Excel Polymers Appoints Marcus A. Pignataro as President / General Manager Asia/Pacific
SOLON, Ohio  (October 30, 2008)  Excel Polymers, LLC announces the promotion of Marcus A. Pignataro to the role of President and General
Manager- Asia/Pacific. In this role, Pignataro will be President of EXLP Global (Foshan) and oversee the completion of the construction and start-up phases of the company¹s new manufacturing facility in the Shunde Industrial Park in Shunde (located near Guangzhou - Guangdong Province in South China) and will be responsible for commercial activities in the Asia/Pacific Rim geography.
John E. Quinn, President and CEO of Excel Polymers, LLC said, ³We look forward to Marc utilizing his background and knowledge of our organization and the industry to drive our further integration into the Asia Pacific marketplace.²
Pignataro has been with Excel Polymers since 2002. Most recently he was General Manager of the Performance Additives Business Unit since 2005.
Prior to joining Excel Polymers, Pignataro was employed by Ferro Corporation, where he was an Account Manager for the Polymers Additives Division. Pignataro also worked for B.F. Goodrich¹s Performance Materials business for ten (10) years in a variety of engineering, production, sales, marketing, and business development roles.
Pignataro holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical Engineering from the Ohio State University and a Master of Business Administration from Baldwin-Wallace College.
Excel Polymers is the world¹s leading provider of customized, high-performance compounded elastomer materials, roll compounds and efficiency-improving additives. End-use markets include transportation, consumer goods, industrial, construction, oil and gas, and roller markets.
Excel Polymers is headquartered in Solon, Ohio, and operates plants in the United States, Mexico, Europe and China. Excel Polymers is also part of a compounding Joint Venture with Mitsui in the Guangdong Province of Southern China. For more information, please visit www.excel-polymers.com.
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