We are pleased to announce that Greg Schwartz is joining the AXEL team as the new President for AXEL  Americas and AXEL Royal. Greg started with AXEL on May 9 and has spent a period visiting AXEL in  Europe, before formally taking charge as President today.

Greg graduated with a degree in chemical engineering from North Carolina State University and later  received his MBA from Harvard Business School. He then spent six years with Deloitte Consulting and  was a Senior Manager in their Manufacturing Industry Practice. After three shorter positions, Greg joined  NCH in 2003, as COO of two oil field chemical subsidiaries for a successful period of ten years. In 2013  Greg joined NanoMech (which became VinTech Nano Materials in 2019) as VP and later served as President  focused on industrial and oil field lubricants. During this time, he became a customer of Royal Mfg and  then AXEL Royal and had the opportunity to work with the production and technical teams in Tulsa,  Schertz, and Kansas City. Most recently Greg was COO & VP of OTA Compression. In summary, Greg has  extensive experience as a senior leader in businesses that are closely related to our industry. 

Greg is currently living in the Dallas area and has already started preparing his relocation to Tulsa. 

Tom Schroeder will remain with AXEL as Senior Vice President, Commercial with responsibility for Sales  & Marketing. Tom will also continue his elected positions on the Boards of NLGI and ILMA. 

Our sincere thanks to Tom for his ten years of service as President and a warm welcome to Greg as he joins  AXEL. We wish them both great success! 

AXEL Americas LLC & AXEL Royal LLC 

Johan Stureson
CEO AXEL Group

Greg Schwartz
President

Tom Schroeder
Sr. VP Commercial