Fred Singer, president and CEO of Singer Equipment, announced the acquisition of the business of Thompson & Little. Located in Fayetteville, North Carolina, Thompson & Little is one of the largest foodservice equipment and supplies dealers in the Southeastern United States. Drew O’Quinn, the current leader of Thompson & Little, will continue to run the new division as its President, reporting directly to Fred Singer. The new division will operate under the name Singer T&L.
Fred Singer says, “I am excited about the opportunities that this acquisition will bring to our company and the employees and customers of Thompson & Little. Drew and his team have a reputation for performing high quality work and managing technical and complex projects. Most importantly, they share our passion for building long-term customer relationships. We look forward to supporting the growth of Singer T&L and building on the great team that is already in place.”
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The 2021 FMA Virtual Annual Meeting on March 3-4 celebrates hundreds of leaders and manufacturing heroes in metals fabrication, processing, and distribution.
The past year has been a stressful one for all in the metal fabricating community. In spring 2020 shops were wondering where they fit into the overall economic discussion as the world tried to figure out what an essential and nonessential business was. Those who continued to work had to figure out how to do it safely.
Then as business began picking up from almost halting in the earlier part of the year, metal fabricating companies had to balance the normal chaos of job scheduling and tight lead times with the reality of people needing more flexible schedules and extended absences for those that may have gotten the COVID-19 or been exposed to someone who had. With a
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MINNEAPOLIS The Twins announced their Minor League coaching staffs for the 2021 season on Tuesday, highlighted by the return of a Gardenhire to a managerial post in the Twin Cities, with Toby Gardenhire son of longtime Twins manager Ron assuming the reins for the new Triple-A affiliate in St. Paul.
Gardenhire will reprise his role as Triple-A manager after he was elevated to the post for the canceled 2020 season, while Ramon Borrego will also return as Double-A manager for the new Wichita affiliate. Former Twins player Brian Dinkelman will still be the manager in Cedar Rapids now the Class A Advanced affiliate and Aaron Sutton will again be lined up to make his debut as a professional manager with Class A Fort Myers.
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MINNEAPOLIS-ST. PAUL, MN – The Minnesota Twins today announced minor league managerial and coaching assignments for the 2021 season. For the second consecutive year, all six affiliates will have two pitching coaches, one of whom is bilingual (English & Spanish), while the top three levels employ five-person coaching staffs.
Triple-A St. Paul Saints
Toby Gardenhire makes his Triple-A managerial debut with the St. Paul Saints, after guiding the Twins’ two Single-A affiliates to a combined 151-121 (.555) mark from 2018-19.
Matt Borgschulte will be the Saints’ hitting coach, after serving in the same capacity for Single-A Ft. Myers in 2019 and the GCL Twins in 2018.