Concludes 36-year Career with the Company
JACKSONVILLE, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Rayonier Advanced Materials (NYSE:RYAM) today announced that after more
than 36 years with the company, Jack Kriesel, Senior Vice President,
Advanced Materials plans to retire effective December 31. Kriesel, who
has held his position since 2009, served in various leadership roles
within the company over a course of more than three decades. Those
positions included general manager positions at both of Rayonier
Advanced Materials’ current manufacturing facilities.
“For more than three decades, Jack has delivered value to our
shareholders and, under his guidance, our Performance Fibers business
has become the benchmark in quality and achieved clear market
leadership,” said Paul Boynton, Chairman, President and CEO of Rayonier
Advanced Materials. “We appreciate his tireless service and wish him
well in his retirement.”
Kriesel joined the company in 1978 as a process engineer at the former
Port Angeles, Washington plant. He held several operations and marketing
positions before becoming general manager of the Fernandina plant in
1996. He later became General Manager of Rayonier Advanced Materials’
Jesup plant in 2000 and was elected Vice President in 2001. He assumed
his current duties in 2009.
About Rayonier Advanced Materials
Rayonier Advanced Materials is the leading global supplier of
high-purity, cellulose specialties products, a natural polymer for the
chemical industry. Working closely with its customers, the
company engineers natural polymeric chemical chains to create dozens of
customized high-purity performance fibers at its plants in Florida and
Georgia. Rayonier Advanced Materials’ intellectual property and
manufacturing processes have been developed over 85 years, resulting in
unique properties and very high quality and consistency. The
company’s facilities can produce up to 675,000 metric tons of cellulose
specialties products for use in a wide range of industrial and consumer
products such as filters, cosmetics and pharmaceuticals. Rayonier
Advanced Materials is consistently ranked among the nation’s top 50
exporters and delivers products to 79 ports around the world, serving
customers in 20 countries across five continents.
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