Energy Composites Corporation Appoints Jim Thomas National Sales Manager for ECC Corrosion
March 12 2010 - 8:40AM
Business Wire
Energy Composites Corporation announced the appointment of a
seasoned industry veteran. Jim Thomas has been named director of
sales and marketing for Energy Composites Corrosion Division.
Formerly Advanced Fiberglass Technologies or AFT, the Corrosion
Division includes the company’s clean-tech infrastructure
fabrication and maintenance operations including advanced
composites production for the power generation, petrochemical,
mining, pulp and paper, wastewater, and odor-control sectors.
“Jim brings an enviable 33-year track record to bear for ECC
Corrosion Division,” noted Sam Fairchild, Energy Composites’ CEO.
“He was a sales superstar at Viatec, and Enduro, and we were very
fortunate to pry him away. We welcome his outstanding leadership
qualities to ECC. Jim has a strong team-building capability as
well, and is currently putting together a stellar national sales
team, something we have needed for nearly eighteen months. I
anticipate that we will be making announcements on our regional
sales structure shortly.”
Before joining ECC, Mr. Thomas was the Operations Manager of the
Advanced Materials Division for Viatec, Inc. for nearly 20 years.
Jim’s responsibilities included all aspects of the sales,
marketing, and manufacturing of Dual Laminates products. Jim was
one of the original members of the Dual Laminate subcommittee of
RTP-1 where he served for seven years. He also has extensive
experience in customer service, inside sales, and outside sales for
Industrial Fiberglass Specialties. Mr. Thomas started his career as
a laminator grinder and draftsman for Viatec.
Jamie Mancl, ECC’s founder and President, underscored the
importance of this appointment, “Jim dramatically expands our sales
and marketing bandwidth. He also brings a new, fresh approach to
sales discipline and structure which will provide substantial
strength to our efforts. Jim’s experience in the full range of
composite related activities, from shop floor to national sales
management, will ensure that our understanding of client need is
better, our bids sharper, and our post-sales service more
responsive. He will improve the quality of our bid pipeline, and
ensure that our considerable investment in sales infrastructure is
used most productively.”
Fairchild added, “Jim’s appointment also puts us squarely in the
dual laminate business, one of his technical specialties. This is
an important part of ECC Corrosion’s strategy of moving away from
commodity-like work to efforts distinguished by materials and
manufacturing innovation. In the latter case, we are able to
increase our margins significantly because of the additional value
our innovations create for the client. Dual laminate vessel and
piping construction involves the creation of thermoplastics layer
on the interior, or process side of the system, and is used in
critical service, severe corrosion or high purity applications
where normal composite material is not suitable to meet the
performance required. The dual laminate process is a complex one,
and only a modest handful of companies throughout North America are
capable of fabricating vessels and pipes using it. Jim’s capability
in dual laminates is world class, and he has now been able to
transfer his knowledge to a substantial number of our production
associates.”
Jim Thomas noted, “I have hit the ground running at ECC
Corrosion. We have already started to build a high quality pipeline
of bids, focusing on a solid mix of bread-and-butter sized jobs and
eight-figure bids. We already have demonstrated our dual laminate
capability on several critical vessels for a significant composites
client, and I am confident that this area of our business will grow
quickly and significantly. I am really enthusiastic about the value
proposition around our XLCR and C1 abrasion resistant lining
material, and I anticipate a significant six digit dollar follow-on
contract from our launching work using this material at the end of
last year for a bone-maceration application. Our wastewater
infrastructure value proposition is perfectly tuned for today’s
market, and we should have some significant work from the Gulf
Coast region to announce in the next quarter. ECC Corrosion has a
very bright future ahead, and I am happy to be a part of the ECC
family.”
About Energy Composites Corporation
ECC operates a world-class, automated 73,000 sq. ft.
climate-controlled manufacturing facility in Wisconsin Rapids, WI,
employing advanced composite materials to design, engineer and
manufacture complex composite structures, vessels and processing
systems for a range of clean-tech applications that include: wind
energy system components, flue gas desulfurization for power
plants, infrastructure for bio-fuel storage and processing,
infrastructure for managing waste water and drinking water storage,
advanced municipal utilities infrastructure, and caustic material
storage and handling systems for the petrochemical, mining and the
pulp and paper industries. ECC also provides 24/7 field service
crews nationwide for wind energy system composites maintenance,
repair and overhaul; industrial retrofit, shutdown and maintenance;
system installation; and repair and inspection services. For
additional information, visit our website at
www.energycompositescorp.com or contact Sam Fairchild at
1-800-787-5439.
Certain statements found in this press release may constitute
forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are based on
current expectations and include any statement that does not
directly relate to a current or historical fact. Such statements
are generally identifiable by the terminology used, such as
“anticipate,” “believe,” “intend,” ”expect,” “plan,” or other
similar words. Our forward-looking statements in this release
generally relate to our expectations and beliefs with respect to
our growth and expansion activities and plans. Although it is not
possible to foresee all of the factors that may cause actual
results to differ from our forward-looking statements, such factors
include, among others, the following: (i) unforeseen delays, costs
or liabilities associated with our growth and expansion plans; (ii)
fluctuations in general economic conditions; and (iii) those risks
described from time to time in our reports to the Securities and
Exchange Commission. Investors should not consider any list of such
factors to be an exhaustive statement of all of the risks,
uncertainties or potentially inaccurate assumptions that could
cause our current expectations or beliefs to change. Shareholders
and other readers should not place undue reliance on
“forward-looking statements” as such statements speak only as of
the date of this release. We undertake no obligation to update
publicly or revise any forward-looking statements, other than as
required by law.
Encompass Compliance (CE) (USOTC:ENCC)
Historical Stock Chart
From Jun 2024 to Jul 2024
Encompass Compliance (CE) (USOTC:ENCC)
Historical Stock Chart
From Jul 2023 to Jul 2024