(Dallas, TX. – September 26, 2011) StockGuru Shines its Spotlight on SCIO DIAMOND TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION (OTCBB: SCIO) as the Company reported on Friday that it has appointed Joseph D. Lancia as the new CEO of Scio Diamond Technology Corporation. The Company closed up nineteen percent on September 23, 2011, at $2.50, trading on roughly six time its average three month volume.
Mr. Lancia brings over twenty years of executive leadership experience in high-growth, technology companies. Most recently he served for nine years as president and CEO of D&W Fine Pack, a manufacturer of disposable packaging products for the food industry with locations in California, Indiana, Nebraska, Texas and South Carolina (“D&W”). D&W was the entity resulting from the 2009 merger of Dispoz-o Products, Inc. (“Dispozo-o”) and two other companies. When Mr. Lancia assumed the CEO position at Dispoz-o in 2002, the company had 630 employees, revenues of $48,000,000 and EBITDA of $6,900,000. During the first six years of his tenure at Dispoz-o Mr. Lancia oversaw organic growth to $106,000,000 in revenues and $21,700,000 in EBITDA with 570 employees. After the aforementioned merger, Mr. Lancia was retained as President and CEO of D&W and the company grew to $320,000,000 in revenue with EBITDA in excess of $50,000,000.
In making the announcement, Mr. Edward Adams Chairman of Scio said: “Mr. Lancia is the right executive to propel Scio Diamond into the next phase of commercialization. Joe possesses a proven track record of repeated success in working with high-growth companies. He has extensive experience in operations, sales, marketing and the integration of businesses with a stellar reputation and a leadership ability capable of executing on strategic plans to advance the company and seize new opportunities.”
Joe said: “I’m very excited to join Scio at such an opportune time. Scio Diamond has a wide-range of core assets that can be immediately commercialized and exposed to the wide-open demand for cultured diamonds in todays market. I will look to drive revenue growth in existing market opportunities, and build commercial success by leveraging our equipment and patented technology into a range of new service areas and markets worldwide.”
Mr. Lancia also has experience as an investment banker and private investor, having worked with and invested in many private equity and investment companies. He has completed over 40 mergers including 14 outside of the United States across a wide range of industries.
About Scio Diamond Corporation is based in Greer, South Carolina. Scio Diamond employs a chemical deposition process to produce high-quality, single-crystal diamonds. Our diamond materials are grown in a controlled laboratory setting. As such, we refer to our laboratory grown diamonds as “cultured” diamonds.
Scio cultured diamonds have the identical chemical, physical and optical properties as any diamond found in the earth. Through our highly controlled manufacturing process we are able to produce very high-quality, high-purity, single-crystal colorless, near colorless and fancy colored diamond. Our technology will permit us to produce cultured diamond in size, color, and quality combinations that are rare, if at all present in nature. Our cultured diamonds are now being offered in limited quantities as jewelry and in the technology arena as the material operating system of the future.
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