BATON ROUGE, La.—Scott Legleu has joined East West Copolymer as director of sales, effective Oct. 6.
Legleu has almost 30 years of sales experience, including half of those years in sales management. He began his sales career with Uniroyal Chemical, selling plastic and lubricant additives before moving into rubber. He has spent the past 10 years as sales manager/director at Rhein Chemie Corp.
Gregory Nelson, chairman and CEO of East West Copolymer, said Legleu's hiring is a critical step for East West as it establishes its reputation in the market.
“Scott's role as director of sales is instrumental to our future success and long lasting relationships with our customers, suppliers and support of our overall business strategy,” Nelson said.
Legleu said his new company is “poised to establish East West as a major player in this industry.”