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PureTech Scientific LLC announces CFO

PureTech Scientific — Mon, 02 Nov 2026 13:00:03 GMT

PureTech Scientific LLC Proudly Announces Connie Sellman as CFO, Bringing Decades of Industry Leadership

PureTech Scientific LLC is pleased to announce the appointment of Connie Sellman as Chief Financial Officer (CFO).

“I am pleased to welcome Connie to PureTech Scientific and the executive leadership team,” said Jake Fitzgerald, CEO of PureTech Scientific. “Connie brings a deep understanding of how disciplined financial strategy translates into strong operational performance. Throughout her career, she has proven her ability to balance strategic investments in growth with an unwavering focus on profitability, cash generation, and capital allocation. I am confident Connie’s leadership will support PureTech’s strong momentum in driving profitable growth and help deliver long-term value.”

Connie brings extensive experience in FP&A, financial modeling, forecasting, treasury, and M&A, along with a history of rebuilding finance functions inside pharmaceutical, industrial, and manufacturing organizations. She pairs financial discipline with direct operational partnership, having guided companies through private equity ownership transitions, capital expansion, and successful company sales

“I’m excited to join PureTech Scientific and build strong partnerships across the company,” said Connie Sellman, Chief Financial Officer. “I look forward to working across the organizations to strengthen our financial capabilities and support, guide meaningful investment, and help turn our growth plans into lasting results.”

About PureTech Scientific LLC

Headquartered in Belle, West Virginia, PureTech Scientific is the global leader in organic synthesis of ultra-high purity alpha hydroxy acids for the Life Sciences and Specialty Chemical industries, and the sole manufacture in the Americas. With over 85 years of operating experience and a commitment to reducing our carbon footprint, we are dedicated to delivering world-class products, innovations and customer support for a healthier and safer world.

PureTech Scientific Receives the 2026 West Virginia Governor's Export Award

PureTech Scientific — Wed, 24 Jun 2026 04:00:00 GMT

Earlier this month, PureTech Scientific was honored to receive the 2026 West Virginia Governor's Export Award.

Congratulations to Plant Manager Stephen Ferrell and the entire PureTech Scientific team! Being recognized alongside other West Virginia companies for our global growth is a proud moment, and a reflection of the hard work happening every day at our Belle, WV plant.

As the only U.S.-based glycolic acid producer, we're committed to delivering consistent quality and an unmatched supply chain to customers around the world.

Thank you to the West Virginia Department of Commerce and Secretary of Commerce Matt Herridge for this recognition.

Source: Originally published by PureTech Scientific on LinkedIn. View the original

First Bulk Shipment of High-Purity Glycolic Acid Leaves Dayton, TN

PureTech Scientific — Thu, 23 Apr 2026 04:00:00 GMT

A big milestone for PureTech Scientific.

This week, our first bulk shipment of high-purity glycolic acid left our recently acquired Dayton, TN facility.

With in-house purification fully integrated, we now control the entire process from continuous production to high-purity refinement, supporting demanding applications across beauty & personal care, electronics, and medical devices.

In a market where inconsistency and supply disruptions are common, control matters. For our customers, that means confidence - at scale:

Consistent, high-purity quality
Reliable, continuous supply
Full chain-of-custody transparency

Congrats to our team who made this achievement possible.

Interested in evaluating our high-purity glycolic acid? Let's connect.

Source: Originally published by PureTech Scientific on LinkedIn. View the original

Celebrating 80 Years Without a Lost Workday Case

PureTech Scientific — Wed, 19 Nov 2025 05:00:00 GMT

PureTech Scientific is proud to celebrate an incredible safety milestone at our Belle, WV facility: 80 years with zero Lost Workday Case injuries.

This achievement reflects the dedication and vigilance of our operators and plant team, who look out for one another and uphold a world-class safety culture every day.

Thank you to our entire team for leading by example and demonstrating what true operational excellence looks like.

Here's to keeping safety at the heart of everything we do.

