Georgia-Pacific announced the appointment of Tom Snipes as national accounts manager and John Kruse as research agronomist for the NITAMIN nitrogen fertilizer technology business.

Snipes will lead NITAMIN business team efforts to establish and enhance marketing relationships with distribution channels in the agricultural markets. Kruse will coordinate research trial efforts for the professional turf and row crop markets to determine the optimal uses of NITAMIN brand fertilizers, and will collaborate with the NITAMIN business team on go-to-market strategies.

“We are pleased to welcome Tom and John to the NITAMIN team,” said Dave Torrance, NITAMIN project manager for Georgia-Pacific. “Tom’s extensive background in agricultural distribution and product management will be an asset to our expanding commercialization efforts to bring NITAMIN to new markets throughout the U.S. Also, with the addition of John to our team, we further solidify our commitment to advance the extensive university trials and field research that are already underway.”