Walter Surface Technologies Appoints New GM for Mexico

Walter Surface Technologies Inc. (Windsor, CT) announced that Pablo Rivero Torres has been appointed general manager for Walter Mexico (Monterrey, N.L., Mexico). He will report directly to Pierre Somers, the chairman and chief executive officer of Walter, and will be responsible for continuing to drive growth and expansion for the company in the region.

“Mr. Torres is a seasoned leader with demonstrated ability in consistently delivering results. His background and experience is perfectly aligned with our goal of delivering leading edge innovations to market and, in so doing, helping our customers work better,” stated Somers.

Effective immediately, Torres will have general management responsibility for sales, marketing, operations and services in Mexico. He will be focused in aligning and prioritizing the company’s investments in the territory and ensuring operational excellence.

“The Mexican market presents tremendous growth opportunity for our high-performance abrasives, power tools, and tooling, as well as our environmentally safe Bio-Circle industrial cleaning products and solutions,” stated Torres. “Mexico’s industrial base continues to strengthen and customers are demanding the quality products that we bring to market. I am totally focused and excited to help to lead the company through this next phase of expansion.”

Prior to this appointment, Torres has worked for over 14 years in ascendant management roles with international and national manufacturing companies, having full P&L responsibility. He has extensive experience with industrial distributors and has worked as a buyer and in direct sales roles with customers from a variety of industries.

Torres is fluent in Spanish and English, having lived for many years in the U.S. He holds a Bachelors degree in industrial engineering from the Universidad Regiomontana, in addition to a Masters in business management from the Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey.

Founded in 1952, Walter Surface Technologies provides innovative solutions for the global metalworking industry. From high performance abrasives, power tools and tooling to industrial parts washing systems, cleaners, degreasers and lubricants, the company focuses on helping its customers in seven countries throughout North America, South America and Europe. Its international headquarters is in Montreal and U.S. headquarters is located in Windsor. Key certification and awards include ISO 9001: 2008, Wall Street Journal Award; Deutscher Material Preiz; American Eagle Award; CleanTech Cleaning Technology Award.

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