CASERTA, Italy - GFBiochemicals has appointed three new senior team members as the company gains momentum producing levulinic acid at commercial scale. Alexander Krapivin and Daniela Ribezzo both join the company as Global Business Development Managers. Bart Engendahl brings his R&D expertise as Senior Scientist to the company’s technology and application development. 

Krapivin was previously at Dow Corning and has over 15 years experience in business-to-business for the specialty chemicals industry. Ribezzo has worked in commercial departments for more than 11 years at leading chemical and engineering companies, most recently at Polyscope.