Agrinos Announces Rudolf von Plettenberg as New Member to its Board of Directors

OSLO, Norway (February 8, 2016) ― Agrinos AS (“Agrinos”), a global leader in biological crop nutrition products, is pleased to announce the addition of Rudolf Graf von Plettenberg its Board of Directors. Mr. Plettenberg was approved to serve on the Board of Agrinos by shareholders at an Extraordinary General Assembly meeting held in Oslo, Norway on February 5, 2016.

"Agrinos is very pleased to welcome Rudolf to our Board of Directors,” said Dr. D. Ry Wagner, CEO of Agrinos. “As we launch our collaboration with EuroChem and continue to pursue our biological crop nutrition growth strategy, we require talented and visionary leaders at all levels to support our ambitions.  Rudolf brings a depth of agribusiness knowledge and experience that will undoubtedly provide the market insight and astute guidance to support the growth and innovation of both our technology and our commercialization strategies.”

Rudolf Plettenberg, as Head of Premium Products and Development with EuroChem Group AG, leads efforts to develop and commercialize innovative crop fertility and crop nutrition products.  Plettenberg has more than 20 years of agribusiness experience including business management, marketing, and product management roles with EuroChem Agro, K&S Nitrogen GmbH, fertiva GmbH, and BASF. 

Plettenberg joins current Agrinos board members Nick Adamchak, Matthieu Baumgartner Morten Bergesen, Jean Baptiste Oldenhove, and Svétoslav Valkov.

About Agrinos
Agrinos is a global leader in biological crop nutrition products committed to improving the productivity and sustainability of modern agriculture. Agrinos’ range of High Yield Technology (HYT^®) products helps farmers to practice profitable agriculture by providing increased crop productivity, improved efficiency of conventional fertilizer and a reduced environmental footprint. Certified as organic and based on Agrinos’ proprietary technology, the HYT products provide benefits by strengthening the soil-based microbial ecosystem, stimulating crop development at key points in the growth cycle and boosting natural plant resistance to pathogens and threats. With solutions for a variety of crop categories, the technology comprising the HYT products has demonstrated its value in third-party trials in key agricultural regions worldwide.