Hilario Garcia appointed new Distrupol sales engineer for Catalunya

Strengthening its team to support the rapid increase in business conducted within the region, Distrupol Iberia has hired Hilario Garcia (47) to work from its Barcelona office as from 3rd September 2007.

Hilario is a graduate chemical engineer with extensive experience of the chemicals, polymers and textiles markets. Before joining Distrupol he worked for companies such as Nurel, ICI Spain, DuPont and most recently, Lucite International, in key sales positions covering Spain and Portugal.

‘We are delighted to add Hilario to our Iberian sales team,’ says Salvador Debeer Santamaria, Distrupol Sales and Marketing Manager Iberia. ‘As a native Catalan and with his tremendous sales and industry experience, Hilario is ideally placed to take responsibility for the further development of our sales in the Catalunya region. This appointment underlines our increased commitment to the Iberian market and the growth of our business in the region.”

Hilario is married with two children. His wife is an art teacher and professional artist. He is a keen supporter of the ‘other’ team in Barcelona, Espanyol.

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About Distrupol

Distrupol is one of the foremost providers of distribution and technical services to the polymer industry in Europe, where it leads the markets in the UK, Ireland and the Nordic regions. A daughter company of Univar NV, Distrupol is headquartered in Chertsey, United Kingdom and has branches and warehousing facilities in Denmark, Finland, France, Ireland, The Netherlands, Norway and Sweden, as well as the United Kingdom. For more information: www.distrupol.com

About Univar

Univar NV is a chemical distribution leader in North America and Europe, with annual sales of approximately 5 billion Euro. The company serves customers in key industry sectors from a broad-based product offering sourced from the world’s foremost chemical producers. Customer sectors include food, pharmaceuticals, personal care, natural resources, cleaning products and coatings, and they are supported through an extensive network of 195 centres located throughout the USA, Canada and 14 European countries. For more information: www.univarcorp.com .