Industry & Services >> CEO Interviews >> March 11, 2002

Douglas Ellis – International Absorbents Inc (iabs)

DOUGLAS ELLIS has been President of Absorption Corp. for three years and a Director of International Absorbents Inc. for four years. Mr. Ellis came to Absorption Corp. in 1986 to manage the engineering and construction phase of their Bellingham Facility. He has a proven track record as project engineer on $100 million industrial projects in the pulp, paper and mining industries, along with a history in product development ranging from concept to marketing and full commercialization. Mr. Ellis is regarded as a national expert in the development and implementation of waste pulp and paper-based products and has unique knowledge of the industrial waste streams from hundreds of pulp and paper mills across the country. Profile
TWST: Would you begin with a brief historical sketch of International

Absorbents Inc. and an overview of what you are doing at the present

time?

Mr. Ellis: International Absorbents is a public