AgraQuest Appoints New Investor Board Member.DAVIS Davis, city (1990 pop. 46,209), Yolo co., central Calif.; settled in the 1850s, inc. 1917. It is an education center with light industry; machinery, processed foods, and computer equipment are produced. The extensive Univ. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 4, 1999--AgraQuest is proud to announce the addition of a new member to its board of directors, James (Jim) A. Schlindwein, an AgraQuest investor. Schlindwein has a long and distinguished career in the food industry, having held top management positions at two Fortune 100 companies. In 1980, Schlindwein joined SYSCO SYSCO Systems and Services Company Corp., the largest domestic food distributor throughout the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. , as senior vice president. During his tenure with SYSCO, company sales increased from $1 billion to $13 billion. In 1982, Schlindwein was elected to SYSCO's board of directors and served on the board up to his retirement in 1994. Prior to joining SYSCO, Schlindwein held the positions of chairman, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. and president of Sara Lee
Sara Lee Corporation (NYSE: SLE) is a global consumer-goods company based in Downers Grove, Illinois, USA. , now ranked the second largest Food Company in the United States with sales of $20 billion. He first joined Sara Lee as national sales manager with sales under $5 million. Schlindwein was also board member and executive vice president for Consolidated Foods in addition to executive vice president of Wilson Foods. During the 1960's, Schlindwein hosted the first meeting of SYSCO's entrepreneurs at his Sara Lee office. He is currently involved in many business, entrepreneurial and charitable activities, serving on several corporate boards, consulting and other advisory roles. AgraQuest started operations in Davis, Calif. in April 1995. AgraQuest discovers, develops and markets environmentally friendly, safe and effective natural products for farm, home and public health pest management. AgraQuest's proprietary, targeted discovery process finds natural products that are as effective, consistent and easy to use as chemical pesticides. Besides its biofungicide Serenade serenade [Ital. sera=evening], term used to designate several types of musical composition. Opera and song literature yield numerous examples of the serenade sung or played by a lover at night beneath his beloved's window; outstanding is (TM), which will be launched in 1999, AgraQuest has a full pipeline of other biofungicide and bioinsecticides in development. AgraQuest also markets LAGINEX(R), an effective and environmentally friendly product for controlling mosquito larvae Larvae, in Roman religion Larvae: see lemures. in water. |
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