Huber Fosters Innovation & Education in Hanover
HANOVER, PA (October 22, 2024) — Today, J.M. Huber Corporation (“Huber”) unveils its state-of-the-art, 5,800 square-foot Innovation Center, including a 1,150 square-foot greenhouse at its Miller Chemical & Fertilizer (“Miller”) facility in Hanover, Pennsylvania. Miller was acquired by Huber in 2019, forming the foundation of its Huber AgroSolutions strategic business unit of Huber Engineered Materials, one of Huber’s portfolio businesses. The center and greenhouse will be used for the research and new product development of Huber AgroSolutions focused on biostimulants, adjuvants and various specialty agricultural solutions.
Senior Vice President & General Manager of Huber AgroSolutions Victor Dean says, “This investment establishes a global center of excellence for specialty agricultural solutions. Innovation is a pillar of ourstrategy, and this investment further empowers our team to develop new products and tailor value-creating formulations for evolving grower needs. Thank you to all those who have been involved up to this point and those who will continue to support the initiative going forward, including our partners at Kinsley Construction, Inc.”
As part of the Huber organization, Miller employees have the opportunity to apply annually for Impact Your Community funding through the Huber Helps program. This is Huber’s community engagement program, that pledges to donate up to 1% of the annual enterprise net income to charitable organizations in the communities where its employees live and work.
Today, Huber employees are also proud to attend a ribbon cutting ceremony at the Conewego Valley Foundation for education for a greenhouse that will be used in an Agricultural Education Program.
In the 2020 cycle of Impact Your Community funding, Huber donated $100,000 to the Conewego Valley Foundation for education. The contribution was for the construction of a greenhouse for use in an Agricultural Education Program at New Oxford High School, located a few miles from the Miller facility. The organization’s mission is to support the Conewego Valley School District (CVSD), which incorporates the City of Hanover. The foundation promotes individual and collaborative excellence, enabling students to become competent, confident and creative community citizens and employees.
Huber President & CEO Gretchen McClain says, “When Huber Helps invested in the Conewago Valley Foundation greenhouse project in 2020, we did so because we believe that the hands-on learning experiences this project will provide will help inspire the next generation of agriculture workers in Hanover and Pennsylvania to pursue careers and become innovators in this important industry.”
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About J.M. Huber Corporation
J.M. Huber Corporation, headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia (US), operates a diverse portfolio of companies: CP Kelco, Huber Engineered Materials, Huber Engineered Woods and Huber Resources Corp. With locations around the world, our businesses create products used in a broad range of applications.