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Valco Group strengthens organization in France |
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Thursday, 11 February 2010 15:17 |
Marc de Wolff joined as General Manager for the French operation
Mr. Marc de Wolff joined last month Valco Group as General Manager for their operations in France which includes the well known valve companies Malbranque, SNRI, Valco Valves Services and Valco Group France.
De Wolff has a Master of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from The Hogere Technische School of Amsterdam the Netherlands and a long international experience from different industries and companies. His former experience includes the position as Senior Vice President Global Sales of MAN Turbo AG Oberhausen Germany, President Director of MAN Turbo South East Asia Jakarta Indonesia and General Manager Power Generation Industries South East Asia of ABB Power Generation Jakarta Indonesia.
“During the last 1 ½ year we have strengthened our operations in France by better processes and recruitment of new, experienced senior personnel within sales, project and factory management, QA, Finance and HR. To have Marc de Wolff, with his extensive international sales and management experience, on board as “captain of our French team”, is an important milestone in making this organization even more professional and more enabled to serve our multinational customers”, says a satisfied President & CEO, Mr. Oddbjørn Kopperstad.
The Valco Group companies in France are located in Ilies (near Lille in Northern France) and Ruffec (close to Cognac and Bordeaux in south west France) and delivers Gate, Globe, Check and Safety valves.
Malbranque is recognized worldwide for the quality of the gate, globe and check valves, from 2 to 66 inches in diameters, from 150 to 2500 lbs ratings. Malbranque is also producing well head equipments including very high pressure choke valves and x-mas trees for very severe sour gas services. See www.malbranque.com or http://malbranque.valcogroup.no for further information.
SNRI has a strong market position on cryogenic valves for Marin sector (LNG vessels) and deliver valves from from 2 to 20 inches with ratings from 150 lbs to 1500 lbs and also actuators for severe services, safety devices, mixing valves etc. See www.snri.fr or http://snri.valcogroup.no for further information.
For further information, contact
Mr. Oddbjørn Kopperstad, CEO of Valco Group, +47 90 55 1477 or
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Mr. Kjell Ove Hatlem, CFO, phone +47 48 13 1065 or
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