Earlier in this issue we noted the conflict between ice cream equipment vendors Avasoft and One-Shot.

* Earlier in this issue we noted the conflict between ice cream equipment vendors Avasoft and One-Shot. While they go at each other, another vendor, in the same category of easy-to-operate, sanitary, small footprint dispensing equipment, is going through a rebirth. Florida-based Archibald Frozen Desserts reports that it has brought on a new management team; adopted a new name; is hiring a national sales organization; establishing a national service and support network' and is rolling out "a fresh vision dedicated to invigorating the industry." Archibald's new senior management team is led by Basil Bennett, president and CEO; Michael D'Agostino, CFO and COO; Michael Gambino, senior vice president of business development; and Randy Scholtz, vice president of operations. Founded in 1996, Archibald holds 14 patents (and several pending) related to its dispensing technology, which includes its one-button, counter-top soft ice cream dispenser, EROS (Extruded Refrigerated Operating System); and its pre-packaged milkshake platform, Flavor Injected Blending Apparatus (FIBA).