PEOPLE THE INDUSTRY FACES Delacon appoints Kostas Syriopoulos as Customer Technical Service Manager, Swine team
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n April 1st, Kostas Syriopoulos (37) joined Delacon as Customer Technical Service Manager, Swine team. Located at the Delacon Headquarters in Austria, Kostas completes the technical team for Swine as an MSc nutritionist. Reporting directly to our Species Leader for Swine Ester Vinyeta, Kostas Syriopoulos will be involved in customer technical service in various countries, especially in Western, Central and Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa, and will support Ester Vinyeta in swine product management and development.
“I am happy that Kostas Syriopoulos joined Customer Technical Services to complete our swine team. Since the start of this year, Delacon has integrated the Research and Development department and the Species Leader/ Customer Technical Services teams in a new ‘Products and Innovation’ division to improve the efficiency of new product development, reduce time to market and improve sales support. With Kostas in our team we will be able to further improve our services,” says Jan Dirk van der Klis, Head of Products and Innovation.
Kostas Syriopoulos is well experienced in swine nutrition, feed formulation, feed evaluation and feed technology. Recently, he served as Feed Evaluation Manager at Agrifirm Innovation Centre in the Netherlands. Prior to that he served as nutritionist and quality manager in LAKY SA, a large feed mill in Greece. Kostas Syriopoulos studied Animal Science with emphasis on animal husbandry at the Agricultural University of Athens and holds a master’s degree from Wageningen University (Netherlands) where he focused on Swine Nutrition and Feed Technology.
Jim Schroeder, co-founder of Great Western Manufacturing Inducted into Kansas State University Hall of Fame
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reat Western Manufacturing is proud to announce the induction of Jim Schroeder into the Kansas State University College of Engineering Hall of Fame. Mr Schroeder graduated from Kansas State University in 1963, with a degree in electrical engineering. He later cofounded Great Western Manufacturing Company, Inc., the oldest continuous manufacturing Jim Schroeder company in Kansas, growing the company from a supplier of sifting equipment for the flour milling and cereal grain industry into one of the leading manufacturers of quality control sifting equipment for the food processing industry. Although he retired from the company in 2012, Schroeder remains actively involved in an advisory capacity. Schroeder is a long time member of the International Association of Operative Millers, and is a recipient of its Allied Trades Award. He was named Alumni Fellow of the College of Engineering at Kansas State University in 1996, and has served on the College of Engineering Advisory Council. He has also served on numerous local boards and as president of the Cushing Hospital Board.
Alltech continues to invest in its global Mycotoxin Management team
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lltech has continued to invest in its comprehensive mycotoxin management service and product offering by promoting Nick Adams to the post of global director to lead strategy for the successful unit established in 2011. Adams has been with Alltech for more than 15 years, starting in the UK and then spending eight years in California.
Nick Adams
Previously global sales director, Adams will ensure the company’s now 50 strong Mycotoxin Management team remains focused on delivering exceptional value for key distributors and livestock farmers across the world.
“My goal is to further develop the Alltech 37+™ mycotoxins analysis programme and extend the MIKO risk assessment service to as many farmers as possible. It has been very encouraging to see such positive feedback from customers since we launched the programme and we have seen significant business growth as a result. We want to sustain this momentum, so will be investing in additional analytical technologies and facilities too,” said Adams. Alltech has also appointed experienced marketer Jonathan Younger as global marketing manager, Mycotoxin Management team, who will be based in Stamford, UK. Younger has over 17 years experience and held a number of senior marketing roles in both B2B and B2C organisations in sectors ranging from consumer magazines, professional services and renewable energy.
Delacon appoints Sonny Pusey as Regional Manager North America
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he pioneer and global leader in plant based (phytogenic) feed additives, Delacon, exports to 50 countries and the global team is constantly growing. To strengthen the operations in the US, Delacon appoints Sonny Pusey as Regional Manager North America (USA, Canada). He takes over the Delacon leadership in the US and in Canada.
Located in Indiana, Sonny will be responsible for sales in the US and Canada. “My business view has always been oriented to help and support the commercial livestock producers by providing them my honest advice and the nutritional tools to improve their business. With Delacon’s phytogenic products, I am confident I will be providing livestock producers with research proven alternatives to antibiotic growth promoters.” Sonny Pusey has worked for Purina Animal Nutrition for the past 35 years occupying various sales and management positions. Recently, he was in charge of the business development for the National Swine and Poultry Sales team. Sonny Pusey
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