Cyanotech Names Bob Capelli as Director of Sales.Business Editors & Health/Medical Writers KAILUA-KONA, Hawaii--(BW HealthWire)--Jan. 16, 2002 Responding to increasing demand for its products on a worldwide basis, Cyanotech Corporation (Nasdaq: CYAN) has named Bob Capelli as Director of Sales. Mr. Capelli, an 11-year veteran in the natural foods and supplement industry, was Senior Sales Manager sales manager n → gerente m/f de ventas sales manager n → directeur commercial sales manager sale n → for Forcite--The Source, a division of Tree of Life, Inc., with responsibility for more than $25 million in annual product sales. He joined Forcite in 1991 as a sales representative and was named a sales manager and field sales manager before becoming a senior sales manager. "Cyanotech is experiencing steadily increasing demand for its products, particularly BioAstin(R) and NatuRose(R)," said Kelly Moorhead, Cyanotech's Vice President of Sales and Marketing. "We look forward to Bob helping to direct and manage our expanding sales efforts." Recently, Cyanotech announced an expansion of its astaxanthin production capacity by approximately 60% as a result of current and projected future demand for NatuRose and BioAstin natural astaxanthin products. Mr. Capelli has a B.A. from Rutgers University Rutgers University, main campus at New Brunswick, N.J.; land-grant and state supported; coeducational except for Douglass College; chartered 1766 as Queen's College, opened 1771. Campuses and Facilities Rutgers maintains three campuses. , is fluent in Spanish and Portugese and has had prior work experience in Latin America Latin America, the Spanish-speaking, Portuguese-speaking, and French-speaking countries (except Canada) of North America, South America, Central America, and the West Indies. as well as 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. . -- Cyanotech Corporation, the world's leader in microalgae technology, produces high-value natural products from microalgae, and is the world's largest commercial producer of natural astaxanthin (pronounced "asta-zan-thin") from microalgae. Products include BioAstin(R) natural astaxanthin, a powerful antioxidant antioxidant, substance that prevents or slows the breakdown of another substance by oxygen. Synthetic and natural antioxidants are used to slow the deterioration of gasoline and rubber, and such antioxidants as vitamin C (ascorbic acid), butylated hydroxytoluene with expanding applications as a human nutraceutical; NatuRose(R) natural astaxanthin for the aquaculture aquaculture, the raising and harvesting of fresh- and saltwater plants and animals. The most economically important form of aquaculture is fish farming, an industry that accounts for an ever increasing share of world fisheries production. and animal feed industries; Spirulina spirulina Any cyanobacteria in the genus Spirulina. A traditional food source in parts of Africa and Mexico, spirulina is an exceptionally rich source of vitamins, minerals, and protein, and one of the few nonanimal sources of vitamin B12. Pacifica(R), a nutrient-rich dietary supplement; and phycobiliproteins, which are fluorescent pigments used in the immunological diagnostics market. Spirulina and BioAstin are sold directly online through www.nutrex-hawaii.com and through resellers worldwide. Corporate and product information is available at www.cyanotech.com. |
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