Gema, a Graco Inc. company, announced that Curtis Widerholdt is celebrating 30 years of service with the company. According to the announcement, Widerholdt has been a consistent sales leader throughout his career. The company said his selling skills along with his product and powder coating industry knowledge provided a successful foundation as the western region sales manager for Gema.

Widerholdt started his foray into the finishing industry during his time in college where he worked for the Sherwin-Williams Corp., within its stores group. Upon graduation from the University of Montana in 1993, Widerholdt accepted a sales position with ITW Ransburg, a business unit of Illinois Tool Works. In 1997, Widerholdt transferred over to a sales position with ITW Gema, and moved onto a regional sales management role with Gema.

Widerholdt has achieved numerous sales leadership awards and been recognized for his contributions and sales success. The entire Gema team wished to congratulate Curtis Widerholdt for his hard work, dedication and commitment throughout his 30 years of service to the company.

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