FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 29, 1996
CONTACT:
J.C. GOUACHE, President and COO
BioTechnica International, Inc.
4001 N. War Memorial Drive - Suite 200
Peoria, IL 61614
(309) 681-0300
BIOTECHNICA INTERNATIONAL, INC. ANNOUNCES NEW PRESIDENT
AND CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER
PEORIA, IL -- BioTechnica International, Inc. (NASDAQ: BIOT) announced
yesterday that Bruno Carette, its current Vice President of Sales and
Marketing, will replace J.C. Gouache as the President and Chief Operating
Officer of BioTechnica International, Inc. effective as of July 1, 1996.
Mr. Carette was appointed Vice President, Sales and Marketing on
August 22, 1994. Mr. Carette served as Company Production Manager at
Vilmorin S.A., a Limagrain affiliate, from 1990 to 1993. He was the Overseas
Production Manager at Vilmorin S.A. from 1988 to 1990. Mr. Gouache, a native
of France, has worked in various capacities in the United States for the last
eight years, including serving as President and Chief Operating Officer of
BioTechnica International, Inc. since October, 1993. Mr. Gouache has
accepted a new position with Dolisos-France, a subsidiary of Groupe Limagrain
(the eighty-five percent (85%) parent of BioTechnica International, Inc.).
BioTechnica International, Inc. is an agricultural products company dedicated
principally to the production and marketing of proprietary hybrid corn,
soybean, alfalfa, and other field seed products throughout the Midwest Corn
Belt region of the United States.
