28 Jan 2003
Distrupol Nordic adds area manager to technical sales team in Norway
Distrupol, a member company of Univar and leading polymer distributor, technical service and solutions provider, has demonstrated its commitment to the local market in Norway with the appointment of Jon Asle Sjøli as area sales manager.
“We felt that to be able to meet the increasing demand from our customers and the market we needed to strengthen our position in Norway,” says Thomas Andersson, commercial director, Distrupol Nordic.
Jon Asle Sjøli’s appointment was effective 1 December 2002. He is well known in the local Norwegian market and has a solid background in the local polymer industry.
In addition to his technical sales responsibilities, Sjøli will work with Distrupol’s growing number of engineering customers in Norway. He will be based in Distrupol Nordic’s Oslo office.
“We are very happy to have Jon Asle on board, “says Thomas Andersson. “I am confident that together with Torkjell Johannessen, Distrupol is now the best placed to meet the demands of customers in Norway and we expect to see significant growth in this market.
Notes for editors
About Distrupol
Distrupol is one of the foremost providers of distribution and technical services to the polymer industry in Europe, where it leads the markets in the UK, Ireland and the Nordic regions. A daughter company of Univar NV, Distrupol is headquartered in Chertsey, United Kingdom and has sales offices and warehousing facilities in Denmark, Finland, France, Ireland, The Netherlands, Norway and Sweden, as well as the United Kingdom. For more information: www.Distrupol.com.
About Univar
Univar NV is a chemical distribution leader in North America and Europe with annual sales of approximately 5 billion Euro. The company serves customers in key industry sectors from a broad-based product offering sourced from the world’s foremost chemical producers. Customer sectors include food, pharmaceuticals, personal care, natural resources, cleaning products and coatings, and they are supported through an extensive network of 195 centres located throughout the USA, Canada and 14 European countries. For more information: www.univarcorp.com.
