Key Technology promotes Switten as area sales manager

Key Technology has promoted Bert Switten to area sales manager for central and northern California. Switten is responsible for bringing Key’s digital sorting, conveying and process automation systems to food processors and other manufacturers.

Prior to this promotion, Switten held the position of digital sorting sales support manager for North America, based in Key’s Sacramento, California facility. Before the Key-Visys merger in 2013, he was a customer service engineer for Visys NV in Hasselt, Belgium. He holds a bachelor’s degree in electro-mechanics and a master’s degree in industrial engineering from Limburg Catholic University College in Hasselt, Belgium.

Switten takes responsibility for the area that has been handled by Jack Kraemer, who is retiring from Key after 13 years. The primary territory includes Central and Northern California. Additionally, he’s responsible for all walnut processors and all Frito-Lay plants throughout California. Excluded are wine, tomato, tobacco, pharmaceutical and nutraceutical industry customers, which are handled by industry-specific sales teams.