Source: Originally published by PureTech Scientific on LinkedIn. View the original

PureTech Scientific Acquires Cymer Chemical's Dayton, Tenn. Facility

PureTech Scientific — Thu, 23 Oct 2025 04:00:00 GMT

Move marks inflection point for global glycolic acid innovation leader's services and capabilities

BELLE, W.Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--PureTech Scientific LLC (PureTech), a global leader in high-purity glycolic acid innovation and manufacturing, today announced the acquisition of Cymer Chemical's Dayton, Tennessee operation, a specialty tolling manufacturer and provider of such services as chemical processing development, chemical blending and formulation, chemical sample analysis and classification, organic synthesis, and pilot, scale-up programs. PureTech was founded and backed by Iron Path Capital, a private equity firm specializing in lower-middle market investments across the specialty industrial and healthcare sectors.

PureTech Scientific - Dayton, TN manufactures glycolic acid across several grades, expanding PureTech's capabilities and enabling the company to purify its own products for high-purity applications. Additionally, the site will be used to manufacture specialized products as well as serve other customers with their own chemical processing and manufacturing needs.

"This acquisition marks a significant step forward in our long-term growth strategy," said PureTech CEO Jake Fitzgerald. "By integrating this facility and its talent into our business, we're gaining strategic specialized capabilities and strengthening our position in the Life Sciences segment. We welcome the new team members and look forward to unlocking new value together."

"This carve-out deal of an established business with strong fundamentals, untapped potential, and a clear path to accelerated growth represents exactly the type of opportunity we look for," said Iron Path Capital Co-founder Scott Mraz. "We're proud to support this next chapter for PureTech Scientific, investing in innovation, operational excellence, and long-term value creation."

Born from a carve-out acquisition from The Chemours Company in 2023, PureTech was founded in 2023 by Iron Path with a vision for driving end-market growth through long-term investments in product innovation, high-touch customer support and a comprehensive organic and transformative growth strategy, including the infusion of technical expertise and resources in support of new customer-centered product applications, formulations and manufacturing capabilities.

PureTech's environmentally friendly and biodegradable portfolio of glycolic acid solutions includes:

Glypure® - a high-purity glycolic acid that is a key ingredient in Personal Care products such as anti-aging and wrinkle removal serums, exfoliation peels, moisturizers and acne treatments for Personal Care products.
Glypure® GL - a proactive form of Glypure that delivers the benefits of AHA to rejuvenate skin more effectively and efficiently with significantly reduced free acid and markedly lower skin irritation.
Glypure® PGA - because Glypure PGA's low parts per million (ppm) impurity level is well-suited for efficient, high molecular weight polyglycolic acid polymer synthesis, it can be used to manufacture PGA for the biodegradable plastics market.
Glyclean® - a technical-grade glycolic acid that is a key ingredient in electronics, surface cleaners, semiconductors and other industrial processing uses.
Glyclean® D - a newly formulated more effective, efficient, environmentally friendlier solution for the Clean and Disinfect market.

About PureTech Scientific LLC

Headquartered in Belle, West Virginia, PureTech Scientific is a global leader in organic synthesis of ultra-high purity alpha hydroxy acids for Life Sciences and Specialty Chemical industries, and the sole manufacturer in the Americas. With over 85 years operating experience and a commitment to reducing our carbon footprint, we are dedicated to delivering world-class products, innovations and customer support for a healthier and safer world. For more information, visit puretechscientific.com.

About Iron Path Capital

Iron Path Capital is an operationally focused private equity firm making lower-middle-market investments across the healthcare and specialty industrial sectors. With offices in Nashville, TN and Charlottesville, VA, Iron Path Capital supports its partners with capital, operating expertise, business development, and industry relationships to achieve significant scale. Iron Path Capital focuses on growing companies with stable cash flows, superior management teams, defensible, scalable business models and multiple vectors for growth, both organic and through consolidation. Learn more at ironpathcapital.com.

