AirBorn Appoints New Sales Rep for Mexico

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AirBorn Inc. welcomes Jorge Sigala to its North-American manufacturer representative team.

Sigala provides AirBorn a respected presence focused on exploring sales opportunities at the OEM and contract manufacturing level throughout all of Mexico. He brings with him extensive sales and engineering experience, particularly in the aerospace and automotive industries. For AirBorn, Sigala will target key aerospace companies as well as pursue all appropriate opportunities where he can have an influence on sourcing, procurement and design decisions.

Sigala earned an Industrial Engineering degree from the Instituto Tecnologico de Chihuahua. His keen insight into the Mexican marketplace coupled with his business and electronics acumen will be a great asset to colleagues throughout AirBorn.

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