PALLMANN Promotes Blau & Jarka, Hires Smith & Potter

PALLMANN announced today the promotion of Gene Jarka to Regional Sales Manager East and Zeb Blau to Regional Sales Manager West. 

“Our PALLMANN team and customer base have grown significantly over the last several years that in order to continue our high level of service to our customer base we needed to add an additional level of management,” stated Mark Weglowski, Vice President of Sales and Marketing, PALLMANN. “Gene and Zeb made the perfect fit for these new positions due to their work ethic, customer centric approach, and years of service in the wood floor industry.” 

Jarka and Blau will report to Mark Weglowski.

PALLMANN has also added two new Territory Managers to their team with the hiring of Trent Smith and Mike Potter. Trent Smith brings over 20 years of distribution and manufacturing experience to the growing team and will cover the Midwest Territory for PALLMANN. Mike Potter has over 30 years of flooring installation and distribution experience that he will now share with contractors in the PALLMANN Mid Atlantic Territory.  

“Trent and Mike both bring a high level of professionalism and expertise to our team,” stated Weglowski. “We hope that contractors in their regions reach out to them to lean on their industry knowledge to further enhance productivity and profitability on jobsites using PALLMANN products.”  

Trent Smith will be based out of Wisconsin and Mike Potter out of the state of Virginia; both will report to Gene Jarka. 

Based in Aurora, CO, UZIN UTZ North America, Inc. is the North American subsidiary of Uzin-Utz AG, Ulm, Germany. The company was founded in 1911 and is a vertically integrated manufacturer of product systems designed for the preparation, installation, finishing and care of all types of floorcoverings. UZIN UTZ North America, Inc. offers its products under the Uzin (moisture mitigation, primers, leveling compounds and adhesives), Pallmann (Hardwood Complete: subfloor preparation, adhesives, sanding, surface treatment & floor care) and Wolff (floor strippers, grinders and installation tools) brand names. For more information visit the Uzin-Utz North America website us.uzin-utz.comor call 866-505-4810.

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