Source: Originally published by Business Wire. View the original

PureTech Scientific LLC and Brenntag Beauty & Personal Care Group Announce a Strategic Partnership for the Distribution of Glypure® Cosmetic-Grade Glycolic Acid in North America

PureTech Scientific — Tue, 04 Mar 2025 05:00:00 GMT

BELLE, W.Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--PureTech Scientific LLC, a global leader in organic synthesis of ultra-high purity glycolic acid, is pleased to announce the appointment of Brenntag Beauty & Personal Care Group to its North American distribution network for the line of Glypure® high purity glycolic acid-based products. Effective immediately, Brenntag is an authorized distributor for all Glypure® products covering US, Canada and Mexico.

PureTech Scientific, a carve-out of the legacy DuPont Glycolic Acid Division, proudly manufacturers all glycolic acid products in the United States from raw materials sourced exclusively from North America. Glypure® active ingredients are produced using an industry-leading purification process and offer formulation versatility to a wide range of skin and hair care applications. For more information regarding Glypure® glycolic acid please visit our website Glypure.com.

Maia Navarrete, Brenntag B&PC Sr. Director Personal Care Americas stated: "We are extremely excited with our new distribution agreement with PureTech Scientific as the Glypure® products are the industry standard of high purity glycolic acid for the Beauty and Personal Care industry. We are especially excited with their new launch, Glypure® 70 ULTRA, which is an ultra-high-purity glycolic that is formaldehyde-free and dichloroacetic acid-free that offers true innovation to consumers that are looking for a safe and effective product."

Nav Arora, PureTech Scientific Chief Commercial Officer added: "Our strategic partnership with Brenntag Beauty & Personal Care group significantly expands access to Glypure® in the personal care market. This collaboration will enable our customers to easily integrate this proudly made-in-the-USA ingredient into their formulations through an efficient and reliable sourcing experience. It further reinforces PureTech's commitment to quality, reliability, and customer success."

About PureTech Scientific LLC

Headquartered in Belle, West Virginia, PureTech Scientific is the global leader in organic synthesis of ultra-high purity glycolic acid for the Life Sciences and Specialty Chemical industries, and the sole manufacturer in the Americas. With over 85 years of operating experience and a commitment to reducing our carbon footprint, we are dedicated to delivering world-class products, innovations, and customer support for a healthier and safer world. For more information, visit puretechscientific.com.

Source: Originally published by Business Wire. View the original

Brenntag Specialties signs strategic distribution agreement with PureTech Scientific for glycolic acid solutions in North America

PureTech Scientific — Tue, 04 Mar 2025 05:00:00 GMT

Customers in the U.S., Canada and Mexico will benefit from access to the Glypure® product line in the Beauty and Care markets

Brenntag, the global market leader in chemicals and ingredients distribution, today announced a distribution agreement for the U.S., Canada and Mexico with PureTech Scientific LLC, a global leader in organic synthesis of ultra-high purity glycolic acid for the life sciences and specialty chemical industries and the sole manufacturer in the Americas.

This distribution agreement will offer innovative formulation solutions featuring Glypure® cosmetic-grade glycolic acid to Brenntag customers across North American personal care markets. Through their state-of-the-art manufacturing process, PureTech Scientific provides top-tier glycolic acid solutions that can be incorporated into a wide array of personal care products, including dermatological peels, toners and hair styling solutions, while delivering the highest levels of purity, consistency and quality available in the market.

Additionally, PureTech's proprietary process has a 100% atom economy and uses no hazardous solvents in the production of their readily biodegradable glycolic acid, further underscoring their commitment to creating the lowest environmental impact glycolic acid on the market.

Maia Navarrete, Senior Director Beauty & Personal Care North America at Brenntag Specialties, commented: "We are extremely excited to work with PureTech Scientific as Glypure® products are the industry standard of high purity glycolic acid for the beauty and personal care industry. We are especially pleased with their new launch, Glypure® 70 ULTRA, which is an ultra-high purity glycolic that is formaldehyde-free and dichloroacetic acid-free and offers true innovation to consumers that are looking for a safe and effective product."

Nav Arora, Chief Commercial Officer for PureTech Scientific, added: "Our strategic partnership with Brenntag Beauty & Personal Care group significantly expands access to Glypure® in the personal care market. This collaboration will enable our customers to easily integrate this proudly-made-in-the-USA ingredient into their formulations through an efficient and reliable sourcing experience. It further reinforces PureTech's commitment to quality, reliability, and customer success."

