Senior management team member of second largest group in company with $410MM+ Net Sales. Annual sales growth of 15%, and net income of 25%+ for seven years. Led team responsible for sales forecast, and supply direction/execution of global raw materials/packaging, and sub-contracting. Directed the Strategic Buying Plans, for commodity raw materials and packaging, to successfully negotiate, and execute $6.2MM in savings. Identified supply/demand outlook, underlying forces, and recommended buy strategy/execution. Increased confidence of packaging availability across internal plant network to improve turns by 40%, customer order-fill by 8%, and carrying cost of $350,000/year. Leveraged $25MM Sub-Contract Business, to increase gross margin by 44%, or $1.9MM. Created "full-service" business plan that eliminated inventory and saved $400K/year. Led the turnaround of the $13MM Pottery Business, by increasing gross margin by 27%, or $3.6MM. Shifted sourcing, and moved facility to capture exchange rate, and outbound freight savings to retail stores. Negotiated exclusive licensing agreement, and implemented an innovative, new packaging concept on Miracle-Gro Potting Soils products. Project generated incremental sales, and net income of $30MM and $18MM, respectively. Advised on Facilities P-Card for non-inventory purchases across 25-plant network. Pathway defined for purchases, receipt verification, and monthly reconciliation.;

DuBois has been serving customers since 1920. Our value added specialty cleaning and process solutions are designed to meet the needs and exceed the expectations of our customers around the world. Here are a few examples of the various markets we serve: General manufacturing Pulp and paper making Transportation cleaning Water treatment DuBois is an industry leader in using innovative and sustainable solutions for our customers. We strive to be the best in listening to and serving our customers. DuBois has over 400 sales and technical representatives across North America. Our Cincinnati, Ohio office, laboratory and production facility occupies 105,000 square feet and has over 150 employees including scientists, customer service representatives, and production associates.

Hyperion Materials & Technologies is a global solutions provider for high-performance applications of hard and super-hard materials. With heritage as the world's premier cemented carbide, diamond and cubic boron nitride producer, our offering is based on premium products that can be engineered and manufactured to meet the dynamic needs of a wide range of industries, including: • Aerospace • Automotive • Electronics • Energy • Environmental & Process • Food & Beverage • General Manufacturing • Hygiene • Medical • Mining • Steel Production • Tool Making Our products are used in many demanding applications, including: • Manufacturing from cemented carbide powder • Tool manufacturing • Grinding, finishing, polishing and lapping • Wear protection • Rotary cutting • Can making • Metal forming • Hot rolling • Flow control and fluid handling • Exploration and production of natural resources Hyperion has well-established technologies and facilities across the world that support a global sales network that provides local support to our customers.

Based in Columbus, Ohio, U.S.A., Franklin International was established in 1935 and today is among the largest privately held manufacturers of adhesives, sealants and polymers for commercial and industrial applications. Franklin integrates its core competency – emulsion polymerization – into a broad product offering, including glues, adhesives, hot melts, binders, sizing compounds and more. These products are distributed across six continents for use in construction, furniture manufacturing, millwork, paper converting, pressure-sensitive products and fiberglass reinforcement.

Pilot Chemical Company is a privately owned and independent global specialty chemical company providing high quality products and services to the disinfecting, sanitizing and cleaning; metalworking and lubricants; oil field and emulsion polymerization industries. Its proprietary core technologies involve alkylation, sulfonation, sulfation and a number of other specialty operations, including the production of biocidal quats, tertiary amine derivatives, polymers, and organometallic fuel additives. Pilot, an industry leader in chemical innovation and safety, owns the most state-of-the-art continuous sulfation process in North America, is a leader in quaternary ammonium compounds, and is the world’s largest manufacturer of disulfonates. Pilot is certified under the American Chemistry Council’s Responsible Care® program. Contact Pilot Chemical by emailing: [email protected] or call 1-800-70-PILOT (74568)

GG Brands offers via its online brands (JewelCandle, JuwelKerze, OZOÍ and others to come) various inventive scented products such as high-quality essential oils, 100% vegetable candles, diffusers, candles with silver and Swarovski crystals jewelry that are already appreciated by customers in more than 8 European countries, with more to come. Headquartered in Berlin with highly qualified e-Commerce experts from more than 20 nationalities, we are expanding very fast and therefore always looking for new highly motivated talents who share our vision, to disrupt the scented products industry and become a globally successful and renowned company. Our brands JewelCandle offers an exciting experience by hiding a beautiful silver piece of jewelry in every scented candle and bath bomb. www.jewelcandle.eu OZOÍ delivers natural ingredients from our farms to your home. Sustainable scented candles, essential oils, reed diffusers and aromatherapy for your mind and soul. www.ozoi.de

