Khan joins Permatex in her 3rd role with Illinois Tool Works, most recently serving as the Brand Marketing Manager for Permatex Canada, Inc., where she managed the company’s popular Rain-X, Slime, Fix-A-Flat, Black Magic, and Gumout brands, successfully driving significant growth in Permatex’s Car Care and Tire Repair portfolios. Agrafojo added, “We are very excited to have Ashley Khan on our marketing team. She comes to us with an intimate knowledge of our company and our brands that will allow her to hit the ground running. She is very familiar with our team and our markets and is in an excellent position to make an immediate and significant contribution to our programs.” Prior to joining Permatex Canada in 2016, Khan held a variety of roles at several top tier advertising agencies, leading domestic and internationally integrated advertising campaigns for Fortune 500 brands including General Motors, State Farm, and Dell. Khan holds a Bachelor of Arts in Communications and Marketing with a specialty in Media Studies from the University of South Florida. Permatex is a leading manufacturer, distributor, and marketer of premium chemical products to the automotive maintenance and repair markets. Since 1909, Permatex has been an acknowledged leader in the development of innovative new products and services for the automotive aftermarket. Permatex markets a wide range of products under well-known ITW brand names such as Permatex®, Fast Orange®, Spray Nine®, The Right Stuff®, Threadlocker Gel Twist®, Scrubs®, and Grez-Off®. Permatex currently operates in the United States, Canada, Mexico, and the U.K. and exports products to more than 85 countries around the world. North American operations include a headquarters and state-of-the-art manufacturing, distribution, and technical center in Solon, OH. Permatex is a division of ITW (Illinois Tool Works Inc.), a US based, NYSE listed corporation, founded in 1912. ITW is a Fortune 500 diversified manufacturing company. For more information, visit: www.permatex.com.
Permatex®, a leading innovator in chemical technology for automotive maintenance and repair, has named Ashley Khan as Marketing Manager for the Permatex and Versachem portfolio of products. Paco Agrafojo, Permatex Director of Marketing, made the announcement and noted that Khan will be based in Hartford, CT and lead a team of brand marketers in the Permatex Engine Repair Group.
