Winston Industries, Inc. is a leading foodservice equipment manufacturer located in Louisville, Kentucky. Founded by Winston L. Shelton in 1969, this family-owned business is in its fourth decade of designing, building, and marketing state-of-the-art foodservice equipment for restaurant chains, schools, fine-dining establishments, food stores, and other operations.
     The company was originally incorporated as Commercial Appliances. Its primary product was the Collectramatic® Fryer. This revolutionary fryer, developed by Shelton and enthusiastically supported by restaurant legend Harland Sanders, enabled restaurateurs to cook multiple rounds of chicken without filtering. Kentucky Fried Chicken soon became the company’s largest customer. KFC continues to be one of Winston Industries’ largest and most valued customers. In 1972 the company’s name was changed to Collectramatic, Inc. It continued its emphasis on the development of the pressure fryer as KFC expanded its use, both domestically and internationally.
     In the early 1980’s, the company began researching better ways to maintain food at a high quality. The result was the development of Controlled Vapor Technology, or CVap®. This patented technology uses a combination of air heat and vapor heat to maintain food at optimum condition. CVap Technology quickly expanded the company’s product line. To better reflect this expansion, the company’s name was changed to Winston Industries in 1984.
     Winston’s product line includes the Collectramatic Fryer, the Collectramatic Very Low Pressure / Temperature (VLP/T) Fryer, full size CVap Holding Cabinets, half size CVap Holding Cabinets, CVap Cook & Holds, one drawer CVap Hold & Serve Drawers, multiple drawer CVap Hold & Serve Drawers, CVap Steamers, CVap Therm & Hold Cabinets, and CVap Display Cabinets. Winston also manufactures shortening filters and breading / sifting tables.

Current subsidiaries operating under Winston Industries, Inc. include:

• Winston Products Company -domestic manufacturer and marketer of foodservice equipment, including engineering and controls department
• Winston Products International, LLC. - marketer of foodservice equipment internationally.
• Winston Innovative Products, Inc.- provider of research and design for new products.