Ajx & Mining industry article, page-8

Hi Mick,

Good find mate!

"I dont recall alexium seriously looking into the mining sector.... but I love their thinking lol."


This is the only mining links from memory, allure (our partner) supplies mining with various materials, we couldn't understand the mining connection when they first became our partner, maybe your find is related.


Alexium Gains Presence in Brazil

Dear Shareholders,

In continuation from my newsletter updatelast month in regards to our Global Operational initiative, Alexium has recently formalized an agreement with Allure-- a distribution sales agency from São Paulo, Brazil-- and will be finalizing a multi-year contract within the upcoming weeks.

Allure is a specialty raw material sales agency with decades of experience in Alexium’s various target markets. We have scheduled our joint sales training in Brazil for mid-March 2016.

“Allure is excited to partner with Alexium and launch a new, innovative chemistry to a market that has been hungry for a performance improving and regulatory compliant FR chemical solution.”—Guilherme Dall’Ovo, Managing Director of Allure

As Alexium continues to stay on track for our long-term growth strategy, it is imperative for us to continue to expand and grow our global distribution network. The opportunity of introducing a presence in Brazil through Allure allows Alexium to achieve short-term goals for our 2016 global operational initiative.

We will continue to update you as our progress develops.

Michael Schwartz
Alexium General Manager of Operations and Growth.



This is from the 24-2-16, out of the Brazil thread.

This is the guys resume that owns and is managing director of Allure in Brazil, plenty of mining background.

Sales and Country Manager at Flomin and Managing Director at Allure Comercio e Representacoes

São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Mining & Metals
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Flomin
Sales and Country Manager - Brazil, Argentina, Peru, Colombia, Bolivia, Ecuador, Uruguay

Starting April 2007

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Summary
Professional with more than 16 years experience at commercial, marketing, and others areas, working for global (multinational) and national small, middle and large sized companies;

Strong communication skills - ability to effectively relay information to the customer and coordinate with business partners
Excellent relationship building and customer service abilities

Time management skills and personal responsibility to ensure productivity in a self-directed working environment.

Critical thinking skills using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems

Strong orientation towards teamwork and flexibility towards changing business.

Experience in the commercial management, involving sales team (internal and external also), importation and e exportation, costs and prices structure, calculation and control for Brazil and abroad, besides market studies and understanding for all Latin America;

User of many marketing tools such as SWOT analysis, 5 strengths of Michael Porter, business plan, growth plan, customer profile, research and others.

Elaboration and preparation of strategies plans, market development, reports and organization to grow in sales, exportation, profitability and new customers conquest;
Experience in preparation of monthly, semester and annual forecast, budget elaboration, costs and financial analysis;
Coordination over production planning and sales processes until total delivery of products, guaranteeing the quality, codification and nomination;
Management, hiring and training of marketing, sales and exportation teams;
Coordination and leadership of internal and external projects involving R&D, financial, marketing, production and sales areas;
Participation on exhibitions, fairs, events being responsible for organization and coordination;
Presentation of results, market and company for directors, management, companies and customers to Brazilians and foreigners.

Experience

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  Sales and Country Manager - Brazil, Argentina, Peru, Colombia, Bolivia, Ecuador, UruguayFlominApril 2007 – Present (8 years 11 months)
  Performance mining reagents.
• 
  OwnerAllureMarch 2007 – Present (9 years)
  Responsible to prospect, develop, sell, follow-up and make calls in all Brazilian mining market.
• 
  Sales SupervisorICI PaintsSeptember 2005 – March 2007 (1 year 7 months)
  ICI Resinas
• 
  Sales Manager, Marketing and Exportation ManagerAkzo NobelApril 2000 – June 2005 (5 years 3 months)
  Latin America Sales, Marketing and Exportation Manager.
• 
  SalesmanYsoquim Comercio e RepresentacoesJanuary 1998 – March 2000 (2 years 3 months

There were a few bagging this partnership out with Allure when it was first announced, if this was our place of entry into the mining sector, then it's paid off.

Some of the biggest mining outfits in the world work out of Brazil.

Cheers.