Cleveland Range LLC Announces the Purchase of JC Pardo

September 19th, 2007

Cleveland, OH- Cleveland Range LLC, a leading provider of commercial steam cooking equipment, has announced that it has acquired the assets of JC Pardo & Sons, Inc., a leading manufacturer of high volume food production systems. JC Pardo, located in Baltimore, Maryland, has been a key Cleveland Range supplier partner for over ten years.

Rick Cutler, President of Cleveland Range commented, “The acquisition of JC Pardo positions us better to respond faster to the growing opportunities in cook chill operations, particularly in international and institutional markets.”

Cleveland Range, LLC, an Enodis company, was founded in 1922 and is a leading manufacturer of commercial steam-cooking equipment.  It offers complete lines of convection and pressure steamers, steam-jacketed kettles, tilting skillets/braising pans, combination steam and convection (“combi”) ovens, rotisseries and cook-chill systems.   For more information, visit www.clevelandrange.com or email steam@clevelandrange.com.

Enodis plc (www.enodis.com) is a worldwide company focused on the design, manufacture, and supply of food equipment.  Through its two operating groups, Global Food Service Equipment and Food Retail Equipment, it has 28 factories in 8 countries and a large portfolio of premium brands, including Delfield, Scotsman, Frymaster, Lincoln, Cleveland, Garland, US Range, ICE-O-Matic, Jackson, Merco, Savory, Dean, Varimixer, and Merrychef in foodservice, and Kysor/Warren and Kysor Panel Systems in food retail equipment.