Laser Products (LPI) announced expansion of its sales force into Canada. The move is in direct response to the continuing growth of the countertop industry and is intended to position LPI to better meet the needs of its Canadian customers.
Eric Harrison, Northwest Sales Manager with more than 20 years of experience in solid surface applications, will be responsible for Alberta, British Columbia, Saskatchewan and the Northwest and Yukon Territories.
JT Hoffman, North Central Sales Manager and ten-year LPI employee, will bring his hands-on experience into Ontario, Manitoba, and Nunavut.
Matt Thomson, Northeast Sales Manager, a solid industry veteran with more than 25 years of experience, will help customers in Quebec, Newfoundland, and Labrador.
In addition to Nicolai North America’s expansion, three new members have been added to their growing team. Nikolina White, Lee Bristol, and Dave Miller have been appointed in various positions within the company.
Nicolai’s newest team members
White has been appointed office administrator and will oversee the day to day operations of the company.
Bristol has been added as service manager and will lead Nicolai’s service program, EnServ. He brings with him more than 12 years of CNC machine and programming expertise.
Miller is now Nicolai’s area manager for the West Coast. His goal is to improve the entire Nicolai experience for clients in this area.
Recently quartz surfacing manufacturer Cambria, headquartered in Le Sueur, Minn., announced an expansion with a new international division called Cambria International. Cambria only sells its engineered stone surfaces through an exclusive network of specialty retail outlets and trade partners. This new division will be headed by it’s recently-appointed president and CEO, Rodolfo Panisi. According to Panisi, he looks forward to “diversifying and growing Cambria’s business well into the future by bringing the brand’s premium product and customer experience to a discerning global audience.”
Caesarstone has reportedly selected Richmond Hill, Ga., (just outside of Savannah) as the location for its first quartz surfacing plant in the United States. This is the first plant the company has built outside of its home country of Israel, and it is said to be an investment of between $70 million and $100 million, and will be operational by the fourth quarter of 2014.
A formal announcement has yet to be made by Caesarstone, but the Savannah Morning News ran a story on October 29 quoting county officials that an agreement had been reached (read the story here).
The new quartz surfacing plant is expected to create up to 200 new jobs, and the site was reportedly chosen over other locations in Georgia, Arkansas, Tennessee and South Carolina.
Laser Products (LPI) announced expansion of its sales force into Canada. The move is in direct response to the continuing growth of the countertop industry and is intended to position LPI to better meet the needs of its Canadian customers.
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