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Michael Groos is vice president of Nordson Corporation, a multinational company with direct operations in 30 countries and more than 3,600 employees worldwide.
Groos is responsible for packaging and product assembly sales and marketing in the United States, Canada, Europe, Africa and the Middle East, as well as the global nonwovens business and other European-based operations associated with adhesives systems sales.
Since joining Nordson in 1979 as distribution manager for the company's Packaging and Assembly Division in Europe, Groos has held a number of sales and marketing management positions with increasing responsibility. In 1988, he was named general manager of Nordson Germany, and in 1990 he became general manager of the central region in the company's European Division. In this position, he was responsible for business development activities in the adhesives systems, liquid finishing and powder coating markets in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
Groos was named a corporate vice president in 1995, where he directed the company's European subsidiary operations, regional sales organizations, and all adhesive application business groups. He was named to his current position at the end of fiscal 1999.
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