Duke Manufacturing Co.
John Hardester is an experienced product designer with a career spanning over three decades in the engineering and design fields. Currently employed at Duke Manufacturing Co. since August 2008, John has previously held positions including Design Engineer at Crane Merchandising Systems, Senior Design Drafter at Hussmann Corporation, and Computer Aided Draftsman at Nooter/Eriksen, Inc. and Missouri Boiler & Tank. John began the career as a Draftsman at Nooter Corporation. John earned an Associate of Applied Science in Drafting Technology from Southwestern Illinois College.
Duke Manufacturing Co.
Duke Manufacturing Co. designs and manufactures more than 4,500 foodservice equipment products for a wide-range of clients located across the U.S. and around the world. From our humble beginnings in 1925 as a manufacturer of the first waterless hot food well, Duke has become the preferred solutions provider for fast-paced, demanding businesses like global QSR brands, C-stores, casual dining chains and institutions such as K-12 school districts. We design and build our products at state-of-the-art manufacturing plants in St. Louis and Sedalia, Missouri, incorporating Six Sigma, Lean Manufacturing and 5S programs, that along with our ISO 9001:2000 certification, help ensure that the highest levels of quality are reflected in our products and services. In addition, we serve markets worldwide through 6 global sales offices and distribution centers, as well as maintain a factory-authorized service network consisting of 200 locations that support the US, Canada and 85 International service/support centers.