A. Schulman Names Alain Adam Vice President - International Automotive Operations; Executive VP Larry Kushkin Retires.AKRON, Ohio--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 16, 1998--A. Schulman Inc. (Nasdaq:SHLM) has promoted Alain C. Adam to the position of Vice President - International Automotive Operations, responsible for sales and application development activities in the automotive industry The automotive industry is the industry involved in the design, development, manufacture, marketing, and sale of motor vehicles. In 2006, more than 69 million motor vehicles, including cars and commercial vehicles were produced worldwide. . At the same time, the Company announced that Larry A. Kushkin, Executive Vice President - International Automotive Operations, is leaving the Company for health reasons. "During his 34 years of service, Larry Kushkin has made significant contributions to A. Schulman," said Terry L. Haines, President and Chief Executive Officer. "Even though we are saddened by Larry's departure, I am pleased to appoint Alain Adam to this well-deserved promotion. Larry will remain available to facilitate an orderly transition of this important business unit." Adam joined A. Schulman in 1985 as general manager of automotive marketing and was most recently Vice President - Automotive Marketing. Prior to joining A. Schulman, Adam spent 12 years with DuPont working in several positions, including elastomer elastomer (ĭlăs`təmər), substance having to some extent the elastic properties of natural rubber. The term is sometimes used technically to distinguish synthetic rubbers and rubberlike plastics from natural rubber. manufacturing and automotive application development. He holds a bachelor's degree in aeronautical aer·o·nau·tic also aer·o·nau·ti·cal adj. Of or relating to aeronautics. aer  o·nau and mechanical engineering from California Polytechnic State University This article is about the university in San Luis Obispo, California. For Cal Poly Pomona, see California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. California Polytechnic State University, commonly called Cal Poly . Adam is based at the company's Detroit, Michigan “Detroit” redirects here. For other uses, see Detroit (disambiguation). Detroit (IPA: [dɪˈtʰɹɔɪt]) (French: Détroit, meaning strait facility. He, his wife Lorene and their two sons reside in Troy, Michigan Troy is a city in Oakland County of the U.S. state of Michigan. It is a suburb of Detroit. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 80,959, the 12th largest city in Michigan by population. . Headquartered in Akron, Ohio, A. Schulman is a leading international supplier of high-performance plastic compounds and resins. These materials are used in a variety of consumer, industrial, automotive and packaging applications. The Company employs 2,300 people and has 13 manufacturing facilities in North America, Europe, Mexico and the Asia-Pacific region. Revenues for the fiscal year ended August 31, 1998 were approximately $1 billion. Additional information about A. Schulman can be found on the World Wide Web at www.aschulman.com. |
|
||||||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion