3A Composites USA announced that Mary Aloisio has joined the ALUCOBOND North American sales team, which represents the company’s lines of ALUCOBOND PLUS aluminum composite material (ACM) and ALUCOBOND AXCENT aluminum flat stock in the building design and construction industry.
Aloisio will serve as ALUCOBOND sales manager for the Southeast region, covering Georgia, Florida, Alabama and Tennessee. She will be taking over the territory from veteran sales manager Kevin Jones, who is retiring following more than 30 years in the building materials industry including 15 years in the metal panel market.
Aloisio will maintain the level of service established by Jones in this territory by providing technical expertise and developing relationships within the architectural community as well as strengthening relationships with ALUCOBOND fabrication partners.
Aloisio brings more than nine years experience in the sale of construction materials to the role as well as additional engineering and marketing experience. Most recently, she served as fabrication business manager at McNichols Co., where she helped to grow its fabrication business by working with project managers and estimators to meet project specifications. Additionally, she was involved in the ISO certification process at McNichols Co. and is versed in quality improvement initiatives.
Aloisio holds a Bachelor of Science degree in civil engineering from Iowa State University as well as a Master Degree in Business Administration from Georgia State University.
As the original aluminum composite material, ALUCOBOND PLUS has been developed exclusively to allow architects and designers to meet the fire performance requirements of today’s building standards while using ACM as the material of choice. Consisting of two sheets of smooth .020 inch aluminum thermo-bonded to a solid, fire retardant core, ALUCOBOND PLUS allows architects to meet today’s requirements set by the International Building Code (IBC). ALUCOBOND PLUS is manufactured in a standard 4 millimeter thickness offering product properties such as flatness, form-ability, durability and ease of fabrication. Additionally. ALUCOBOND PLUS is stocked in 86 trend-forward finishes providing specifiers and architects with a plethora of options.
ALUCOBOND AXCENT is a line of painted .040 inch thick aluminum flat stock designed for building trim and is ideal for matching projects clad in a wide range of like ALUCOBOND PLUS aluminum composite material finishes.
Introduced in 1969, ALUCOBOND is the original aluminum composite material. ALUCOBOND PLUS is manufactured in the U.S. in the Benton, Ky., plant of 3A Composites. The 3A Composites USA headquarters are based in Davidson, N.C.