Poco Graphite Inc. recently announced that Gary Macdonald will lead the company's glass industry sales efforts in Asia. Macdonald joins the POCO office in Australia and will manage the company's distributor network, supplying glass container plants with hot glass handling materials and products. His experience in international sales operations will be an asset as POCO expands its existing business and adds additional sales support in the Asia Pacific region. "This appointment is part of POCO's ongoing commitment to partner with glass container manufacturers to achieve genuine improvements in performance and contribute to the glass plants' bottom line profitability," said Philip Evans, international sales manager.

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