Robert A. Williams -- National Sales Manager, Consumer Products Group

Bostik recruits Flooring expert Robert A. Williams to serve as National Sales Manager – Consumer Products Group

Middleton, Mass. (November 29, 2010) — Bostik’s Consumer & Construction Division has named Robert A. Williams, a 28-year flooring industry expert, National Sales Manager – Consumer Products Group. Williams and Scott Banda, Business Manager of Bostik’s Consumer Products Group, are charged with sourcing innovations from Bostik’s global product portfolio, as well as launching solutions, and bringing them to the consumer channel. Initially, the duo is focusing on flooring — hardwood, ceramic, carpet/vinyl/patch, and green building solutions.

Williams’ career includes serving as a plant manager for Latricrete International. In the early-90s, Williams became a sales representative for Daltile International and then for Preferred Sales & Marketing. Williams returned to Laticrete as director of national accounts 2001-2010. Williams holds an Associates of Arts degree in Business from Western International University in Phoenix. He anticipates graduating this spring from Post University in Waterbury, Conn., with a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration/Marketing.

"It’s incredibly rare to find a company with the history, market-share, breadth of product and caliber of people Bostik possesses, and still have such enormous unchartered consumer territory," Williams notes. "Getting in on the ground floor with Bostik’s Consumer Products Group is the dream job I didn’t anticipate opening up."

Williams reports to Banda. "Robert Williams brings with him nearly three decades of floor covering sales experience," Banda says. "As we work diligently to assemble our Consumer Products Group team, we are making every effort to recruit experienced, innovative minds adept at identifying and fulfilling unmet marketplace needs. Robert Williams fits that description perfectly."

Bostik Inc. is one of the largest manufacturers of adhesives and sealants in the world. The company operates production facilities and sales offices in dozens of nations across five continents. Bostik’s parent company, TOTAL S.A., is a $160 billion-a-year conglomerate with 96,000 employees and extensive interests in oil exploration, petroleum refining and specialty chemicals formulation. Bostik’s Consumer & Construction Division manufactures ceramic tile grouts, mortars, waterproofing/antifracture membranes and mastics, hardwood adhesives, moisture vapor membranes, underlayments and cement patches, as well as adhesives for carpet and vinyl, vinyl composition tile (VCT), rubber, laminate and resilient flooring. Bostik C&C’s family of leading flooring installation solutions includes Bostik® hardwood adhesives; Hydroment® and DURABOND® ceramic installation systems; and DURABOND carpet, vinyl and cement patch products.

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