Strategic Diagnostics, a leading provider of antibody products and analytical test kits for the food safety and water quality markets, reported that its board of directors has expanded to eight with the appointment of Herb Lotman.
Lotman is the founder and chief executive of two privately held companies, Molecular Circuitry, from which SDI recently purchased assets, and Keystone Foods LLC. Mr. Lotman 40 years of experience in the food and food safety business which will be valuable to SDI as it expands its food safety business throughout 2002 and beyond.
Lotman built Keystone into one of the largest suppliers of beef and chicken to McDonald's Corporation, with sales of more than $3 billion (€3bn). He formed Molecular Circuitry in 1995 to advance food safety throughout the food processing industry.
Lotman commented, "We have built the success of Keystone on a few pivotal business principles. High-quality products for our customers is at the core of them. Ensuring the safety of our products is a priority and I believe SDI's commitment to building analytical methods that increase the safety of food products is one where I can make a significant contribution.
"I look forward to working with SDI toward these vital objectives. Through our collaborations, the food processing industry now has access to a highly reliable E. coli testing method that is significantly easier to use than the other tests on the market."
SDI is a leading provider of biotechnology-based diagnostic tests for a broad range of agricultural, industrial, and water treatment applications.