Yamato Corp.'s Dataweigh division, Mequon, Wis., announced the following promotions:
• Bill Pierce, vice president of sales, USA and Canada
• Mike Taylor, vice president of sales, Latin America and new business development
• Bill Devlin, major account project manager
• Scott Kohlmann, service manager
The Dataweigh division provides multihead weighers, checkweighers and casepackers.

Blommer Chocolate Co., Chicago, named Vince Kramer (left) the director of quality assurance. Kramer has more than 22 years of experience in the food industry in various roles within the quality function. Most recently he was the director of quality assurance for Farley’s & Sathers.