From his base in Guadalajara, Rios will develop marketing strategy and sales for his native Mexico. He brings Hydro’s Mexican customers a high level of fabrication expertise which they can leverage to improve product development and commercialization. He will have direct interaction with Hydro’s Southwest manufacturing facilities in Guaymas, Mexico, and Phoenix, Ariz.
Rios comes to Hydro with eight years of experience in international sales and marketing, including five-plus years with ExxonMobil Mexico in Guadalajara where he focused on sales engineering development for large, national accounts.
Rios holds a degree in mechanical engineering from Instituto Tecnológico de Mazatlán (Mexico) with a specialization in project development.
About Hydro Aluminum
Hydro Aluminum North America is a division of Norsk Hydro, a Fortune Global 500 aluminum supplier based in Oslo, Norway, with more than 36,000 employees in more than 40 countries. Norsk Hydro is the world’s third-largest aluminum supplier. Hydro is the largest single manufacturer of primary metal and extruded aluminum products in Europe, and a leader in delivering innovative light metal solutions to the automotive and building industries worldwide.
In North America, Hydro provides aluminum solutions including supply sourcing, extrusion, finishing, and fabrication of components, as well as engineering and contract manufacturing services, for a variety of industries.
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