Hereford, Texas
December 8, 2008
Advanta US is pleased to
announce the appointment of John Oppelt as Advanta US Business
Development Manager. In this newly created position, Oppelt will
focus on sustaining and growing the seed and seed research
company’s customer base. Advanta US major product lines include
sorghum (grain and forage) and sunflowers. Sorghum is the fifth
largest cereal grain in the world and is playing an important
role in the expansion of bioenergy globally. Advanta US is
launching into the bioenergy marketplace and Oppelt will lead
efforts to build new relationships in that arena.
John Oppelt’s strong leadership background includes positions in
account and sales management with major crop protection and seed
companies including American Cyanamid, UPI and Pioneer. Advanta
US offers exemplary research and development programs featuring
unique germplasm for high quality forage sorghums, sudangrasses,
hybrid grain sorghums and sunflowers.
Advanta US, formerly known as Garrison & Townsend, Inc., is
the U.S. entity of Advanta. Advanta is an India based global
seed company. It combines the benefits of agricultural
biotechnology with proprietary crop genetics and excellent
breeding capabilities to offer world class high quality seed
products and solutions to farmers worldwide. Both UPI and
Advanta are subsidiaries of United Phosphorus Limited (UPL). |
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