Berg Outdoor, owned by the Portuguese Sonae Group, has signed several new distribution agreements in South America and Europe. Berg Outdoor appointed Javier González as the new sales manager, replacing Pedro Lopez, in June 2013. González has previously worked for Merida as sales manager and for Scott bikes and Johnson Health Tech as marketing manager. After González joined Berg Outdoor in June last year, the company signed an agreement with Versaprim in Mexico, Rodrigo Brothers in Panama and El Salvador and with various distributors in Croatia, Slovenia, Slovakia and the Czech Republic. At Ispo Munich, Berg Outdoor closed a deal with Point 9, the brand's new distributor in Switzerland.
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