Adumim Food Ingredients,
People
Adumim has a staff dedicated to producing
innovative and quality products, and providing its customers
with continuous support and service.
These are some of the people who make
Adumim the energetic and dynamic company it is:
Dr. Eli Pinthus
- Chairman of the Board, established Adumim Chemicals to commercialize
his research on the production of food emulsifiers while a graduate
student at the Casali Institute. Dr. Pinthus, motivated by strong
entrepreneur vision, took the results of his lab work all the
way through from an idea to a full size plant. The long way passed
through dozens of authorities, institutions, government offices
etc. until its final and successful recognition and materialization.
Dr. Pinthus has managed all phases of entrepreneurship, product
development, manufacture and marketing. As a result, he has developed
comprehensive management skills and industrial expertise.
In 1995 Dr. Pinthus completed his Ph.D. study in food science
and resigned from his position as managing director. He spent
one year as a research fellow in the University of California
at Davis, during which period, in addition to his research work,
Dr. Pinthus carefully examined new developments in the field
of nutraceuticals. In August 1996 Dr. Pinthus returned to Adumim
to take up a new position as director of business development.
Since then he has devoted most of his time to the new line of
business, namely the nutraceutical line of products, which he
defines as his "new baby".
During his short academic career, Dr. Pinthus has published 12
referred articles and participated as lecturer in several scientific
events. In addition, Dr. Pinthus is co-inventor of 5 patents.
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email to Dr. Pinthus
Mr. Eli Levy-
Managing Director of Adumim Food Ingredients, with an MA in business
administration. Mr. Levy is a highly experienced businessman
with an impressive record of achievements as senior executive
in industrial companies, notably as CEO in the chemical industry.
Mr. Levy joined Adumim as part of the new strategy of expenditure
via diversification into new lines of business, which required
corporate managerial skills together with a mature and professional
approach.
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e-mail to Mr. Levy
Professor Nissim Garti - Chief scientist, a founding partner of the company.
Prof. Garti, a full professor as of 1992, is the head of the
Casali Institute of Applied Chemistry - a branch of the School
of Applied Science at the Hebrew university of Jerusalem. He
is an expert in the area of colloid chemistry, food colloids,
surface science, emulsion technology, self-assemblies of amphihiles,
crystallization phenomena and organic and enzymatic processes
in dispersed systems. He has been personally involved with many
of the research projects carried out by the company since its
foundation.
Prof. Garti is an international consultant and is involved on
a regular basis with research projects carried out at many leading
companies such as Unilever, Kodak, Quest, Best Foods, Nestle
and CPC. He has published over 200 original scientific papers,
has written over 25 review chapters in books, edited three important
books and has been granted over 50 Israeli and international
patents, many of which are applied at Adumim and other companies
for the manufacture of industrial chemicals. Prof. Garti has
received three major awards - twice the Lord Kaye award for the
best invention of the Hebrew University (1995,1998), the Japan
Oil Chemical Society Forum Award, and the all Latin America Award
on Baking achievement.
Prof. Garti serves on the editorial boards of several important
scientific journals and is a member of a number of international
scientific committees. He has chaired and organized many international
conferences. At present he is a consultant to the general manager
of the Ministry of Industry and Commerce.
Prof. Garti has an active group of 20 Ph.D. and M.Sc. students,
all or whom are involved with scientific product oriented projects.
Over 25 Ph.D. and 50 M.Sc. students have written their theses
under his supervision.
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