Teknor Apex promotes Elizabeth Ponte to marketing manager for TPEs

20 December 2016

On December 12, 2016, Teknor Apex Company has appointed Elizabeth Ponte as senior marketing manager for thermoplastic elastomers (TPEs) in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. She will be responsible for integrating and coordinating the marketing activities of the Thermoplastic Elastomer Division in these regions, including the TPE business of German-based PTS (Plastic-Technologie-Service), which the company acquired earlier this year. The brands she will oversee include Elexar (compounds for electrical applications), Medalist (medical), Monprene (consumer and industrial), and Sarlink (transportation).

“Liz has developed disciplines that have increased the effectiveness of our TPE marketing in the Americas and enhanced the value of our online presence for customers”, said Sachin Sakhalkar, business manager for the Americas. “In her new role she will apply this experience to our European marketing program and pay special attention to bringing into the Teknor Apex product family the extensive range of innovative TPEs that have been developed by PTS”.

Elizabeth Ponte joined Teknor Apex in 2001 as a process engineer and has since held a number of sales and marketing positions, chiefly involving TPEs. Prior to her new promotion, she was marketing manager for TPEs in the Americas for five years. She holds an MBA (Master in Business Administration) in marketing from the University of Rhode Island (URI) and bachelor degrees from URI in chemical engineering and German. She has also studied in Germany at the Technical University of Braunschweig and speaks German, Portuguese, and Spanish.