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.