American Polymers Corporation (dba Polycoat Products), a leading manufacturer and custom formulator of high performance protective polyurethanes, polyurea, and polyaspartic coatings and linings welcomes two new important additions to its California sales staff plus eighteen independent, North American sales reps tasked with expanding sales throughout the US, Canada and Mexico.
Adriaan van der Capellen, Sales and Technical Support Manager, Waterproof Division and Steven McGrane, Technical Sales Manager, Industrial Applications, Foam Division have joined Polycoat to grow their respective division’s sales and provide sales and technical support to local distributors and contractors.
“van der Capellen and McGrane bring us strong, hands-on, sales and technical support expertise that will assist us in our explosive national growth”, said Ashish Dhuldhoya, Senior Vice President, Polycoat Products. “Their wide-ranging industry and product knowledge will assist us in advancing our core businesses and adding new and exciting solutions to our family of products”.
Joe Nichy, National Sales Manager of Polycoat Products stated, “van der Capellen and McGrane are just the first step in our nationwide sales force expansion. We’re also added eighteen experienced independent coatings sales reps that give us comprehensive brand exposure and enable us to grow and expand our product offerings nationally and throughout North America.”
Adriaan van der Capellen is a coatings industry veteran with over 34 years of sales, technical support, new business development and coatings industry experience. His knowledge in the area of waterproofing and coatings spans all facets of new and remedial construction including product sales, technical support, writing specifications, estimating, project management and application preparation of waterproofing products, deck coatings and epoxy coating systems.
Prior to joining Polycoat, van der Capellen held Technical Sales and Manager positions with Pacific Polymers, Williams Specialty Coatings and Slater Waterproofing. He is fluent in Dutch and holds a J.D. in Law from Western State University College of Law and a B. A. in Political Science degree from California State University Long Beach.
Steven McGrane brings a strong sales and technical foam application background along with hands-on expertise in industrial applications. He joins Polycoat from his most recent position with Arnco Construction. Prior to that he held sales and technical positions with Henry Co. / RTC and Pro-Tech Products. McGrane’s comprehensive understanding and technical expertise of foam coatings will assist Polycoat with its emerging foam division sales and product development. His keen ability to trouble shoot technical problems and work closely with customers on large commercial industrial projects will greatly benefit Polycoat Products and its customers.