About PureTech Scientific

Headquartered in Belle, West Virginia, PureTech Scientific is the global leader in organic synthesis of ultra-high purity glycolic acid for the Life Sciences and Specialty Chemical industries and the sole manufacturer in the Americas. With over 85 years of operating experience and a commitment to reducing our carbon footprint, we are dedicated to delivering world-class products, innovations, and customer support for a healthier and safer world.

Source: Originally published by Brenntag Newsroom. View the original

PureTech Scientific is Committed to Advancing the Frontier of Ultra-high Purity Glycolic Acid Applications

PureTech Scientific — Wed, 19 Feb 2025 05:00:00 GMT

PureTech Scientific is the largest global manufacturer of Glycolic Acid and is based in Belle West Virginia, USA. As a historic part of DuPont and Chemours, PureTech Scientific has over 85 years of manufacturing and purification expertise. Through our proprietary production and purification process PureTech Scientific offers a wide range of Glycolic Acid Products.

PureTech Scientific's range of Glycolic Acid products are nature identical, fully biodegradable and designed for a wide range of diverse end uses from personal care, to clean and disinfect, to heavy industry.

Glypure® - The highest purity cosmetic grade Glycolic Acid on the market

Discover the nature-identical glycolic acid that is readily biodegradable and made proudly in the USA. Perfect for skin, hair and beauty applications.

Glypure® is a family of personal care products:

Glypure® 70 - Aqueous 70% solution
Glypure® 99 - Crystaline 99% free-flowing
Glypure® GL - New "non-acid" acid

When it comes to high-quality sources of glycolic acid, Glypure® Glycolic Acid delivers clear advantages:

Utilizes a globally unique 24/7 glycolic acid synthesis process
Made in the USA
Dichloroacetic acid-free
All Glypure® products are produced using an industry-leading purification process.
Backed by PureTech Scientific Technical Support

Talk with us today about our family of Glypure® products that are stocked locally in Europe, and across the globe. Find us at: Glypure.com

Glyclean® D - A new alternative to legacy disinfectants

Today, combating viruses, bacteria, and germs is crucial worldwide. Traditional disinfectants, often harsh and unstable, pose safety concerns. Glyclean® D utilizes Glycolic Acid's unique properties as a safe, efficient, and economical alternative disinfectant active. Glyclean® D has three distinct mechanisms of action that improve efficiency and reduce the potential for microbial resistance to develop. It is low-to-no odor, biodegradable, VOC-exempt, and the exceptional cleaning and descaling functionality of Glyclean® D make it a powerful combination for high-level disinfection in both household and industrial applications.

Glyclean® D is under review for EU BPR, with PT2, PT3, PT4 approvals. Talk with us today about how to get your new product to market utilizing national registrations quickly before BPR approval.

Glyclean® D in our European-approved formulation has been proven effective in reducing the following by at least 99.9999%:

Enterococcus hirae
E. coli
Pseudomonas aer.
Staphylococcus aur.
Aspergillus brasil.
Candida albicans
Adenovirus
Murine norovirus
Poliovirus

Talk with us today about how Glyclean® D can fit into your disinfecting products that combine cost-effectiveness with long-term regulatory viability. Find us at GlycleanD.com

Source: Originally published by SOFW. View the original

PureTech Scientific Names Nav Arora as New CCO

PureTech Scientific — Mon, 10 Feb 2025 05:00:00 GMT

Appointment taps a strategic leader who brings wealth of knowledge and leadership

BELLE, W. Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--PureTech Scientific LLC, a global leader in glycolic acid synthesis and technology, today announced the appointment of industry veteran Nav Arora as Chief Commercial Officer. PureTech was founded by private equity firm Iron Path Capital after acquiring the Glycolic Acid business from The Chemours Company in August 2023.

