SHENZHEN, China, February 21, 2012 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- Uni Core Holdings Corporation (OTC Bulletin Board: UCHC), a Hong Kong based holding company, today announced it has appointed George D. Capps as Vice President of Marketing. Mr. Capps, as UCHC's Vice President of Marketing, was appointed in this new position to assist UCHC in growing the United States and European markets for the environmental products of APT Paper Group and the proprietary fertilizers of Prosperous Agriculture.
Based upon proprietary technology, production, marketing and global supply chains, APT is one of the leaders of the modern environmentally friendly packing and honeycomb paper products industry in China. APT's products are produced from recycled materials and are recyclable. APT's products include honeycomb paper pallets, honeycomb paper panels, honeycomb paper cartons, honeycomb paper coffins, honeycomb paper cushions, paper slip sheets, paper corner protectors and corrugated paper products. APT holds patents throughout the world on many of its products. APT manufactures recyclable honeycomb packaging, which can be used instead of steel or wood packaging. Prosperous Agriculture manufactures and distributes three agricultural brands: "XiDuoFeng", a biological fertilizer series that expands the utilization rate of conventional fertilizers, enhances quality of crops, and increases production with a bio-microbial agent produced by a proprietary bio-technology; "Urea-Extra", a long-lasting nitrogenous fertilizer series that increases the utilization rate of traditional nitrogenous fertilizer by more than 50%; and "Sirius" compound fertilizer series.
Mr. Capps has over thirty years of marketing and communications experience with expertise in Asian markets. Mr. Capps previously served as General Manager of Burson-Marsteller, Thailand, before working as a consultant to the Thai Government on various marketing and public relations projects. After relocating back to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1998, Mr. Capps worked for the U.S. Government on various communications projects. Mr. Capps graduated from California State University, Northridge, CA with a bachelor in Mass Communications.
Mr. James Wu, Chief Executive Officer of UCHC, commented, "With Mr. Capps joining the force, we will start pursuing the large markets of the U.S. and Europe by exporting our products from China. Although UCHC works very closely with its customers in China, many of which are headquartered in the United States, now UCHC intends to expand into U.S. and Europe. We are very confident that Mr. Capps' new position should facilitate the entry of APT's and Prosperous' products into the U.S. and Europe markets."
About Uni Core Holdings Corporation (UCHC.OB)
Uni Core through its subsidiaries develops, manufactures and distributes environmental friendly paper and agricultural products based upon its proprietary technology and supply chains. The Company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Hong Kong.
APT Paper Group, a wholly owned subsidiary, headquartered in Shenzhen, Guangdong, China, was founded in November 1993. UCHC acquired 100% of APT in June 2010. Based upon proprietary technology, production, marketing and global supply chains, APT is one of the leaders of the modern environmentally friendly packing and honeycomb paper products industry in China. APT's products are produced from recycled materials and are recyclable. APT's products include honeycomb paper pallets, honeycomb paper panels, honeycomb paper cartons, honeycomb paper coffins, honeycomb paper cushions, paper slip-sheets, paper corner protectors and corrugated paper products. APT holds patents throughout the world on many of its products. Some of APT's customers include Wal-Mart, Costco, Sam's Club, Sony, Nokia, DHL, Haier, Hisense, among others.
Prosperous Agriculture, 51% of which is owned by UCHC, is headquartered in Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, China. Prosperous Agriculture manufactures and distributes agricultural brands and also establishes a national agricultural resources chain direct sales platform through the opening and acquiring of agricultural resources direct sales outlets and dealers, and by working with well-known manufacturers of agricultural products. Prosperous Agriculture integrated more than 2,000 agricultural resources.
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Mr. Zhou Caiyi
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