New Cortec COO Promoted From Within

Cortec Corp. is promoting its director of manufacturing, Caleb Pheneger, to the position of chief operations officer (COO). With this promotion, Pheneger is extending his support for projects and operations to Cortec’s Canadian subsidiary Bionetix, in addition to his manufacturing oversight of five Cortec plants in the United States.

“Caleb’s excellent overall performance is what motivated me to promote him to the position of COO,” says Boris Miksic, Cortec founder and CEO. “I look forward to seeing him lead us to new levels of growth and continual improvement at Cortec Corporation with his hard work, dedication and organizational insight. He is one of the most talented chemical engineers I have worked with during my 50 years in the specialty chemical industry manufacturing space, with good understanding of chemical processing, polymer compounding, extrusion, paper-coating technology and organic synthesis.”

Pheneger has a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering. He started working in Cortec Laboratories in 2012 as a technical services engineer before serving as production manager at Cortec’s world headquarters in 2014. For the last five years, he has overseen manufacturing at all Cortec U.S. plants. With the addition of Bionetix in Montreal, Canada, his responsibilities also cover production areas in Minnesota, Wisconsin and Florida.