Chris Nolte Joins Kyowa Hakko USA as Director of Sales

March 10, 2008

New York, NY – Kyowa Hakko USA has announced that Chris Nolte, a veteran of more than 18-years in nutritional ingredient sales, has joined the company as director of sales. Nolte, who co-founded Buckton Scott Nutrition and served as vice president of sales, was most recently director of sales for LycoRed. Nolte will be responsible for the Southwestern US territory, including Arkansas, Arizona, California, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas.

Kyowa Hakko is an international health ingredients manufacturer and world leader in the development, manufacturing and marketing of pharmaceuticals, nutraceuticals and food products. The maker of the branded ingredients Cognizin® Citicoline, Hydrafend™ Hyaluronic Acid , Lumistor® L-Hydroxyproline, Kyowa CoQ10®, Setria® Glutathione and Sustamine™ Alanyl Glutatmine, Kyowa offers manufacturers and formulators one of the industry’s most extensive lines of over 50 amino acids and related compounds, including D-Amino acids and branch-chain amino acids, as well as nucleic acids, bio-products and fine chemicals.