TRENTON, N.J.—Home Rubber Co. has added two new staff members that are intended to boost both its handmade hose operations and its small batch, technical compounding business.
Trenton-based Home Rubber has hired Volodymyr Shnitsar as technical director and Byron Fortson as national sales manager.
Shnitsar will oversee compounding, research and development, quality and new product development. He has 10 years' experience as a polymer chemist and 13 years as a research chemist, and holds a doctorate degree. Shnitsar has worked in Eastern Europe, Canada and the U.S. for custom mixers, molders and flooring manufacturers.
"His role at Home Rubber recognizes his accomplishments and elevates him to senior management level responsibilities as he joins the group charged with propelling Home Rubber to new markets and to new heights," President Rich Balka said in a news release.