Specialty Polymers Inc., has hired
Kimberly Koenig as the company’s new
Product Manager. In her role as Product
Manager, Koenig will be managing the
company’s product lines, technical presentations and product campaigns. She
will be responsible for sales and distribution technical support on the East Coast
and Midwest as well.
Koenig worked for 10 years as an
applications chemist and account manager at Cook Composites and Polymers.
She spent seven years at Nexeo where
she worked in technical sales support.
Koenig graduated from the University
of Wisconsin River Falls with a degree
in Chemistry.
PolyOne Announces
Personnel Changes
PolyOne Corporation announced that
its Board of Directors has appointed
Robert M. Patterson, president and
chief executive officer, effective May
15, 2014. Patterson succeeds Stephen
D. Newlin who will retire as president
and CEO and remain executive chair-
man of the PolyOne Board of Directors.
Patterson has also been nominated
for election to the PolyOne Board of
Directors at the 2014 Annual Meeting
of Shareholders. Patterson currently
serves as executive vice president and
chief operating officer, where he is re-
sponsible for developing and executing
the annual operating plans and strategic
plans to drive growth in revenue, gross
margin and operating income.
Patterson joined PolyOne in 2008 as
senior vice president and chief financial
officer, where he was responsible for
global treasury, planning, M&A, accounting, internal audit functions, and
investor relations. He also directly oversaw PolyOne’s growth initiatives in Asia,
leading to record profitability in 2013.
In 2012, he was promoted to his current
position as executive vice president and
chief operating officer, where he has led
growth in each of the company’s business segments. Before joining PolyOne,
Mr. Patterson served in leadership roles
at Novelis, Inc., and SPX Corporation,
after starting his career at Arthur
Andersen LLP.
LORD Corporation’s Meyer
Elected to AIA Supplier
Management Council’s
Board of Managers
LORD Corporation announced Steve
Meyer, director of Global Sales, Aerospace
& Defense, has been appointed to the
Supplier Management Council’s (SMC)
Board of Managers of the Aerospace
Industries Association (AIA). Meyer’s
experience spans more than 25 years in
the aerospace and defense industry. His
training and background with the United
States Army, Boeing, Lockheed Martin
and now LORD Corporation provide
unique insights into supply chain chal-
lenges with a particular focus on customer
demand for both commercial and military
platforms. SMC is a unique forum where
prime contractor company representatives
and suppliers come together to discuss
supply chain issues and develop solutions.
Its mission is to integrate and focus the
collective capabilities of the aerospace and
defense supply chain, in order to exert
unique influence in the formation of strat-
egy, policy and regulations that enable the
U.S. aerospace and defense industry to
successfully compete in the global market,
be profitable and strengthen its position as
a world leader. AIA is the premier industry
trade association representing the nation’s
principal aerospace and defense manufac-
turers. AIA represents the nation’s lead-
ing manufacturers and suppliers of civil,
military, and business aircraft, helicopters,
unmanned aerial systems, space systems,
aircraft engines, missiles, materiel, and
related components, equipment, services,
and information technology. Today, more
than 300 major aerospace and defense
companies and their suppliers are mem-
bers of the association, embodying every
high-technology manufacturing segment
of the U.S. aerospace and defense indus-
try. “I am honored to join the SMC Board
of Managers,” said Meyer. “I believe in the
mission of AIA and look forward to work-
ing with customers and suppliers through-
out the aerospace and defense supply
chain to further advance SMC’s goals
and objectives and expand its outreach
activities.” Meyer is joined in his involve-
ment at AIA by LORD chairman Rick
McNeel, who serves on the AIA Board of
Governors and additional colleagues who
serve on AIA committees. CW
Specialty Polymers Inc. Hires New
Product Manager
