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.;

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.

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.

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

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.

Forge, a member of Ajinomoto Bio-Pharma Services, is a gene therapy development engine, focused on enabling access to life changing gene therapies and helping bring them from idea into reality. We partner with innovators in the gene therapy community: scientists, physicians, biotech/pharma companies, and patient groups. We bring expertise in gene therapy manufacturing and therapeutics development to the table, helping champion teams that are navigating the long road from the lab bench to the bedside. With a patients-first approach, we are forging new models for working together to better accelerate these transformative medicines to reach those who need them most.

Sunstar Engineering Americas Inc (SEA), headquartered in Springboro, OH, is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sunstar Engineering Japan servicing and creating chemical solutions for the Americas (Canada, United States, Mexico, Central and South America). SEA specializes in the design and manufacture of superior adhesives, coatings, and sealants, supporting the Automotive, Consumer Electronics, and Packaging Industries. With domestic support (sales, manufacturing, and R&D) in Ohio, Sunstar’s chemical engineers and sales team are able to effectively work closely with our customers to find solutions for any chemical need. Sunstar's global footprint (Americas, Europe, and Asia) enables seamless management of global relationships. Sunstar Engineering Americas offers an array of environmentally-friendly one-component adhesive products often used throughout automotive applications in assembly, weld shop, and paint shop. More specifically, SEA manufactures the following types of sealants and adhesives: structural, hemming, mastic, body seam, roof ditch, underbody coating, door hole sealer, interior adhesives, and FIPG (formed in placed gaskets). Call Sunstar Engineering today to explore opportunities to improve quality and reduce cost!

Production Control Units or PCU Automation provides special production and process equipment routinely specific to the original equipment manufacturers’ (OEMs’) particular needs for production line speeds, product functionality, and quality requirements. It continues to enhance the brand as a provider of highly engineered solutions that helps clients optimize production processes. PCU strives to position itself as “The Indispensable Extension of a Clients’ Business” where employees differentiate themselves by building client trust, effectively conveying a wide breadth of technical knowledge, and provide responsive service and support. Having growth oriented professionals that exhibit the behaviors of uncompromised standards of excellence, makes PCU a “Great” company with the “Right” people. Providing them with the tools to do the job, sets the tone for establishing clearly understood performance expectations, and opens the lines of communication for candid feedback, performance recognition and career advancement. Since its founding in 1946, PCU remains a vibrant organization. With a genuine curiosity for discovering what the client needs, and the relationships to get at what investment is required, Team PCU remains in the business of engineering, designing, building, servicing, and supporting special production and process equipment that results in Client’s Peace of Mind!

Skilled Care Pharmacy was founded in 1981 with the principles of efficient, proactive medication dispensing practices & profound respect for our elders. Our team is committed to providing the best care and service to you as our customer. We will work hard to develop those strong relationships with our customers, staff, & residents which will in turn result in more error-free and effective dosing along with a streamlined operation throughout the entire facility. We believe that putting our customers, nursing staff and residents first is not just the right thing to do but the SMART option as well. We have been recognized as the leading Midwestern provider of pharmacy services for long term care facilities.

METSS Corporation is a technology-based company that develops innovative solutions to technically challenging problems. We provide a broad scope of engineering and scientific services to government and industry clients. Our core strengths include the development of: * Advanced chemistries and materials * Environmentally friendly products and processes * Evaluation experiments of materials performance in aggressive environments While capable of conducting basic research, our programs typically emphasize applied research and development, producing near-term solutions and commercially viable products and processes. With a proven track record of success, come see what METSS Corporation can do for you.