Contact Information: Contact: NewMarket China, Inc. ir@newmarketchina.com 214-722-3065
NewMarket China, Inc. Announces Paul K. Danner as CEO to Lead Expansion Into New Lines of Business After Reporting $40 Million in Profitable Revenue in 2007
Company Positions for Next Phase of Aggressive Growth Signaled by Name Change to China Crescent Enterprises, Inc.
| Source: NewMarket China, Inc.
DALLAS, TX--(Marketwire - June 4, 2008) - NewMarket China, Inc. (OTCBB : NMCH ) today
announced the Company has named Paul K. Danner, Chief Executive Officer.
After launching operations in January of 2005 and growing to $40 million in
profitable revenue in 2007, the Company has been positioning itself for its
next stage of aggressive growth. Mr. Danner has been working with the
outgoing CEO, John T. Verges since February. Mr. Danner originally joined
NewMarket Technology to spearhead the Company's merger & acquisition
efforts throughout Asia. He is now taking the reins as CEO to lead
NewMarket China into new lines of business intended to substantially
enhance the Company's net income, while continuing to improve the
performance of existing business operations, maximizing revenue and
profitability.
Mr. Danner has extensive senior management experience leading fast growth,
publicly listed companies, in addition to having extensive experience
managing operations in Asia. Before joining NewMarket, Mr. Danner was the
Chief Executive Officer of Paragon Financial Corporation, a publicly listed
company he formed in 2001 to acquire financial services institutions. Prior
to founding Paragon, Mr. Danner was employed by MyTurn.com, Inc., a
NASDAQ-listed company, where he served in a variety of leadership roles
including Chief Executive Officer. Previous corporate positions with a
number of Fortune 100 technology companies including Control Data and NEC
provided managerial and executive level experience in sales, marketing,
operations, finance and manufacturing. Mr. Danner earned a Bachelor of
Science degree in Business Finance from Colorado State University in 1979,
and an MBA from Old Dominion University in 1986. From 1979 to 1985 Mr.
Danner served on active duty with the United States Navy flying the F-14
Tomcat. Currently, he is a Captain in the United States Navy Reserve and is
currently assigned as the Chief of Staff, Naval Air Systems Command Reserve
Program at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Maryland.
"Growing NewMarket China from a private start-up has been a three and a
half year effort. Finding the right individual to lead the company into the
future has been of the utmost importance to me. After working side by side
with Mr. Danner over the last six months, I am extremely enthusiastic about
the future prospects he brings to the Company," said John T. Verges,
outgoing CEO. "The Company is maturing and growing in new directions, and
Mr. Danner's extensive experience and professionalism will serve the
Company very well."
"John truly created a first class operation in China with an extraordinary
local management team," said Mr. Danner, adding, "He really did a
spectacular job of establishing a stable platform upon which an array of
growth opportunities can be supported. I very much appreciate John's
support during this transition period, and am looking forward to
implementing the company's next expansion phase during which we will strive
to significantly improve revenue and profitability, both from existing
operations as well as additional acquisitions."
Corporate Name Change to China Crescent Enterprises, Inc.
NewMarket China recently announced its intentions to change the Company's
corporate name to China Crescent Enterprises, Inc. As was mentioned at that
time, this change is part of the Company's overall plan to distinguish
itself from its parent company and to better position the Company for
business development in the Asian market. China offers many opportunities,
and often times they are quite different from those available in North
America.
The Company is well on its way to completing the name change. The process
typically takes 30 to 60 days to complete, and the Company is targeting a
completion of the process by the end of June. The new corporate name was
chosen to capture the symbolism of a waxing crescent moon. The lunar cycle
is intertwined within Chinese culture, and we sought to employ that fact in
our new name. The name is designed to draw parallels between the light that
is shed on a waxing crescent moon and the rapid growth of China's emerging
economy.
Corporate E-mail Updates
To be added to NewMarket China's e-mail database to receive company updates
or to obtain more information on the Company, please send an e-mail to
ir@newmarketchina.com or call 214-722-3065.
About NewMarket China, Inc. (www.newmarketchina.com)
NewMarket China, Inc. is a technology leader in the rapidly developing
Chinese market specializing today in software engineering, high quality
software development and digital multimedia outsourcing services delivered
to customers globally. At the same time, the firm is a systems integrator
and value added reseller of major global hardware brands in the Chinese
domestic market.
Headquartered in Dallas with operations in Shanghai and Beijing, NewMarket
China bridges the gap between Western and Eastern business cultures to
assist western clients in realizing the advantages of the high quality, low
cost technology products and services available from China. NewMarket China
also assists Western clients in localizing products and services to realize
the tremendous growth potential available by expanding into the Chinese
Market.
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