Acrowood is proud to announce the promotion of Kendall Kreft to Vice President of Sales, North America. Kendall has been with Acrowood for more than 20 years.

“Kendall has focused his time with us as a scientist in fiber technologies. His work in our development lab has lead to several innovations for Acrowood and to the benefit of our customers,” said Farhang Javid, President and General Manager of Acrowood.

This experience in product development and working directly with Acrowood customers makes him a prime candidate for the promotion. Kendall has a Bachelor of Science in Forest Products and a Master’s of Wood Science, both from the University of Missouri.

Acrowood also recently promoted Jun Tian to Vice President of Engineering. Jun has a Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering and another in Civil Engineering. Both are from the University of Idaho. He has been with Acrowood for 11 years, both as an engineer and as the sales representative for China.

Julie Minnes was also promoted to Applications Engineer from the position of marketing associate. She will continue to help customers put together the chip processing packages that best meet their needs. Julie has a Bachelor of Science in Paper Science and Engineering from the University of Washington.

Acrowood has a more than 100 year history, first as Sumner Iron Works then as Black Clawson. The North American corporation engineers and manufactures quality machinery for the pulp and paper and wood yard industries.

While the personnel at Acrowood have changed over the years, the corporation’s long-standing commitment to chip quality excellence has remained the same. The promotion of these quality individuals is another part of the company’s commitment to its customers.