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Astec expands its Latin American coverage

Astec, an Astec Industries company, has divided its Latin American sales territory. With the goal of better serving customers and delivering the very best service to the Latin America market, Astec brought Humberto Flores on board as director of sales for the southern Latin America territory, which includes Brazil, Chile, Argentina, Peru, Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay and Ecuador. Flores is based in Peru. Astec director of sales Moises Esquivel will retain the northern Latin America territory including Mexico,
December 21, 2012 Read time: 1 min
Astec, an 681 Astec Industries company, has divided its Latin American sales territory.

With the goal of better serving customers and delivering the very best service to the Latin America market, Astec brought Humberto Flores on board as director of sales for the southern Latin America territory, which includes Brazil,

Chile, Argentina, Peru, Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay and Ecuador. Flores is based in Peru.

Astec director of sales Moises Esquivel will retain the northern Latin America territory including Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Surinam and French Guiana. He is based in Miami, Florida, USA.

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