During Tuesday’s Morning trade, Shares of 3D Systems Corporation (NYSE:DDD), gained 0.34% to $8.78.
3D Systems (DDD) declared that its Board of Directors has designated Thomas W. Erickson as an independent director of the company.
Erickson has served as Chairman and Interim Chief Executive Officer of Western Dental Services, Inc., a national dental services provider; Chairman of the Board of Inmar, Inc., a reverse logistics and revenue recovery company; a Senior Advisor to New Mountain Capital, LLC, a private equity firm; Chairman and Interim President of National Medical Health Card Systems, Inc., a pharmacy benefits manager; Chairman of the Board of Path Ways, Inc., an operator of post-acute care facilities; Chairman of the Board of Trans Health care, Inc., a health care services company; Chairman and Interim Chief Executive Officer of Life Care Holdings, Inc., an operator of long-term acute care hospitals; Interim President and Chief Executive Officer of Luminex Corporation; and Interim President and Chief Executive Officer of Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc., a healthcare focused real estate investment trust. Mr. Erickson was also co-founder, President and Chief Executive Officer of Care Select Group, Inc., a physician practice administration company.
Mr. Erickson is presently a Director of American Renal Associates, Luminex Corporation and Syncreon Group Holdings Limited.
“We are happy to have someone of Thomas’ caliber join our board of directors,” said Wally Loewenbaum, 3D Systems’ Chairman. “He brings decades of experience in the c-suites and the board rooms of fast moving businesses and will be a valuable addition as 3D Systems moves decisively into the next era.”
3D Systems Corporation, through its auxiliaries, operates as a provider of 3D printing centric design-to-manufacturing solutions in the Americas, Germany, and the Asia-Pacific, in addition to other European, the Middle East, and African countries.
Shares of E I Du Pont De Nemours And Co (NYSE:DD), declined -0.20% to $66.45, during its current trading session.
CRDF Global awarded DuPont the 2015 Corporate Impact Award at the organization’s annual gala event in Washington, D.C. on Nov. 18. The award recognizes companies that promote peace and prosperity through international science cooperation. CRDF Global honored DuPont for its commitment to science partnership and developing science-based innovation to nourish a growing population and build an energy-secure future.
“A rapidly increasing global population and changing societal needs are placing noteworthy demands on our planet’s resources. DuPont is applying our vast range of scientific expertise and knowledge to build global networks and bring innovative products to market with a simple, common aim in mind — making lives better, safer and healthier for people everywhere,” said James C. Borel, executive vice president, DuPont, who accepted the award on behalf of the company. “We are happy to work with CRDF Global and our international partners toward this aim.”
CRDF selects corporate awardees based on their facilitation of scientific collaborations between countries, promotion of safe and responsible science, encouragement of innovation entrepreneurship that supports economic growth and creative programs that improve science capacity.
“We are so happy to honor DuPont for its commitment to leadership in international scientific cooperation,” said CRDF Global President and CEO Cathy Campbell. “It is fitting to celebrate DuPont for its impactful and expansive work furthering cross-border science partnershipat our milestone 20th anniversary gala celebration,” said Campbell.
E I. du Pont de Nemours and Company operates as a science and technology based company worldwide. The company’s Agriculture segment offers corn hybrid, soybean, canola, sunflower, sorghum, inoculants, seed products, wheat, rice, herbicides, fungicides, and insecticides.
Finally, Shares of Reynolds American, Inc. (NYSE:RAI), lost -1.17%, and is now trading at $46.46.
Reynolds American, has declared the following: “RAI declares establishment of executive stock trading plans.”
Reynolds American Inc., through its auxiliaries, manufactures and sells cigarettes and other tobacco products in the United States. It operates through RJR Tobacco, American Snuff, and Santa Fe segments.