TRELLEBORG, Sweden—Trelleborg A.B. has appointed Claus Barsoe, a veteran executive with polymer sealing producer Busak+Shamban, president of its new Trelleborg Sealing Solutions business unit.
Barsoe has worked for Busak+Shamban for 17 years. He was managing director for W.S. Shamban in Denmark from 1985 until 1992, and responsible for the European market as CEO until 1999.
He was a key figure in the merger of Busak+Luyken with W.S. Shamban, and since 1999 has managed the sales, research and development, logistics and marketing divisions of Busak+Shamban in Europe.