HubeiXingfa announced two new executive appointments in North America. J. Bryan Kitchen joins the Xingfa team as President, North America and Larry Esposito has been appointed as Business Vice President, Food and Beverage, Pharma and Infrastructure for Xingfa. In his new role, Kitchen will be responsible for delivering accelerated, localized growth in Xingfa’s Food and Beverage, Agriculture, Pharma and Nutrition, and Industrial Specialties operating segments by equipping the region with strategies and resources necessary to grow and optimize Xingfa’s North America operations. Most recently, Kitchen was Vice President of Business Operations, IT/IS and Legal for ANGUS Chemical Company. He played an instrumental role in establishing global, stand-alone capabilities post-divestiture from Dow Chemical while also providing business oversight for the Greater China and Latin America regions. Larry Esposito is a chemical industry veteran with significant international management experience in the food, pharma and nutritional markets. He has held executive roles at multinational chemical companies, including Rhone-Poulenc, Rhodia and Innophos. In his new position, Esposito will be responsible for growing Xingfa’s presence in the North America food and beverage, pharma and infrastructure markets. In addition, he will oversee all sales and marketing efforts to promote Xingfa’s leading global role in phosphates and develop key channels to market to and work with customers directly—to serve their requirements locally and globally.
Hubei Xingfa Chemicals Group Co., Ltd. is a China-based company principally engaged in the production and sales of phosphorus chemical products. The Company's primary products include phosphate ores, yellow phosphorus, phosphoric acid, industrial grade and food grade sodium tripolyphosphate, industrial and food grade sodium hexametaphosphate, monoammonium phosphate, diammonium phosphate, glyphosate, organosilicone, Chlor-alkali and others. The Company is also engaged in the trading of related chemical products through its subsidiaries. The Company mainly distributes its products in domestic and overseas markets.