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Posted July 15, 2014
SPARTANBURG, S.C. – Itema of Colzate, Italy announced a new senior appointment at its wholly owned subsidiary Itema America Inc. with the addition of Steve Brown, formerly of Picanol of America, as sales manager.
Brown joins the existing sales organization with the task of penetrating new markets and customer opportunities to increase the global weaving manufacturer’s competitive position in the North American market.
“Steve has a wealth of market knowledge and experience and is extraordinarily prepared to take on this new challenge in his career,” said Scott Malcolm, president of Itema America Inc. “I am convinced he is the right person to join the Itema team and I look forward to the new opportunities he will bring to the table.”
Brown spent the last 24 years at Picanol in Greenville, S.C. He started his textile career in 1967 at Cannon Mills as a weaver working part-time while attending high school. He graduated from the Wingate College in 1972 and was in the U.S. Navy from 1973 to 1977, serving on board the USS Virginia (CGN-38) and USS Columbus (CG-12).
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After graduating from the Textile Technology Center at Gaston College in 1979, Brown joined the Ruti Corporation as a service engineer working on air jet weaving machines. In 1983 Steve Brown joined Springs Mills and worked in the Fort Mill, S.C., Executive Office in the Facilities Planning Department as a project engineer for all weaving projects.
In 1990, he joined Picanol, where he worked as the U.S. and Canada sales manager for air jet and rapier machines.
“I am delighted Steve is joining Itema at this crucial time in our company’s history,” said Fulvio Carlo Toma, Group Sales & Marketing director of Itema. “We are building on the exciting momentum of the new and innovative air jet portfolio launched at ITMA Asia in Shanghai as well as capitalizing on the overwhelming success of the rapier R9500 – our absolute bestseller worldwide and the unique projectile P7300HP.”
“I am excited by the opportunity to join Itema and very impressed by the company’s vision, product portfolio and growth plans,” Brown said. “I am also looking forward to working with Itema’s dynamic sales organization and making my contribution from the get-go.”