabilities. The company performs a complete range of projects from small facility upgrades to the complete design and construction of major new plants.

Contact: Ted Johnson - Portland, Oregon
Phone 503-224-6040; Fax 503-223-1494
Email: ted.johnson@idc-ch2m.com