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Polycoat Expands Its Sales Force

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May 4, 2012

SANTA FE SPRINGS, CA - American Polymers Corp. (dba Polycoat Products), a leading manufacturer and custom formulator of high-performance protective polyurethanes, polyurea and polyaspartic coatings and linings, has welcomed two new additions to its California sales staff. The company also announced the addition of 18 independent North American sales representatives tasked with expanding sales throughout the United States, Canada and Mexico.

Adriaan van der Capellen, a coatings industry veteran with over 34 years of experience, is the new Sales and Technical Support Manager, Waterproof Division. Steven McGrane is the new Technical Sales Manager, Industrial Applications, Foam Division. McGrane brings a strong sales and technical foam-application background along with hands-on expertise in industrial applications. Both managers are now tasked with growing their respective divisions’ sales, and providing sales and technical support to local distributors and contractors.

New sales representatives in the United States include: Advanced Roofing Technologies, Jerry Guadenau, Hawaii territory; Blue Sky Solutions, Gene Monk, Iowa, Nebraska and South Dakota territory; Brad Higgins, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont and Maine territory; CPI Inc., Alan Brown, southern California territory; Design Resources Group, John Peden, Texas and Oklahoma territory; Five Side Specialty Sales, Bill Armitage, Indiana and Kentucky territory; Gooding Co. LLC, Kevin Gooding, Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina territory; Hanson Building Specialties, Jim Hanson, Wisconsin and northern Illinois territory; Korber Sales Co., William Korber, Bill Korber and Jeff Hughart, Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, Wyoming and Montana territory; Madco Sales, Mark Madis and Dan Bronish, Ohio territory; OCH Consulting, Mike Costello, Oregon, Washington and Arkansas territory;  S & K Marketing Group, Pat Tewl, northern California territory; Surface Solutions, Brett Cline, Utah territory; and VP Industrial Coatings, Gary O’Conner and Eric Fisher, New York and Pennsylvania territory.

Sales representatives in Canada include: Mack Nagendrain, Ontario province territory; and PRO Agencies, Walt Carlyle, British Columbia and Alberta provinces territory.

Sales representatives in Mexico include: Recubrimientos Industriales, Hector Yamamoto, states of Baja California, Baja California Sur, Sonora, and Sinaloa territory; and Exspec, Jose Elizondo, states of Campeche, Chiapas, Chihuahoa, Coahuila, Distrito Federal, Durango, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Jalisco, Mexico, Michoacan, Nayarit, Nuevo Leon, Oaxaca, Queretaro, Quintana Roo, San Luis Potosi, tabasco, Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Yucantan, and Zacatecas territory.

Polycoat Products is a division of American Polymers, Santa Fe Springs, CA. The company manufactures high-performance, monolithic, protective polyurethanes, polyurea, and polyaspartic coatings for the construction and waterproofing industries.

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