152 Harrowing as these travels may have been, each journey reinforced the reputation that Western States would do whatever it could to help its customers install equipment and keep it running. Those customers knew they could count on the Company to keep them in business. As Western States celebrates its centennial, global reach continues on course. An expansion at an existing production facility in Brazil has been completed and new machines are being designed specifically for global markets. Sugar will continue to be one of the world’s most important commodities for the foreseeable future, and Western States will continue to provide global leadership in sugar processing technology. CHAPTER 12 below: left to right: Bob Sinnard (WSMC) and Brian Gôut (Managing Director, Metric Manufacturing) in South Africa. opposite page top left: left to right: Todd Hershberger (Chief Financial Offer, WSMC), Bob Sinnard (Director of Sales and Marketing, WSMC) and Kim (his wife), at St. Mary Sugar Co-Op, Jeanerette, Louisiana top right: Scott Kunkel (Director of Operations, WSMC), in Thailand bottom left: left to right: Bob Sinnard and Kim Sinnard (his wife), Doug Buckner and Betsy Buckner (his wife), and John Cherry (Asia Regional Sales Manager, WSMC) bottom right: left to right: John Cherry, Doug Buckner and Bob Sinnard (Phnom Penh, Cambodia)