Acyr Borges is the General Manager and Vice President of International Sales for Hercules Sealing Products. Acyr has an extensive global executive career in manufacturing and industrial equipment related companies. Acyr has an educational and professional background in chemical engineering, and advises on alternative energy, alternative fuels, clean water, and remediation technologies. Acyr brings significant international and managerial experience accumulated over 20 years in management positions in Latin America and Asia. Previous to Hercules, Acyr was an executive at the Henkel Group, a world leader in industrial adhesives headquartered in Germany. He joined the Henkel Group in 1991 and was its Director of Sales and Marketing in Asia Pacific where he played an instrumental role in the company's Asian market expansion. Additionally at Henkel, Acyr played a similar role in the company's Latin American expansion. Before Henkel, Acyr also held management positions in manufacturing and R&D with Bostik (currently # 3 in the world of industrial adhesives) in Brazil. Acyr has done extensive research into ethanol production in Brazil.
Acyr brings a global executive perspective, in addition to expertise in manufacturing, industrial technologies, and biofuels. He earned a degree in chemical engineering in 1981 from Faculdade de Engenharia Industrial and a bachelor degree in Business Administration in 1987 from Mackenzie. Acyr also hold and MBA from the University of Southern California.