Supporting Corporate Growth - Fortitech, Inc Add Additional Technical and Sales Staff

Released on = December 14, 2006, 11:01 am

Press Release Author = Fortitech

Industry = Food & Beverage

Press Release Summary = Global nutrient premix company adds staff to spur additional
corporate growth.

Press Release Body = Fortitech, Inc., the world leader in the manufacture of custom
nutrient premixes, has experienced steady growth over the past several years. To
ensure that Fortitech's long-standing commitment and dedication to quality products
continues, the corporation has added 3 technical staff and an additional sales
manager to its workforce.

Recently joining the laboratory as formulation scientists are Alejandra Gratson and
Kevin Krall. Gratson earned a doctorate in nutritional sciences from the University
of Illinois and bachelor's/master's degrees in food chemistry from
Ludwig-Maximilians-University located in Munich, Germany. Most recently, Gratson
worked as a research/teaching assistant at the University of Illinois where she
focused on cloning, expression, biochemical characterization and dehydrogenases.
Fluent in Spanish and German languages, Gratson is also an active member of the
Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) and the American Society for Nutrition (ASN).
Kevin Krall earned a bachelor's degree in food science from Pennsylvania State
University, also minored in biochemistry and molecular biology. Krall recently held
a laboratory technician position with Turkey Hill Dairy where he specialized in
flavor/application analysis and sample plating. As formulators with Fortitech,
Gratson and Krall will both be, in part, working with customers to design customized
nutrient premixes for finished food products and offer complete technical support as
required.

Fortitech has added depth to its quality control department by adding Sharlene
Grenier as a quality control assistant. Grenier is responsible for the release of
each premix and ensuring that each order meets or exceeds Fortitech's long-standing
dedication to quality and accuracy. In addition, Grenier accumulates laboratory
data, reviews lab reports and prepares complete Certificates of Analysis for
customers. Grenier received an associate in science degree, with honors, from
Schenectady County Comm. College in Schenectady, New York.

Plus, to address its fast-growing premix business in the United States and Canada,
Fortitech has added an additional regional sales manager by hiring Dana Brown.
Responsible for the United States' Mid-Atlantic, upper Midwest regions and part of
Canada, Brown will focus on new business development, strategic sales marketing and
key account management within those territories. Brown, who possesses a very strong
knowledge of the food and nutrition industry, earned a bachelor's of science degree
in business from the University of Indiana. Most recently, Brown was employed by
the Kellogg Company where she served as a sales account manager in that company's
snacks division based in Syracuse, New York.

About Fortitech, Inc.

Founded in 1986, Fortitech, Inc. is the world leader in the development of custom
nutrient premixes for the food, beverage and pharmaceutical industries, integrating
functional ingredients from a comprehensive selection of vitamins, minerals, amino
acids, nucleotides and nutraceuticals. Fortitech is ISO 9001:2000 and FPA certified
and meets kosher and Halal standards. Headquartered in Schenectady, N.Y., the
company has a global network of manufacturing and distribution facilities,
throughout Europe, Asia Pacific, South America, Mexico and the United States (New
York and California). For more information, visit fortitech.com - powered by
FortiSourceŽ - the ultimate fortification destination.

Not just premixes...Strategic Nutrition.

Web Site = http://www.fortitech.com

Contact Details = Mark Fanion
Communications Manager
Fortitech, Inc. / USA
fanion.mark@fortitech.com

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