Charles
D. Cretors
Charlie
Cretors earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical
Engineering in 1963 and began his career with Commonwealth
Edison of Chicago. In 1967 he joined his father and brother
at C. Cretors and Company, a family business specializing
in commercial popcorn machines since 1885. In 1980 he was
named President and in 1991 he became sole owner of C. Cretors
and Company. Charlie is responsible for the successful expansion
and continuous growth of C. Cretors and Company. To accommodate
the expanding needs of the company, and diversified product
line, he has had to redesign and relocate the factory two
times in the last twenty-five years. Sales revenues have shown
a dramatic increase since Charlie made the decision in 1982
to discontinue a distribution agreement with another company
and handle all sales through their own facility. Charlie holds
seven patents; two for feeders and metering devices for continuous
flow machinery, two for design of the commercial line of popcorn
machines, two for a new pump design for popcorn machines,
and one for a microprocessor controlled popcorn machine. He
is also the author of the Popcorn Process section of the Corn
Tech Manual and a chapter on popcorn processing in a new reference
book for the snack food industry. He is currently a member
of the MTU Alumni Association, and a member of the Snack Food
Association Corn Tech Committee.
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