King’s Lynn, Norfolk, United
Kingdom
February 18, 2004
Bill Bettis has been appointed as
Germain’s Technology Group’s Project Manager for its
Spectrum ProTagä
Polymer Technology. Bill joins the team at Germain’s Technology
Group – Coating Systems and Materials Inc, headed by Peter
Marks.
Bill will focus on the coordination of the positive development
work carried out over the past year and take the ProTag
technology to full commercialisation later this year.
Bill has an M.S. degree in Plant Science from the University of
Idaho. His career took him to the Monsanto Company, where he
acquired a deep understanding of seed-applied crop protection
products, developing and implementing a wide range of seed
treatment trial programs.
ProTag is a unique and novel approach to seed identity
protection. Seed coated with Spectrum ProTagä
Polymer is immediately identified by a unique taggant signature
detected via a reading device no larger than a standard mobile
telephone. ProTag provides an immediate identity response to
field sown, bagged or bulk seed queries and offers a first line
of defence in the protection of intellectual property, as well
as being a useful tool in inventory management and audit
traceability.
Germain’s Technology Group, a member of
Associated British Foods plc,
provides seed enhancement and coating technology services from
nine world locations. |
