FMC announces key appointments for agricultural products innovation and strategic marketing

Date:09-22-2010

FMC Corporation’s Agricultural products Group announced the appointment of two key leaders who will further the group’s growth strategy. Duncan Aust, Ph.D., has been named Global Innovation director, FMC Agricultural products, and Mariola Kopcinski, Ph.D., has been appointed director of Global Strategic Marketing, FMC Agricultural products.

"An essential component of FMC’s growth strategy is to continue to create products through internal innovation coupled with product and technology alliances and acquisitions,” said Milton Steele, vice president and general manager, FMC Agricultural products. “We are very excited with the addition of Drs. Aust and Kopcinski, who will certainly elevate our ability to speed identification and commercialization of new products and technologies for our customers.”

Dr. Aust, who joins FMC from Healthpoint — a DFB Pharmaceuticals Company — will lead FMC Agricultural products’ core research and development organization based at FMC Innovation Center in Ewing, N.J. Dr. Kopcinski, formerly with Syngenta, will direct the FMC Agricultural products’ strategic marketing team in identifying, evaluating and implementing profitable growth opportunities. She will also be based at the FMC Innovation Center in Ewing.