Kewaunee Scientific Announces VP Sales & Marketing - Americas Retirement and Appointment of Successor

STATESVILLE, N.C., July 16, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Kewaunee Scientific Corporation (Nasdaq: KEQU) today announced that Dana L. Dahlgren, Kewaunee's Vice President of Sales and Marketing ? Americas, retired after 28 years of service with the Company.

Mr. Dahlgren, 62, joined the Company in November 1989 as a Regional Sales Manager and was promoted to Director of Sales and Marketing of the Laboratory Products Group in September 1998. Mr. Dahlgren was elected Vice President of Sales and Marketing of the Laboratory Products Group in June 2004 and was elected Vice President of Sales and Marketing ? Americas in April 2014.  The Company's Board of Directors conveyed their sincere gratitude to Mr. Dahlgren for his many years of dedication and service to the Company.

We are pleased to announce that on July 16, 2018, Ryan S. Noble has joined the Company as Vice President of Sales and Marketing ? Americas. Mr. Noble brings to Kewaunee a wealth of experience in sales management, marketing, business development, construction and architectural relations.  

Mr. Noble has a Bachelor of Science degree in Human Ecology from the University of Tennessee and has held several sales management positions to include James Hardie Building Products, Mission Viejo, CA (manufacturer of fiber cement building materials for construction industry), and AGC Glass Company, Atlanta, GA (glass and high performance coatings manufacturer for architectural, residential, interior, and industrial applications), Wausau Window and Wall Systems, Wausau, WI (metal and glass solutions for commercial buildings), and most recently served as Director of Sales, New York, NY for Dodge Data and Analytics. 

About Kewaunee Scientific
Founded in 1906, Kewaunee Scientific Corporation is a recognized global leader in the design, manufacture, and installation of laboratory, healthcare, and technical furniture products. Products include steel, wood, and laminate casework, fume hoods, adaptable modular systems, moveable workstations, stand-alone benches, biological safety cabinets, and epoxy resin worksurfaces and sinks.

The Company's corporate headquarters are located in Statesville, North Carolina. Direct sales offices are located in the United States, India, Singapore, and China. Three manufacturing facilities are located in Statesville serving the domestic and international markets, and one manufacturing facility is located in Bangalore, India serving the local and Asian markets. The Company's China headquarters and sales office are located in Shanghai, China. Kewaunee Scientific's website is located at http://www.kewaunee.com.

This press release contains statements that the Company believes to be "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. All statements other than statements of historical fact included in this press release, including statements regarding the Company's future financial condition, results of operations, business operations and business prospects, are forward-looking statements. Words such as "anticipate," "estimate," "expect," "project," "intend," "plan," "predict," "believe" and similar words, expressions and variations of these words and expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. All forward-looking statements are subject to important factors, risks, uncertainties and assumptions, including industry and economic conditions that could cause actual results to differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements. Additional information concerning these factors is contained in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. These forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this document. The Company assumes no obligation, and expressly disclaims any obligation, to update any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

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