Post the re-launch of its global textile business, Microban International, a leader in antimicrobial solutions, has expanded its global textiles team. The appointees include Thomas Case, Director of Business Development for textiles; Zsolt Huszágh, head of textile business development in Europe; Lance Li, senior formulations chemist; Jerry Wang, regional director of Asia Textile Services and Simon Zhao, senior technical engineer and business development specialist.
With the re-launch of Microban’s global textile division, it was vital to bring in additional assets to strengthen and manage customer relationships and product offerings, observed Lisa Owen, senior director of global textiles business at Microban. As director of business development for textiles, Case will be responsible for the Microban and Aegis brands in the Western US, Central America and Mexico. He would target marketing and materials innovation executives of leading active wear, apparel and footwear brands and coordinate programs globally with customer mill partners and Microban teams.
With 20 years of experience in B2B industry sales, marketing and business development, combined with his knowledge of the textile industry, Huszágh will be responsible for leading business development in Europe. Additionally, he holds a textile chemistry degree, and his background includes seven years of leading international sales teams, and eight years of international marketing and communication.
Interacting with the R&D teams, engineering groups and testing laboratories, Li will develop technologies and protocols to assess the performance of surface treatments. He designs new, or improves existing, liquid base coating formulations that keep surfaces cleaner through the reduction of bacteria, odours and soils. Li has more than 10 years of experience in formulations, synthesis, purification and characterization of small molecules, monomers, polymers and nanocomposites using standard analytical tools. Additionally, he has work published in more than 15 papers in his respective fields of expertise.
Working with Asian textile mills, Microban R&D, Microban sales and distribution partners, Wang will leverage his expertise in textile processing through integration of Microban odour control solutions into customer textile products.
Zhao has been with Microban since 2013 and will take on additional responsibilities in his new role, providing technical sales support to China based brands and manufacturers, while continuing to work technically with apparel customers throughout Asia. He has more than 10 years of experience working in textile chemistry and functional textiles industries. Through his past work, Zhao has proved to be an expert in the field of textiles production involving pre-treating, dyeing, printing and post-finishing.
