VEKA Inc - North America
Tom Plevel is an experienced sales professional with over two decades in the industry, currently serving as a Sales Account Executive at Veka Inc - North America since 2011, covering the Northeast, Mid-Atlantic, and Eastern Canada regions. Prior to this role, Tom was the Eastern Division Sales Manager at Stallion Fence Accessories from 2006 to 2010, overseeing sales operations in states east of the Mississippi. Tom also held positions at Veka Inc - North America from 1994 to 2006, including Midwest Sales Manager and in Marketing Operations. Tom's educational background includes a Bachelor's Degree in Integrated Marketing Communications from Point Park University (2010-2012) and an Associate's Degree in Business and Marketing from Beaver County Community College (1996-2000).
VEKA Inc - North America
VEKA is a global leader in PVC/vinyl extrusion for the window and door, fence, deck and railing industries. Since 1983, VEKA has been helping fabricators deploy technologically advanced materials for residential and commercial building applications. Founded in 1967 as Vekaplast, VEKA began producing roller shutters out of a fifteen thousand square foot rented facility. Two years later, one of the original employees, Heinrich Laumann purchased the company and began designing window systems, the first of which were unveiled in 1971. Six years later, VEKA was able to build a revolutionary manufacturing site which was hailed as a technological marvel in its time. Today, in addition to this first facility, ten other sister facilities operate in eight countries on three continents. VEKA's U.S. operations also had modest beginnings in 1983. The company quickly outgrew its rented facility, as the demand for its high-quality vinyl products grew rapidly. In 1987, VEKA constructed the industry's first highly automated computer-controlled compounding and extrusion complex dedicated solely to the window and door market. By 1994, that facility had undergone two expansions and seen the addition of a two-story office building., bringing its floorspace total to 465,000 square feet. In 1995, the company built VEKA West, Incorporated, A revolutionary new, highly automated facility near Reno, Nevada which serves Canada, Mexico and the Western U.S. In 2006, VEKA South located in Terrell texas was established to provide the southern United States and Mexico with quality VEKA extrusions.