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Insulite Directors Announce Promotions
Minneapolis, I\ inn.
-The Board of Directors of 'f he Insulite Company, rvell kno'wn rnanufactttrers of structural building rnaterials and insulation proclncts, announce t l-r e election of E. H. Batchelder, Jr., to the position of senior vicepresident. I{is headquarters rvill continue to be in Minneapolis and he rvill direct the affairs of the compally in all its departnrcnts. For the past five vears
Mr. Batchelder has l.racl charge of the sales dethe office of vice-rresiclent and
Following Mr. Batchelder's promotion, Ii. W. Nlorrill, previously executive assistant to vice-president and general sales manager, has bee.n named as the head of the national sales department in the capacity of general sales lnanager.
At the same time, two newly created executive sales positions are announced, with headquarters at Chicago. NI. G. Jensen rvill become general merchandising manager haudling solicitation ancl promotion; and N{. C. Juell becomes executive assistant guiding exectttive matters relatir.rg to nrarket and field activities.
These men lrave been active in the sales clepartment of the companv {or the last five years, and the promotions announced are the result of Insulite's remarkable progress and expansion since tl-rey took l-rold of it. Under their guidance, Insulite entere'd into a greatly expandecl sales program ancl has der.eloped an enlargecl line of structural rnaterials rvhich are sold by lumber dealers in all parts of the country and abroad. The company maintair-rs an active sales organization throughout the entire country rvith sales offices in N{inneapolis, Nerv York, Chicago, Washington, St. Louis and San Francisco. Plants to serve American business are located at International Falls, Minnesota, in the heart of the spruce producing area, and foreign business is servecl b1' a large plant at Karhula, Finland, and sales offices in several important European capitols.
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