PigTek promotes Curless to sales manager

Nov 24, 2025

Randall Curless has been promoted to sales manager for PigTek, according to Will Mabee, vice president and general manager of the CTB Inc. business unit. Curless’s responsibilities in this position include coordinating the efforts of the sales team, determining goals and determining where to focus efforts.

Curless has been employed with CTB since 2019. He previously held the position of senior marketing specialist. He has a degree in agricultural economics and animal science from Purdue University. A native of Wabash, Ind., Curless currently resides there.

PigTek offers complete hog production solutions, including systems for managing sow health and growing pigs from wean to finish, environmental control, electronic feeding, biometrics and animal identification, electronic sow feeding and sorting systems, advanced air quality systems and integrated data collection and management software. PigTek offers systems under the Chore-Time®, Chore-Tronics® and PigTek® brands. PigTek is part of the CTB Inc. family of companies.

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