He joins Nordmann Spain as Business Manager for Coatings, taking responsibility for the coatings sector throughout the Spanish market.

SPAIN – Nordmann, a leading multinational chemical distribution company, has welcomed Josele Climent Soria as a new member of the Nordmann Group.
Josele brings seven years of experience in chemical distribution, with a background spanning sales and product management.
During this time, he has developed strong customer relationships and kept pace with developments in the coatings industry to provide solutions tailored to customers’ needs.
Outside his professional role, Josele enjoys running, cycling and spending quality time with family and friends.
Nordmann expressed its enthusiasm about his arrival and said it looks forward to his contributions to its business in Spain.
The company operates internationally as a distributor of natural and chemical raw materials, additives and specialty chemicals.
Nordmann offers a broad portfolio of raw materials and specialty ingredients for the coatings and inks industry.
Its product range includes binders and resins such as acrylic, alkyd, polyurethane, epoxy, and UV/EB oligomers; additives including defoamers, dispersants, wetting agents, rheology modifiers, slip and mar additives, and matting agents; as well as colorants, including pigments, pigment preparations, and dyes.
The company also supplies fillers, specialty solvents, waxes, curing agents, and functional intermediates for coating formulations.
These products serve architectural, decorative, industrial, protective, wood, automotive, powder coating, and printing ink applications.
Additionally, Nordmann’s coatings, adhesives, and construction portfolio includes products such as acrylic resins, alkyd resins and emulsions, aqueous dispersions, epoxy hardeners, cellulose ethers, biocides, catalysts, titanium dioxide, inorganic and organic pigments, metallic pigments, matting silicas, UV additives, antioxidants, hydrocarbon resins, rheological additives, processing aids, and tackifying agents.
The appointment comes shortly after Hamburg‑based Georg Nordmann Holding Aktiengesellschaft (GNH) has appointed Martin Rathke as the new Managing Director of Nordmann.
In his new role, Rathke will draw on this background to help steer Nordmann’s day‑to‑day management and long‑term strategic direction, particularly as the company seeks to expand its global footprint and sharpen its position in speciality-chemicals distribution.
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