Vipal adds office in Italy for growing market

March 5, 2015

Vipal Rubber Corp. is adding a new trade operation in Europe, this time in the town of Bologna in northern Italy, in response to its growing market in Italy.

The company says it experienced 13% growth in Italy in 2014. Following the company's policy of being close to their customers at all times, the initiative is an important part of the brand's growth strategy for the region. The office opened in January.

"The simplification of sales processes is key to providing a fast and high quality service to our clients," says Alessandro Campos, general manager at Vipal Europe. With this operation, Italian clients will enjoy both operating and administrative benefits in addition to logistics improvements. Initially, the office sales will be managed by the Vipal Distribution Centre (DC) in Slovenia, near the Italian border.

For more information, visit www.vipal.com.

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