Maurice LeCompte, Sonia Schwantes and Rick Zijadic become directors.
Tubing manufacturer NewAge Industries adds three new directors. Maurice LeCompte joins NewAge as director of manufacturing development and Sonia Schwantes takes on the role of director of product management, both new positions. Rick Zijadic is the company’s new director of manufacturing, a role that became available due to a retirement. The company says the moves were necessary as it expanded over the past several years to launch three new divisions: AdvantaPure, Verigenics and BrewSavor.
Maurice LeCompte’s role as director of manufacturing development involves capital projects, expanding NewAge’s global manufacturing footprint, new process development and working with strategic partners to develop innovative technology opportunities. LeCompte brings over 25 years of experience with injection molding operations and medical device manufacturing. His most recent role was director of quality assurance/capital projects leader. He has held various operational leadership roles in the medical device, consumer products, pharmaceutical and aerospace industries.
Sonia Schwantes, director of product management, is responsible for developing strategic positioning and pricing for current and new products, product knowledge and requirements and technical content. Schwantes will work closely with NewAge’s sales and engineering teams to incorporate market feedback into product development efforts. Her 20 years of experience in product management includes positions at medical and biotechnology companies.
Rick Zijadic, director of manufacturing, is coordinating and overseeing product manufacturing and organizing the development of new product manufacturing. Zijadic leads the manufacturing engineering team involved in process improvements and integrating new items into production and is also responsible for capital projects as they relate to manufacturing. He will also assist with continuous improvement initiatives. Zijadic has over 30 years of experience in medical device manufacturing operations, PVC and TPE compounding and injection molding operations. He is an ISO 13485 Certified Quality Auditor and a certified Lean Six Sigma Green Belt.
NewAge recently hired a chief financial officer and a director of human resources and continues to seek qualified candidates for its manufacturing, quality, sales and engineering teams.
For more information, visit: www.newageindustries.com
