TPI July 2022

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Giovanni Spitale named as CEO of Davis-Standard as Jim Murphy joins board of directors

have in place – will enhance our position as a good stewards of responsible plastics usage in the community.” OCS is a joint programme from the Plastics Industry Association and the Plastics Division of the American Chemistry Council that is designed to strengthen efforts to educate and change behaviour in the plastics industry with a goal of zero plastic resin loss. vice-president, sustainability, Plastics, said: “Reaching the OCS blue programme level is a great achievement within the plastics industry. This accomplishment reflects a company’s commitment to eliminate plastic resin loss by conducting site audits, increasing employee awareness and improving processes and procedures at their facilities.” “We applaud Advanced Drainage Systems, and its numerous participating facilities, for making this commitment to keeping these materials out of the environment.” Advanced Drainage Systems Inc www.adspipe.com Plastics Industry Association Patrick Krieger, vice-chairman of the board of directors and look forward to collaborating with Giovanni alongside the broader Board of Directors in this next and very exciting phase of Davis-Standard’s history.” Mr Spitale was previously vice-president of commercial parts within Boeing Global Services. In this role, Spitale had full responsibility for the profit and loss management, and strategic direction of Boeing’s $4bn portfolio of commercial aircraft and engine parts businesses. Prior to his tenure at Boeing, Mr Spitale was president of customer service and support at Milacron. Davis-Standard www.davis-standard.com

I have long admired Davis-Standard’s leading position in the market, its unmatched engineering capability and the company’s reputation as a strong partner to its customers through both original equipment and aftermarket support. I look forward to working with Davis-Standard to continue to grow the business globally and support our world-class base of customers with differentiated product offerings and services.” Mr Murphy added: “I want to thank the entire Davis-Standard organisation for the many years of strong performance that we have collectively executed upon under my tenure as CEO. I am thrilled to continue to serve the company as

Giovanni Spitale has been named as the chief executive officer of Davis Standard, a portfolio company of Gamut Capital Management. Mr Spitale replaces Jim Murphy, who has been elected as vice-chairman of the board of directors. In addition, Davis Standard has elected several individuals as members of its board of directors, including Brian Marston, Bill Barker and John McGrath, each of whom have significant experience within Davis Standard’s markets. “I am extremely excited to join the Davis-Standard organisation,” said Mr Spitale. “Having spent considerable time in the polymer processing and broader capital equipment industries,

Advanced Drainage Systems adds Operation Clean Sweep to its range of sustainability tools

including responsible resin handling and pellet containment from raw material delivery to manufacturer of the finished product.” “During the past several years we have increased ADS’ commitment to sustainability. Our recently announced 10-year sustainability goals are built around our motto: “Our reason is water.” These goals include a commitment to increasing our use of recycled plastic to one billion pounds, doubling our consumption over the next ten years. Being part of Operation Clean Sweep, and following its procedures and

Advanced Drainage Systems Inc (ADS), a global manufacturer of water management products, has become a blue Level member of Operation Clean Sweep ® (OCS), the international programme to reduce plastic resin loss into the environment. Scott Barbour, president and CEO of ADS, said: “We are honoured to be part of this important effort to prevent plastic waste from entering the environment. This includes all the steps of our manufacturing process and underscores our commitment to best practices in facilities management and operations,

www.plasticsindustry.org Operation Clean Sweep www.opcleansweep.org

Scott Barbour, president and CEO of ADS, said that the company is honoured to be part of this important effort to prevent plastic waste from entering the environment

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