Loop Industries, Inc. Appoints Nelson Switzer as Chief Growth Officer
April 26, 2018 at 09:25 am EDT
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Loop Industries, Inc. announced that it has appointed Nelson Switzer as Chief Growth Officer to lead the commercialization of the company’s disruptive sustainability technology and build the company’s brand in the marketplace. He will report to Daniel Solomita, the company’s Founder and Chief Executive Officer. Nelson comes to the company following a successful career with Nestl. During his time with Nestl, Nelson was the Chief Sustainability Officer for Nestl Waters North America, Plastic Strategy Leader for Nestl in North America and Sustainability Leader for Nestl in the United States. In his role at the company, Nelson will work closely with Mr. Solomita to oversee a number of strategic priorities, including strategy development, innovation and brand marketing, customer engagement and relationship management, and government relations.
Loop Industries, Inc. is a Canada-based clean technology company. The Company owns patented and proprietary technology that depolymerizes noand low-value waste polyethylene terephthalate (PET) plastic and polyester fiber, including plastic bottles and packaging, carpets and textiles of any color, transparency or condition and ocean plastics that have been degraded by the sun and salt, to its base building blocks (monomers). The monomers are filtered, purified and polymerized to create virgin-quality Loop branded PET resin suitable for use in food-grade packaging and polyester fiber, thus enabling its customers to meet their sustainability objectives. Its Infinite Loop provides an end-to-end industrial solution to supply the global demand for Loop PET resin made from recycled content. Loop PET plastic and polyester fiber can be recycled infinitely. The Company reduces plastic waste and recovering waste plastic.