ASK Chemicals Group, headquartered in Hilden near Düsseldorf (Germany), is a global supplier of high-performance industrial resins and materials. The company's products are mainly used in foundries and in the production of abrasives, refractories, impregnation, coatings, insulation and composite materials. The Foundry division offers an exceptionally wide and innovative range of foundry consumables including binders, coatings, risers, filters, release agents as well as metallurgical products such as inoculants, inoculation wires and master alloys for iron casting. The Industrial Resins division is a leader in the field of specialty phenolic resins. Our phenolic resins are the preferred choice when it comes to meeting the highest requirements in the areas of fire protection, energy consumption, service lifetime, health and safety at work. The company has a production and sales network in 22 countries and employs approximately 2000 people worldwide. ASK Chemicals Group sees itself as a driving force of industry-specific innovations with research centers and laboratories in Europe, Asia, America and Africa. ASK Chemicals is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Michelman is a global developer and manufacturer of environmentally friendly advanced materials for industry, offering solutions for the coatings, printing & packaging and industrial manufacturing markets. The company’s surface additives and polymeric binders are used by leading manufacturers around the world to enhance performance attributes and add value in applications including wood and floor care products, metal and industrial coatings, paints, varnishes, inks, fibers and composites. Michelman is also well-known as an innovator in the development of barrier and functional coatings, as well as digital printing-press primers that are used in the production of consumer and industrial packaging, paper products, labels, and commercially printed materials. Michelman serves its customers with production facilities in North America, Europe and Asia, product development and technical service centers in several major global markets, and a worldwide team of highly trained business development personnel.

The ChemStation System offers custom-formulated, environmentally friendly industrial cleaning and process chemicals, delivered to refillable containers. Each year ChemStation’s unique system of REFILL...NOT LANDFILL prevents hundreds of thousands of empty drums and totes from going to our already overfilled landfills. Creating environmentally friendly products and delivering them to refillable containers makes life safer and healthier for everyone. Whether you're scrubbing floors, cleaning vehicles, eliminating landfill odors, washing parts, or foam cleaning a poultry plant, our system is your solution.

We don’t just make chemicals. We solve problems. Let our chemical expertise enhance your competitive advantage. We work with companies to innovate and achieve commercial success through the manufacture of high-performance materials and additives and expert advisory and consulting services. We don’t just sell chemicals; we solve problems and deliver solutions, leveraging nearly one hundred years of applied chemical technology to help our customers commercialize their products profitably. Whether you are part of a small company or a Fortune 500 organization, we value your relationship and want to serve your long-term needs. Fine and Specialty Chemical Manufacturing for all Industries Worldwide Since 1928 • Analytical Reagents • Organics and Inorganics for Research • Specialty Chemicals • Customized Bulk Process Chemicals ISO 9001:2015 ISO/IEC 17025:2017

Since 1912, Kutol Products Company has manufactured quality skin care products. Fourth generation family owned, Kutol has the history and experience that has made us the experts in commercial hand care. Health Guard is Kutol’s general purpose hand care line while Kutol Pro is our industrial, heavy-duty option. Under these brands, we manufacture foam and liquid soaps, sanitizers, scrubs, washes and creams. Dispensing systems that stand up to the heaviest usage can be paired with products for ease of use. Private label and contract soap manufacturing is available for more tailored hand care programs. All finished goods are made in the USA in our LEED Silver Certified, FDA-registered facility that houses our corporate offices, research and development, manufacturing and distribution operations. Anyone can manufacture skin care products…Kutol makes FIVE promises to our customers: FLEXIBILITY We customize products and dispenser programs to fit your needs. We specialize in private brands – you can brand one of our formulas or create your own. SUSTAINABILITY Our LEED Silver certified facility ensures a high degree of “green” compliance. In addition, we offer Green Seal™, BioPreferred™ and Eco Logo products that are tested and certified to meet or exceed environmental standards. INNOVATION We develop and design products and dispensing systems that perform better. Our products have unique features and benefits that save time and money! VALUE With our state-of-the-art, FDA-registered facility and efficient work force, Kutol is known throughout the industry as a high quality supplier. Our competitive prices and proprietary dispenser programs along with our reliable and consistent service, provides an almost unmatched VALUE to our customers. STABILITY Founded in 1912, Kutol has been a successful, family owned and operated business for more than 100 years. With room for expansion and the continued investment in people and equipment, Kutol is poised for future growth.

Toll Manufacturing: Specialty Chemicals & Resins Capital Resin Corporation is a chemical producer with the research and development and technical integration that allows for collaboration with customers in developing high-quality chemicals in demanding industries. CRC is a customer service driven toll manufacturer of phenolic resins, amino resins, aromatic sulfonic acids, alkylated phenols, urethane polymers, acrylic polymers, personal care products, formaldehyde (CAS 50-00-0), UFC - urea formaldehyde concentrate 85%, and acetoguanamine (CAS 542-02-9). To complement our toll manufacturing, we are a trusted contract research and process development partner with scale up capabilities from lab and pilot production to full-scale commercial production in multiple vessel sizes and materials of construction. CRC is also a blender, dryer, and packager for custom needs and formulations. Established in 1976, Capital Resin is a family-owned custom chemical producer with the R&D and technical integration that allows for collaboration with customers in developing high-quality chemicals. Some of the demanding industries are agriculture, packaging coatings (food, beverage, and industrial), automotive coatings, adhesives, advanced composites, personal care products, specialty papers and paper saturation, aerospace, defense, and electronics. Capital Resin is an ISO 9001:2008 and a SOCMA ChemStewards certified Company. We have a 24/7 quality and production staff that highlights its dedication to quality and customer responsiveness. Please contact Capital Resin today if you would like to learn how a toll manufacturer concerned with your companies sustainability and intellectual property can help find a solution to your specialty chemical needs.