AdvanSix announced the appointment of Patrick S. Williams to its Board of Directors. Mr. Williams has served as Director, President and CEO of Innospec Inc., an international specialty chemicals company, since 2009. Mr. Williams will serve on AdvanSix’s Compensation and Leadership Development Committee and newly established Health, Safety, Environmental and Sustainability Committee of the Board of Directors. The Company also announced that John M. (Hans) Quitmeyer, who has served as Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary since the spin-off in 2016, has decided to retire, effective April 1, 2020. The Board has appointed Achilles B. Kintiroglou as Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, effective upon Mr. Quitmeyer’s retirement. Mr. Kintiroglou has served as Deputy General Counsel and Assistant Corporate Secretary of AdvanSix since the spin-off in 2016. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Kintiroglou was a corporate and securities partner at Day Pitney LLP.
AdvanSix Inc. is a diversified chemistry company. It produces essential materials for its customers in a variety of end markets and applications, including building and construction, fertilizers, agrochemicals, plastics, solvents, packaging, paints, coatings, adhesives, and electronics. Its product lines include Nylon, Caprolactam, Ammonium Sulfate, and Chemical Intermediate. It sells its Nylon 6 resin globally, primarily under the Aegis brand name. Nylon 6 is a polymer resin, which is a synthetic material used by its customers to produce fibers, filaments, engineered plastics and films. Caprolactam is the monomer used in the production of Nylon 6 resin. Its ammonium sulfate is used by customers as a fertilizer containing nitrogen and sulfur, two key plant nutrients. It manufactures, markets, and sells a number of other chemical intermediate products, such as phenol, alpha-methyl styren, cyclohexanone, 2-pentanone oxime, cyclohexanol, sulfuric acid, ammonia and carbon dioxide.