Danimer Scientific Appoints Keith A. Edwards as Vice President of Business Development
February 15 2022 - 8:00AM
Business Wire
Edwards brings technical expertise and business
leadership built over a 30-year career with industry-leading
polymer manufacturers including BASF and Chevron Phillips
Chemical
Danimer Scientific, Inc. (NYSE: DNMR) (“Danimer” or the
“Company”), a leading next generation bioplastics company focused
on the development and production of biodegradable materials, today
announced it has appointed Keith A. Edwards as Vice President of
Business Development. In this role, Edwards will focus on growing
market opportunities for Danimer’s biodegradable alternatives to
traditional plastic as the Company continues to expand its
manufacturing capacity.
Edwards joins Danimer after nearly 18 years with BASF
Corporation, the North American affiliate of the largest chemical
producer in the world. He most recently served as Head of Specialty
Polymers, where he led sales and marketing for packaging and
extruded applications of various polymers. Prior to BASF, Edwards
served as petrochemical supply director for Chevron Phillips
Chemical Company, LLC (“CPChem”), a leading polymer and
petrochemical product manufacturer jointly owned by Chevron
Corporation and Phillips 66. Over his 30-year career, Edwards has
vast experience across application and process development,
packaging structure innovation, polymer manufacturing, and sales
and business development. He is a graduate of Florida State
University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical
Engineering.
Stephen E. Croskrey, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of
Danimer, said, “Keith’s proven ability to lead sales and business
development for the world’s largest chemical producers will further
empower Danimer to meet our mission of reducing the environmental
impacts of plastic waste. As our manufacturing capacity grows, we
look forward to working with Keith to provide more brands worldwide
with biodegradable alternatives to traditional plastic.”
Edwards added, “This is an exciting time to join Danimer
Scientific, as Nodax® and other biopolymers are introduced to the
market at increasing commercial scale. With growing capacity coming
online, there is tremendous opportunity to collaborate with our
customers and sustainably transform the world of single-use
plastics one new application at a time.”
For more information, please visit
www.DanimerScientific.com.
About Danimer Scientific
Danimer is a pioneer in creating more sustainable, more natural
ways to make plastic products. For more than a decade, its
renewable and sustainable biopolymers have helped create plastic
products that are biodegradable and compostable and return to
nature instead of polluting our lands and waters. Danimer’s
technology can be found in a vast array of plastic end products
that people use every day. Applications for its biopolymers include
additives, aqueous coatings, fibers, filaments, films and
injection-molded articles, among others. Danimer holds more than
390 granted patents and pending patent applications in more than 20
countries for a range of manufacturing processes and biopolymer
formulations. For more information, visit
www.DanimerScientific.com.
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Forward-looking statements are made based on our expectations and
beliefs concerning future events impacting the Company and
therefore involve a number of risks and uncertainties. We caution
that forward-looking statements are not guarantees and that actual
results could differ materially from those expressed or implied in
the forward-looking statements. Potential risks and uncertainties
that could cause the actual results of operations or financial
condition of the Company to differ materially from those expressed
or implied by forward-looking statements in this release include,
but are not limited to, the overall level of consumer demand on our
products; general economic conditions and other factors affecting
consumer confidence, preferences, and behavior; disruption and
volatility in the global currency, capital, and credit markets; the
financial strength of the Company's customers; the Company's
ability to implement its business strategy, including, but not
limited to, its ability to expand its production facilities and
plants to meet customer demand for its products and the timing
thereof; risks relating to the uncertainty of the projected
financial information with respect to the Company; the ability of
the Company to execute and integrate acquisitions; changes in
governmental regulation, legislation or public opinion relating to
our products; the Company’s exposure to product liability or
product warranty claims and other loss contingencies; disruptions
and other impacts to the Company’s business, as a result of the
COVID-19 global pandemic and government actions and restrictive
measures implemented in response; stability of the Company’s
manufacturing facilities and suppliers, as well as consumer demand
for our products, in light of disease epidemics and health-related
concerns such as the COVID-19 global pandemic; the impact that
global climate change trends may have on the Company and its
suppliers and customers; the Company's ability to protect patents,
trademarks and other intellectual property rights; any breaches of,
or interruptions in, our information systems; the ability of our
information technology systems or information security systems to
operate effectively, including as a result of security breaches,
viruses, hackers, malware, natural disasters, vendor business
interruptions or other causes; our ability to properly maintain,
protect, repair or upgrade our information technology systems or
information security systems, or problems with our transitioning to
upgraded or replacement systems; the impact of adverse publicity
about the Company and/or its brands, including without limitation,
through social media or in connection with brand damaging events
and/or public perception; fluctuations in the price, availability
and quality of raw materials and contracted products as well as
foreign currency fluctuations; our ability to utilize potential net
operating loss carryforwards; and changes in tax laws and
liabilities, tariffs, legal, regulatory, political and economic
risks. More information on potential factors that could affect the
Company's financial results is included from time to time in the
Company's public reports filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, including the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K,
Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, and Current Reports on Form 8-K.
All forward-looking statements included in this press release are
based upon information available to the Company as of the date of
this press release, and speak only as of the date hereof. We assume
no obligation to update any forward-looking statements to reflect
events or circumstances after the date of this press release.
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