Mark Thornton, MBA appointed to the position of Board Member, and Rick Chomik, MS to the position of Vice President, Operations
SOUTHAMPTON, PA, July 21, 2025 /24-7PressRelease/ — NewAge Industries™, Inc., parent company of the AdvantaPure™ and NewAge Performance Products™ brands is pleased to announce the appointment of Mark Thornton, MBA to the position of Board Member, and Rick Chomik, MS to the position of Vice President, Operations.
With a twenty-five-year career in the biopharma industry, Mr. Thornton will extend his expert guidance in the realm of transformational global leadership and strategic vision and will advise the organization in areas such as mergers and acquisitions, global expansion, new product development and overall decision making. Currently serving in his full-time capacity as President and CEO of VIO Biosciences, Mark has held technical as well as senior leadership positions at Avantor, VWR International and other industry specific organizations.
To the newly created position of Vice President of Operations, NewAge Industries, Inc. has welcomed Rick Chomik, MS. Rick brings his many years of expertise in engineering, operational orchestration and management to the senior leadership team. Professionally, Rick has held positions with the ALOE Group as COO, Stress Engineering Services, Church & Dwight, Playtex Family Products, Tupperware Brands Corp. and others in dual technical as well as leadership capacities.
Mary Marcus, CEO shares that, “We feel privileged to welcome Mark and Rick to our dynamic team and are excited by the prospect of having such experienced professionals at the forefront as we move forward in the next phase of the company’s growth trajectory.”
About NewAge Industries. Inc.: In business since 1954, NewAge Industries, Inc. the parent company of AdvantaPure and NewAge Performance Products, designs, manufactures, and distributes fluid transfer systems solutions, of a variety of materials, including silicone, TPE, rubber and more, in reinforced and unreinforced styles, for the global high purity pharmaceutical, biopharma and industrial markets.
The company is an ISO-9001 certified, 100% employee-owned corporation (ESOP) and has earned a Platinum EcoVadis Sustainability Rating and is also a Certified B Corporation®. NewAge Industries, Inc. administers the activities of their AdvantaPure, AdvantaFlex™, AdvantaSil™, BioClosure™ container closure systems, and other lines from their corporate headquarters in Southampton, PA, U.S, and worldwide manufacturing locations in Warrington, PA, U.S., and Coevorden, Netherlands while servicing customer in the Asia-Pacific market from their Hong Kong location.
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