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Fristam Pumps Announces Personnel Additions

Sam Gonzalez returns to Fristam Pumps USA as Regional Sales Manager and Jim Hitchins joins the company as a Design Engineer.

Sam Gonzalez
Sam Gonzalez

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Fristam Pumps USA is pleased to announce Sam Gonzalez has rejoined the company as Regional Sales Manager, Ohio Valley. In his new position, Gonzalez will manage and coordinate Fristam’s distribution sales network within the Ohio Valley region.

Gonzalez previously held the positions of Bilingual Technical Inside Sales Representative and Applications Engineer during his previous 6+ years at Fristam. Gonzalez is bilingual in Spanish and English and has a B.A. in Spanish Language and Literature from the University of Wisconsin–Madison.

Jim HitchinsJim HitchinsFristam Pumps also announced that Jim Hitchins has joined the company as a Design Engineer. In his new position, Hitchins is responsible for designing new products and providing engineering support to all areas of the company. Hitchins comes to Fristam with 17 years of mechanical design, product design, and manufacturing experience. He has a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Wisconsin–Madison.

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