Sapa appoints new business area president from within own organization

Sergio Luiz Vendrasco is the new president of Sapa’s Precision Tubing business area, the area in Sapa providing aluminium solutions for heat transfer applications to the automotive and HVAC&R industries.

Vendrasco has been appointed business area president of Sapa Precision Tubing, succeeding Salvador Biosca, who has taken over responsibility as business area president for Sapa Building Systems. Vendrasco will take up his new position on March 1, reporting to Sapa’s President & CEO Egil Hogna and serving as part of the corporate management team.

Vendrasco comes from the position as vice president of Sapa Precision Tubing South America and will relocate to Oslo, Norway, where the company’s headquarter is located.

“I’m very pleased that Sergio will head up one of our most successful and growing business areas. He has already been vital in developing the precision tubing business into the high-quality and value-added business it is today, and with his broad experience within both operations and sales, I am certain he will help move the business forward with the speed required to capitalize on the opportunities in front of us,” says Hogna.

Vendrasco has a master’s degree in materials engineering as well as a master’s in business administration. He started his career with Alcoa in Brazil and in 1999 he joined Hydro Aluminio Acro near São Paulo, where he became managing director in 2004. In 2011, he became responsible for Hydro’s Precision Tubing operations in North America and continued in this position in Sapa after the 2013 joint venture, before returning to South America last year.

The organization will soon announce the replacement for Vendrasco as vice president of Sapa Precision Tubing South America.