• Client & Grower Login |Careers at Kopke | Contact Us | Call Us at 516-328-6800
  • Home
  • Our Products
    • Grapes
    • Cherries & Stone Fruit
    • Apples
    • Pears
    • Citrus
    • Specialty Items
    • Berries
  • Our Brands
  • Distribution & logistics
    • Services & Logistics
    • Food Safety and Sustainability
    • Repacking, Private Labels, and Branding
    • Sales and Marketing
  • About Kopke
    • Who We Are
    • Community Support
  • Press/News
  • Home
  • Press/News
  • Kopke buys apple, pear importer
21
Mar

Kopke buys apple, pear importer

  • JLKdeveloper
  • Press/News
  • 0 comment
  • 21 Mar, 2016

By Andy Nelson March 21, 2016 | 4:58 pm EDT

Import/export specialist William H. Kopke Jr. Inc. has bought pipfruit importer/exporter Stanley Orchards Sales LLC.

Import/export specialist William H. Kopke Jr. Inc. has bought a pipfruit importer/exporter.

Lake Success, N.Y.-based Kopke is now the majority owner of Modena, N.Y.-based Stanley Orchards Sales LLC, according to a news release.

Adding Stanley will allow Kopke to simplify procurement, coordinate communications and streamline logistics in its apple and pear business, according to the release.

Ron Cohn will retain an ownership stake in Stanley, which was founded in 1931. Cohn’s son Jordan Cohn aslso will continue working for the company.

“We are pleased to become partners in Stanley Orchard Sales,” Kopke’s William Kopke said in the release. “We are both family companies, and we hope to build on the existing business with new and exciting strategies, while still focusing on the traditional values that brought us both here today.”

In the release Ron Cohn called Kopke a leader and innovator in the import business.

“Our expanded business will not only offer more product and service to our customers, but provide our suppliers with greater sales and distribution opportunities.”




Latest News

24
Mar

William H Kopke Jr Inc. Acquires a Majority Position in Stanley

posted by JLKdeveloper
21
Mar

Kopke buys apple, pear importer

posted by JLKdeveloper

WILLIAM H. KOPKE JR., INC.

For over 70 years, Kopke has imported the finest fruits from all over the world for distribution throughout North America. Kopke and quality are synonymous.

Quick Links

  • Home
  • Our Products
  • Our Brands
  • Services & Logistics
  • Food Safety and Sustainability
  • Repacking, Private Label, and Branding
  • Sales and Marketing
  • Who We Are
  • Community Support
  • Press News

Contact Us

New York (HQ)

1000 Northern Blvd., Suite 200
Great Neck, New York 11021

inquiry@kopkefruit.com
p: 516-328-6800
f: 516-328-6874