Victrex

Victrex announces new appointment

Greenville, SC -- Victrex USA is pleased to announce the appointment of Christine Karas as General Manager, Americas. She will have overall management responsibility for Victrex USA Inc.

Prior to joining Victrex, Karas was Vice President of Sales, GE Capital TIP Intermodal Services in Devon, Pennsylvania. She previously held the position of Vice President and Channel Leader of GE Financial Assurance in Ft. Washington, PA . She began her career at GE in 1985 as a development engineer at GE Global Research in Schenectady, New York and advanced through a series of leadership roles in sales, marketing, and global product development at GE Plastics. In 1996, she became Regional Manager for GE Polymerland, and in 1998 was named to lead the Commercial Quality organization for GE Polymerland, Americas.

Karas holds a B.S. in Material Science and Engineering from the University of Florida, and an MBA from Northwestern's Kellogg School of Management . She currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Illinois Transportation Association.

Karas resides with her husband and two children in Rosemont, PA.

Reader enquiries

Helen Swarbrick
Victrex plc
Victrex Technology Centre
Hillhouse International
Thornton Cleveleys
Lancashire FY5 4QD
United Kingdom

Tel +44 1253 897700
Fax +44 1253 897701
United Kingdom

+44 1253 897700

info@​victrex.com

www.victrex.com


Notes for editors


Victrex USA Inc., a division of Victrex plc., is the sole manufacturer and supplier of Victrex® PEEK™ polymer worldwide. PEEK™ is a trademark of Victrex plc. PEEK™ polymer is used in a variety of high-tech applications in a broad range of industries including automotive, semiconductor and industrial. For more information, please call (800) Victrex or visit the Victrex website at www.victrex.com.

Victrex plc, which has its sales, technical and production headquarters at Thornton Cleveleys in Lancashire, UK, had a turnover of more than £59m in the last financial year. The company exports 97 percent of its Victrex® PEEK™ polymer output to OEMs in the automotive, industrial, medical, food and electronics market sectors in Europe, North America and Asia Pacific.

Information on products, technical support services and sales and distribution contacts worldwide, can be accessed through the company’s web site: www.victrex.com

The PEEK™ Trademark

For many years Victrex plc has been using the PEEK™ trademark to refer to its brand of Polyetheretherketone. Victrex plc is the sole manufacturer and supplier of the Victrex® PEEK™ brand polymer world-wide. PEEK™ is a trademark of Victrex plc.

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Victrex has announced the appointment of Christine Karas as General Manager, Americas, with overall responsability for Victrex USA Inc.

 

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