Study Group: Rubber Experts(?)
Council Members in this Study Group: 158
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Leading Experts in this Study Group
Consultant
Boyle Consulting
Kevin Boyle is an Independent Consultant, providing consulting with more than 30 years of management experience in petrochemicals, plastics, and Natural Gas Liquids (NGLs). Mr. Boyle focuses on olefins and aromatics which include: ethylene, propylene, benzene, toluene and xylene; and their derivatives,...
John Coates, Sr.President and Chief Executive Officer
The Fennimore Group
John Coates is the Founder, President and Chief Executive Officer at The Fennimore Group; a firm providing consulting services on change management, process management, business launch management, and contract management operations in the intermodal logistics industry. Mr. Coates has more than 35 years...
Phil EiserlohPresident
Petrochemical Consulting of San Antonio
Phil Eiserloh is the President of Petrochemical Consulting of San Antonio, a firm providing consulting services in the chemical industry. Mr. Eiserloh has more than 32 years of experience in the chemical industry...
Dean Bellefleurfounder
D-idea
Dean Bellefleur is the Founder of D-idea, a firm providing consulting services in the containers and packaging industry. Mr. Bellefleur is a leading international expert in consumer packaging sector. He consults and lectures widely to industry & universities on packaging design, idea management, project...
FormerChairman and CEO
Great Lakes Chemical Corporation
Mark Bulriss was the Chairman and CEO at Great Lakes Chemical Corp. prior to the merger with Crompton, now called Chemtura. Great Lakes was a Specialty Chemical Company with primary focus on Polymer Stabilizers, Flame Retardants and Pool Chemicals. He held that position for approximately 7 years. Prior...
James "Jim" RippyFormerSenior VP of Manufacturing
Continental Tire North America, Inc.
James Rippy was the Senior Vice President of Manufacturing at Continental Tires, a tier 1 automotive supplier where he worked from January 1974 to April 2000. Mr. Rippy was responsible for the manufacturing, original equipment business, quality, operations, and research development divisions in the...
President/Sales Manager
Tomco Enterprises Inc
Tom Thomas is currently the President of Tomco Enterprises, where he serves as an independent sales manager for a tire distributor in Kansas City, Missouri. In May 2005, he left Cooper Tire & Rubber Company after 34 years with the company, where his last position was that of Regional Sales Manager for...
Principal
Crutchfield Consulting
Gary Crutchfield is Principal at B/C Development and Crutchfield Consulting. Mr. Crutchfield has been responsible for negotiating acquisitions, joint ventures, and license agreements. He has more than 30 years of experience in building and leading rigid and flexible packaging business (consumer and...
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A Sea Change has occurred in the Tire Industry. Major changes in production locations, pricing strategy,capital investment are happening today.
Ethylene producers have returned to profitability. While ethylene prices are dropping quickly, feedstock prices are dropping faster. While heavy feedstock cracking may still be negative, the overall industry (median margins) are back in positive territory. Derivative margins are quite...
The strategy to combine small molecule with biotech is an extension of the current strategy. With the many patents expiring in 8-10 years and not many drugs in the pipeline that are magnitudes better and/or different than the current drugs on the market, drug companies need to think differently. Would...
Until recently, the blockbuster model has worked for the ethical pharmaceutical companies, but with about $80 billion of ethical drug patents expiring in the next four years and with not much in the pipeline of major pharmaceuticals their business model needs a re-look. Major pharmaceuticals need to...
Private Equity (PE) firms have invested in Indian companies as long as they have confidence in original entrepreneurs/promoters (Emcure Pharmaceuticals-Pune: Blackstone Gr.; Granules India- Hyderabad: ISP Investco, Ridgeback Capital Investments). Many of the Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient (API) and...
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