"Nav has an exceptional track record of driving step-change improvements in business performance across various industries and functional areas. His strong commercial acumen will be pivotal in advancing our strategic initiatives and accelerating our growth trajectory in the months ahead," said Jake Fitzgerald, CEO of PureTech Scientific.

Nav brings a wealth of experience in strategic leadership, most recently serving as Senior Vice President of strategic initiatives at Avantor, where he focused on driving organic growth and enhancing customer experience. Previously, as Avantor's SVP/GM of Americas Growth Segment he managed global P&Ls across seven countries. In addition, he led Americas Customer Service team overseeing 700+ employees supporting a $4B business. Prior to Avantor/VWR, Nav was a management consultant with Strategy& (formerly Booz & Company) advising clients across various industries. His passion for building, empowering, and coaching global teams will be instrumental in PureTech's continued growth and success.

"I am thrilled to join PureTech and excited about the opportunity to work alongside such a talented team," said Arora. "I look forward to fostering strong relationships with our customers and driving growth through innovative solutions and exceptional service. Together, we will leverage our collective strengths to build on the strong foundation of success that PureTech has established."

About PureTech Scientific LLC

Headquartered in Belle, West Virginia, PureTech Scientific is the global leader in organic synthesis of ultra-high purity alpha hydroxy acids for the Life Sciences and Specialty Chemical industries, and the sole manufacturer in the Americas. With over 85 years of operating experience and a commitment to reducing our carbon footprint, we are dedicated to delivering world-class products, innovations and customer support for a healthier and safer world. www.puretechscientific.com

About Iron Path Capital

Iron Path Capital is an operationally focused private equity firm focused on lower-middle-market investments across the healthcare and specialty industrial sectors. With offices in Nashville, TN and Charlottesville, VA, Iron Path Capital supports its partners with capital, operating expertise, business development, and industry relationships to achieve significant scale. Iron Path Capital selects companies with stable cash flows, superior management teams, strong performance trajectories, and multiple vectors for growth, both organic and through consolidation. Learn more at www.ironpathcapital.com

Source: Originally published by Business Wire. View the original

PureTech Scientific Names Matthew Smith as New Vice President of Global Operations

PureTech Scientific — Mon, 07 Oct 2024 04:00:00 GMT

Appointment taps industry leader who brings decades of Global Operations knowledge

BELLE, W.Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--PureTech Scientific LLC (PureTech), a global leader in glycolic acid synthesis and technology, today announced the appointment of industry veteran Matthew Smith as Vice President of Global Operations.

Smith most recently served as Senior Project Manager and Consultant of Continuous Improvement, where he led cross-functional business and asset strategy teams to develop long term strategic roadmaps for individual business segments for DuPont de Nemours, Inc. Prior to DuPont, Smith was the Production Team Leader at Dow Corning Corporation. His prior experiences give him a wealth of industry knowledge to transition the PureTech Operations organization into the next era of opportunities and success.

"Matt's years of experience driving operational excellence are further complemented by his more recent experience leading strategic projects," said Jake Fitzgerald, PureTech CEO. "This combination is exactly what PureTech requires to deliver on our strategic operational initiatives and manufacturing excellence imperatives."

Smith's appointment underscores PureTech's commitment to the organization's Global Operations space in the Life Sciences and Specialty Chemical industries. Under his leadership, PureTech's Operations Organization is poised to solidify its position as an industry leader, providing ultra-high purity alpha hydroxy acids across the Life Science and Specialty chemical sectors.

"I am excited to be joining PureTech to lead the Operations Organization," said Smith. "Together with the dedicated and experienced operations team, we will continue our goal to drive growth, productivity, and Operational Excellence at every level of the organization."

About PureTech Scientific LLC

Headquartered in Belle, West Virginia, PureTech Scientific is the global leader in organic synthesis of ultra-high purity alpha hydroxy acids for the Life Sciences and Specialty Chemical industries, and the sole manufacturer in the Americas. With over 85 years of operating experience and a commitment to reducing our carbon footprint, we are dedicated to delivering world-class products, innovations and customer support for a healthier and safer world. www.puretechscientific.com

Source: Originally published by Business Wire. View the original