SGL Sales and Marketing adds sales rep

Author:: Trade Only Today Editors
Publish date:: Dec 12, 2013

SGL Sales and Marketing LLP hired Matt Chalfant to cover Wisconsin and Illinois.

Chalfant graduated from the University of Kentucky in 2011 with a bachelor’s degree in accounting. He was an assistant general manager for the food services outlet for the Hilton Hotel in Lexington, Ky., for the last seven years.

Ohio-based SGL is an independent manufacturer’s representative agency whose territory includes 18 states. In addition to marine aftermarket and marine OEM, it serves the hardware/engine, powersports, sporting goods and truck and trailer markets.

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