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CUSTOM COMPOUNDS FOR RUBBER AND PLASTICS
If you are looking for the highest quality reinforcing and tinting agent for rubber and plastics, look no further than ApexCM™ from Carbolytic Materials Company. Our leadership and staff are experienced rubber, plastics,
and carbon black industry veterans offering top-notch customer service and support.
CEO Ray Riek has a Master’s of Science in Chemical Engineering and is a former Technology Director for Monsanto Company, with broad experience in manufacturing, engineering, marketing, and product and process development. He has done extensive consulting in product and commercial development.
President and
COO, Jim Howard
began his career with Monsanto
Company in their plastics and resins
division.
He has worked in various business
segments of the chemical industry –
Plastics, Rubber Products, Engineered
Products, Industrial Chemicals, Performance
Films, Nylon and Acrylic Fibers, Polymers,
Intermediate Chemicals and Carbon Black.
Jim was President of Columbian
Chemicals, a North American based global
manufacturer of carbon black.
Prior to joining Columbian, he was
Vice President and General Manager of
Solutia’s Nylon business.
He has lived and worked in Canada, the United
States and
Europe
holding positions in general management,
international business management, led
business process re-engineering initiatives
and served on the board of numerous
international joint ventures. Jim
holds Bachelor of Science degrees in
Chemistry and Environmental Science, and a
Master of Science degree in Climatology, all
from McMaster University in
Hamilton,
Ontario.
CFO and SVP, Finance, Benjamin (Don)
Dent
holds an MBA as well as BA and BS degrees
from University of South Carolina. Prior to
joining Carbolytic Materials Company he held
a number of senior level finance positions
with a number of companies including VP/CFO
Moark, LLC, CFO/Finance Director of Capsugel
(unit of Pfizer), Director of Strategic
Planning at Solutia and CFO/Controller of
the Fibers Division of Monsanto Company. He
is also a Certified Management Accountant.
SVP, Strategic Planning,
Ruben Chuquimia
received his Jurisdoctorate of Law from
Washington University in St. Louis and his
BA from Duke University. He has extensive
experience advising entrepreneurs, startups
and emerging growth companies in the
development and execution of business
strategies for all phases of a company’s
development cycle. He has negotiated a
number of business relationships, joint
ventures, and other innovative alliances
with strategic partners, structured equity
and debt raises of capital, including
private offerings and IPOs and been the lead
counsel in a variety of complex mergers,
acquisitions, and other corporate
transactions. Mr. Chuquimia was a
partner at Gallop, Johnson & Neuman, L.C.
where he spent 12 years prior to joining
Carbolytic Materials Company.
SVP, Dr. Frank Gerberich has a Doctorate in Analytical Chemistry from Lehigh University and extensive experience in developing and commercializing new product and process technologies. He was employed at Monsanto Company/Solutia Inc. where he held positions in Technology, Business Development, and Business Redesign. Most recently he was Vice President, Saflex Technology, having worked in multiple businesses including Rubber Chemicals, Saflex, and Specialty Chemicals. Many industry leading product and process technologies that were developed under his leadership are being practiced commercially today.
Scientific Advisor, Dr. Earl R. Beaver
holds PhDs in both Chemical Engineering and
Physical Chemistry. He brings a
detailed background in materials science,
environmental issues, University relations,
and government affairs to CMC. Dr.
Beaver has held a number of positions on the
boards of various industry and academic
associations including Institute for
Sustainability - Technical Advisory
Committee, Sustainable Engineering Forum,
Chemical Industry Executive Steering Group –
US DOE, North American Alliance of Chemical
Engineers, National Environmental Technology
Institute, Gulf Coast Hazardous Substance
Research Center, Environmental Solutions
Program, Argonne National Laboratory, Center
for Environment Science and Technology,
Editorial Board of
Chemical Processing.
To learn more about how you can benefit from
ApexCM, please contact Jim in our North
American sales office at 770-317-9638.
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