RJRNabisco, Merry Hill, NC

Aphios Corporation has developed and licensed a process for the recovery of sclareolide from clary sage bush (Salvia sclarea) extracts to RJRNabisco, Merry Hill, NC. Sclareolide is used as a fixative or base in the perfume industry, replacing the expensive ambergris believed to originate in the intestines of the sperm whale, an endangered and rapidly vanishing species.

Sclareolide Recovery Plant Nabisco Group Holdings Corp. (NYSE: NGH) has completed the spin-off of its domestic tobacco subsidiary, R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Holdings, Inc., to shareholders. With the completion of the spin-off, RJR Nabisco Holdings Corp. (NYSE:RN) changed its name to Nabisco Group Holdings Corp. and the company’s shares will trade on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “NGH.” Nabisco Group Holdings owns approximately 80 percent of Nabisco Holdings Corp., the parent company of Nabisco, Inc., one of the world's major manufacturers of cookies, crackers, snacks, and premium grocery products.

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