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Hemp, Inc. CEO Bruce Perlowin Recognized as Man of the Year for Outstanding Achievement in the American Hemp Industry
Hemp, Inc. CEO Bruce Perlowin Recognized as Man of the Year for Outstanding Achievement in the American Hemp Industry.
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[{"type":"text","content":"\nSPRING HOPE, NC, March 22, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- via NEWMEDIAWIRE – Hemp, Inc. (OTC PINK: HEMP), a global leader in the industrial hemp industry with bi-coastal processing centers including the 85,000 square-foot multipurpose industrial hemp processing facility in Spring Hope, North Carolina, a state of the art processing center in Medford, Oregon, and a 500-acre hemp growing Eco-Village in Golden Valley, Arizona, announced today Hemp, Inc. CEO, Bruce Perlowin accepted The First Annual Hemp Awards recognition as “Man of the Year” for 2018, at the ASD Market Week show in Las Vegas.\n The award comes from his outstanding achievement in ‘The American Hemp Industry’. He was honored with this monumental award at the ASD Market Week show in Las Vegas the week of March 18, 2019. The award demonstrated the amount of increased recognition the hemp industry is continuing to receive and reflects the demand for leaders within this space is recognized. “I am more than honored to be accepting this award of ‘Man of the Year’ for outstanding achievement in the hemp industry,” said Hemp, Inc. CEO Bruce Perlowin. “This industry grows at such a rapid pace so I’m very fortunate to have such an amazing team of people dedicated to making Hemp, Inc. a leader in the industrial hemp movement. Without everyone involved, I wouldn’t be accepting this award, and I cannot wait to further the success of our company and this industry.” In 2018, there were $3.7 billion in sales within the global hemp industry and the market is proposed to reach $5.7 billion by 2020, according to a report by New Frontier Data. In addition to the 2018 Man of the Year award, Perlowin was recognized in 2015 for “Major Achievement in the Hemp Industry” by Producer and Co-Creator of the Jack Herer Cannabis Awards, Michael Whalen. Perlowin was awarded this title for having a major impact within the industrial hemp industry with the only commercial industrial hemp decortication and processing facility in the United States at the time. Hemp, Inc. attended The ASD Market Week show as it is one of the largest B2B expos and this year many of the show’s exhibitors were in the cannabinoids (CBD) product market. The show demonstrated the huge demand...