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Norm Buggele Named President of CV-Tek and RapidPak

Norm Buggele, Middleby Executive Vice President and COO of CV-Tek and RapidPak, was promoted to the position of president for both brands.

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“As Middleby continues to expand its packaging capabilities, I am excited to follow the great leaders that came before me. The future is limitless in our new state of the art CV-Tek and RapidPak manufacturing facility along with the talents of our growing workforce to bring new equipment to market for high-speed MAP packaging.”

Mark Salman, President Middleby Food Processing commented, “Norm has years of industrial expertise and is a proven leader in manufacturing operations. His knowledge of primary and secondary packaging helps customers achieve both short and long-term goals, as well as integrate into our complete processing lines.”

Buggele holds a mechanical engineering degree from the University of Illinois Chicago.


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