Advan LLC announces the creation of a new plant health company focused on serving the turf and ornamentals, specialty agriculture and home and garden markets in the United States and Mexico.

Advan LLC announces the creation of a new plant health company focused on serving the turf and ornamentals, specialty agriculture and home and garden markets in the United States and Mexico. The new company, Advan LLC, is being formed by Mitsui & Co. of Japan and the Sipcam-Oxon Groups of Italy and is owned 50:50 by their respective U.S. subsidiaries. It will be located in Roswell, Ga., with customer service support in Columbia, Md.

Lynn Brookhouser becomes president and chief executive officer of Advan, Tim Damico serves as chief operating officer and directs tactical sales and marketing operations, and Kurt Schwartau becomes business development and marketing director.

Reporting to Damico will be three business managers: Robert Yarborough, turf and ornamentals, home and garden business manager; Bret Menagh, U.S. agricultural business manager; and Luis Gerardo Gonzales Ruelas, Mexico business manager.