Gefran Appoints Bart Polizotto as Automation Sales Manager for North America
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Gefran creates new position, hires former Eurotherm / Barber Colman manager to support
increased demand for its control automation systems and products within plastics industry
Winchester, MA, July 17, 2006 - - - Gefran, a manufacturer of sensors and automation components for machine automation and process control, announces that Bart Polizotto has joined Gefran's US Subsidiary in Winchester, MA as Automation Sales Manager for North America. In this new position, Mr. Polizotto will manage sales of Gefran's automation control systems and components for machine control within plastics. This move is part of a plan to support Gefran's North American sales efforts following the increasing market penetration and growth in demand for its automation components product line.
Polizotto joins Gefran from Eurotherm / Barber-Colman, where he gained extensive experience in the field of control automation within the plastics industry. For the previous ten years Polizotto has been responsible for the global product management and marketing of the Barber-Colman System Products and the Action Instruments Signal Conditioners, where he developed new product requirements, business plans, and strategic alliances. Eurotherm is a key Business Group within Invensys plc, formed from Eurotherm Controls, Chessell Recorders, Continental Industries, ERO, Action Instruments and Barber-Colman.
"We are pleased to welcome Bart Polizotto to Gefran," said Mark Caldwell, Vice President of Gefran's U.S. Subsidiary in Winchester, MA. "Bart's in-depth knowledge of control automation products within plastics combined with his customer oriented approach makes him a great addition to our sales and marketing team. He fills a key role in Gefran's automation control systems group."
In his new position as the North American Automation Sales Manager at Gefran, Polizotto will be responsible for all business activities related to the sales and marketing of the company's complete line of automation control products. His responsibilities will include developing new sales channels and strategic alliances, as well as product line planning and providing input for product development. This position will require working closely with Gefran's U.S. sales group and its corporate headquarters in Italy in an advisory role for the plastics industry. Polizotto will report to directly to Mark Caldwell, Vice President.
"Gefran's planned expansion of its automation control systems group in North America is an integral part of Gefran's global strategy to expand market share of our automation controls and systems within plastics," stated Riccardo Rutili, Director of Sales and Marketing for Gefran worldwide.
ABOUT GEFRAN
GEFRAN was founded in the 1970s. Today, the GEFRAN Group is a leading supplier in the field of automation and process control of plastics processing machinery for extrusion and injection molding.
GEFRAN ISI Inc., located in Winchester, Massachusetts, is the group's North American headquarters and manufacturing base. Formerly Industrial Sensors Inc. (ISI), the company joined the GEFRAN Group in 1999 bringing more than 25 years of expertise in the development and manufacturing of melt pressure transducers and instrumentation for extrusion processing. GEFRAN SPA is located in Italy and is the GEFRAN Group's headquarters and primary manufacturing facility.
In July 2003 GEFRAN acquired SIEI, a company that develops and produces state-of-the-art electrical drives to regulate the speed of AC electric motors, DC electric motors, brushless motors and advanced control solutions for process automation. SIEI's Charlotte, NC facility further expands Gefran's automation and process control capabilities in North America.
Today, GEFRAN manufactures complete control systems as well as components such as temperature and pressure indication and control instrumentation; temperature, position, melt and industrial pressure sensors; solid-state relays; humidity sensors and load cells. In addition to plastics processing, GEFRAN's instruments and integrated systems are used in a wide range of industrial automation and process control applications. The GEFRAN Group now employs more than 700 people and has yearly sales of about $130 million dollars worldwide.
