FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February 25th, 2010
Contact: Dan Farmer, Director of Business Development
800-837-8327

CPS Announces Partnership with Groen - Unified Brands

Columbus, Ohio - Commercial Parts & Service, Inc. is proud to announce the addition of Groen to our family of over 150 manufacturers that we represent as an Authorized Service Agent.

"The Groen line is a premium line and is a big lift to our portfolio," explained Tony Allen, Vice President of Operations and Columbus Branch Manager. "The addition of Groen completes our support of the Unified Brands family of equipment. It is a fantastic opportunity for the company and we are excited to be their newest ASA."

Groen is part of the family of Unified Brands. (From the Unified Brands website) Unified Brands and its Groen, Randell, Avtec and CapKold product lines have leading industry positions in cooking equipment, cook-chill production systems, custom fabrication, foodservice refrigeration, ventilation and conveyor systems.  Unified Brands is one of many individual operating companies of Dover Corporation operating within the Food Equipment segment of its Dover Engineered Systems subsidiary. Unified Brands is headquartered in Jackson, MS and operates manufacturing facilities in both Weidman, MI and Jackson, MS.

ABOUT CPS
Since 1972 CPS has been caring for the commercial kitchen equipment needs of the greater Ohio area. CPS is also one of the largest OEM parts distributors in the United States. Currently they employ over 90 people of which half are on the road as service technicians. With active branches in Cincinnati, Columbus and Dayton and satellite locations in Cambridge, Chillicothe, Galion, Lima and Logan, CPS is the largest service company of its kind in Ohio and the only Certified CFESA (Commercial Food Equipment Service Association) Company based in Ohio. CPS has been a CFESA member since 1976.

To find out more about the Groen line of commercial kithchen equipment, please visit the groen website.

To order Groen OEM Parts, please visit our Groen webpage at http://www.cpsohio.com/groen.php.