Welbilt
Mount Pleasant,
Michigan
Partner of the Year - Sustained Excellence - Product Brand Owner
Welbilt, Inc. is a commercial food equipment manufacturer. Welbilt introduced new ENERGY STAR products and actively promoted the value of ENERGY STAR® to customers throughout its distribution network and beyond. Key 2023 accomplishments include:
- Certifying new Delfield brand refrigerators and freezers and Frymaster fryers despite a tornado causing a shutdown of one of Delfield’s manufacturing plants in March 2023.
- Increasing the percentage of sales that come from ENERGY STAR certified ovens by 20% year over year within the Convotherm brand.
- Actively participating in test method and specification development processes for ENERGY STAR commercial food service equipment.
- Incorporating the benefits of ENERGY STAR into several dealer and distributor trainings, including 50 trainings that reached 850 distribution channel partners through Convotherm alone.
- Amplifying ENERGY STAR messaging by participating in several ENERGY STAR promotional events, including Earth Day and ENERGY STAR Day.
- Marketing ENERGY STAR extensively through print advertisements, web content and video, and reaching hundreds of thousands of people through social media.