VENTURA, Calif., Sept. 23, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- SGD Holdings, Ltd. (Pink Sheets:SGDH) announced today that Aaron Schiff, former marketing analyst for pricegrabber.com, has been appointed as the new COO of SGD Holdings, Ltd. Mr. Schiff is a University College of Santa Barbara graduate and has been a marketing analyst for Pricegrabber, Inc., an Experian company. Pricegrabber, Inc.'s major client list includes Best Buy, Dell, Nike, Guest and Gap.
"I view SGD Holdings, Ltd. as a paradigm changing paper company. Our subsidiary, Ecopaper, Inc. will change the way people and corporations view the paper industry. We will not create environmental waste and contamination, but an eco-sustainable paper product for use by the public," stated Mr. Schiff.
Mr. Schiff anticipates much greater tree-free corporate demand over the next five years with a shift in Ecopaper's sales from consumers to corporations generating much larger sales volume.
About Ecopaper, Inc.
Ecopaper, Inc. is the first company in the history of the paper industry to create and market treeless paper of a superior quality. Every page of Ecopaper is smooth, acid-free, durable, chemical-free, and made in Costa Rica. Ecopaper, Inc. has developed an innovative and economically feasible option for the removal of 230,000 tons of agro-industrial waste that are dumped yearly in Costa Rica alone. The company's challenge is to invent new processes and create paper from exotic tropical fibers from waste materials in new textures and tones for consumers. The results of processing these exotic tropical fibers are items that both appeal to the consumer and positively impact the environment.
About SGD Holdings, Ltd.
SGD Holdings, Ltd. is a holding company which owns and operates through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Ecopaper, Inc. (www.ecopaper.com). Its goal is to acquire new technologies which can positively impact the environment either through internal development or by acquisition.
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