In preparation for several major product announcements in 2014, Primaloft is expanding its technology and sales teams. Eric Ritter was named product development engineer and Jared Cieslewicz has joined as a territory sales manager.
Ritter is responsible for new product development for the insulation segment of the business. He has more than 25 years of textile engineering expertise and most recently worked for Tex Tech Industries in Portland, Maine. where he handled research and development, production, management of raw materials and manufacturing. He has patented materials in fire-blocking fabric, thermal and acoustic fabrics, enhanced energy absorbing materials, and carbon-based weld blankets.
As a territory sales manager, Cieslewicz will apply his 17 years of outdoor industry experience to working with PrimaLoft brand partners. Prior to PrimaLoft, he was product developer at Black Diamond.
