CHRIS PALMER APPOINTED NATIONAL SALES MANAGER

Chris Palmer has been appointed National Sales Manager at Bergen International LLC. Mr. Palmer will be responsible for managing the company’s nationwide manufacturer sales representative organizations as well as selling and providing technical support for Bergen International’s Foamazol™ chemical foaming agents for the plastics processing industry. Mr. Palmer will be based out of the Midwest manufacturing facility located in the Chicago suburb of Elgin, IL.

He comes to Bergen International with over 20 year’s worth of plastics industry experience and has held a number of positions including national/international sales manager, regional sales manager, and product manager. Mr. Palmer comes to Bergen with an extensive background in film extrusion, coextrusion, and thermoforming applications for industries such as, automotive, packaging, construction, electronics, medical/healthcare, food/dairy, cosmetic-- after starting his career as a manufacturer’s representative in the electrical/electronics assembly industry in 1983.

Mr. Palmer is a graduate of the University of Southern California with a BA in Public Administration. He brings significant sales and technical experience to Bergen International’s chemical foaming agent business.

Bergen International’s Foamazol™ chemical foaming agents are available for use in most plastic applications, such as structural foam molding, profile and sheet extrusion, blown and extruded films, injection molding, wood-plastics composite, wire and cable, blow molded containers, polypropylene ribbon extrusion and others. Foamazol™ CFAs are available in endothermic, exothermic and endo/exo blends. Forms include pelletized masterbatches, powders and liquids. Products are available for use with a range of resins such as PP, PE, copolymers, PS, PPO, and PPE. Custom formulations are also available.

February 2008

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