NewAge® Industries Welcomes New Midwest Sales Manager


New Position Brings Local Representation to Eight States



Southampton, Pa. – NewAge announces the appointment of Michael L. Yakes as Midwest Regional Sales Manager, a new position established to better service the company’s current customers and to expand business. NewAge Industries manufactures plastic and rubber tubing for a wide range of industries, as well as AdvantaPure® high purity products and single use systems for the pharmaceutical and biologics markets.



“We’re very pleased to have Michael as part of our team,” notes Stephen Kuhns, National Sales Manager. “His experience involving tubing and fabricated plastics makes him an asset to both our customers and our staff.”



At NewAge Yakes is tasked with account management and sales growth for the company’s plastic tubing, reinforced hose, fittings and customized products. Based near Chicago, he covers Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Missouri, Ohio and eastern Wisconsin.



Yakes’ background includes senior sales and management positions with plastics, healthcare and specialty paper companies. He has over 20 years of sales experience in both inside and outside capacities, a proven track record of growth, and knowledge of customers and markets within the Midwest region.



NewAge Industries has other sales positions available with its AdvantaPure division.



For more information on Yakes’ position and role and for other employment opportunities, contact the Fluid Transfer Specialists® at NewAge Industries, Inc., 145 James Way, Southampton, PA 18966; phone 800-506-3924 or 215-526-2300; fax 800-837-1856 or 215-526-2190; e-mail: info@newageindustries.com; or visit http://www.newageindustries.com or http://www.advantapure.com/employment.htm.



About NewAge Industries

In business since 1954, NewAge Industries manufactures plastic and rubber tubing in both reinforced and unreinforced styles. The company offers an overall product quality rating of 99.8%, provides custom extrusion and fabrication capabilities, and services customers worldwide. NewAge Industries maintains a large inventory and prides itself on same-day shipment of 99% of orders for its core product lines. In 2006, NewAge initiated an ESOP (Employee Stock Ownership Plan) for the benefit of both its employees and customers.



The AdvantaPure division of NewAge Industries is ISO 9001:2008 certified and specializes in high purity tubing, hose, single use process manifolds and systems, and other molded components for the pharmaceutical, biomedical, food, beverage, and chemical industries. All products are manufactured, stored, and shipped using the cleanest methods possible to ensure unsurpassed product purity. Automated product identification systems, including gamma stable RFID tags and labels, are offered by NewAge’s Verigenics™ division.



Ann Phy

Marketing Coordinator

NewAge Industries, Inc.

aphy@newageindustries.com

www.newageindustries.com

www.advantapure.com

215.526.2300 PHONE

215.526.2191 FAX

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