CHICAGO, IL — Figuring out who owned whom was part of the adventure walking the aisles of the massive Food Marketing Institute Show, held here recently. A lot of familiar names in the refrigeration sector appeared in newer guises.
For example, Tyler Refriger-ation, a major maker of supermarket racks, was bannered under the Carrier Tyler name, reflecting the former’s acquisition of the latter. Hussmann was in the Ingersoll-Rand fold. A new name in the industry, Enodis, had close to two dozen brand names — including Scotsman, Ice-O-Matic and Kysor Warren — in its listing. The condensing unit maker KeepRite, refrigerated boxes builder Bally, and refrigerant and recovery equipment maker National Refrig-erants all shared a booth. Two Emerson companies, Copeland and CPC Controls, were next-door neighbors.