Experience

The Sealants & Adhesives NET.WORK

• Austria
• Business Consulting and Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• SEALANTS & ADHESIVES NET.WORK

  • Feb 2017 - Present

  Experience is an extremely valuable good! This is why I developed the idea of an "experts net.work" for the sealants and adhesives industry. Senior sealant and adhesives experts from all over the world whom I have met (and learned to trust 100 %) in the past 30 years of my career have become part of this net.work. In the centre of this organization I am managing communication with the market and bring a customer together with the right expert. All members of the net.work are committed to a hands-on and down-to-earth approach and transfer all their extensive knowledge and experience to the customers. Together with our customers we have already accomplished different projects - in recruiting and M&A, in developing sustainable strategies, in finding distribution partners all around the world, opening new sources for raw materials or private label products and many more. Take a moment to have a look at the NET.WORK - it's worth it! https://adheseal-net.work Show less



Dr. Volker Weidmann - Holistic value-added strategies

• Austria
• Business Consulting and Services

• www.weidmann-value.com

  • Jan 2017 - Present

  It has become the major finding of my professional career that competitive differentiation typically is not achieved by a product but by the VALUE-ADDED provided by a company beyond its genuine product or service. It is the VALUE-ADDED PROFILE of a company that sustainably distinguishes it from its competitors. This is why I created a concept to develop VALUE-ADDED STRATEGIES and - even more important - VALUE-ADDED COMMUNICATION, since "communication creates (what we call) reality", as Paul Watzlawick, the famous US-Austrian philosopher found out. "Do good and talk about it", is another credo that refers to VALUE-ADDED generated by companies. value@weidmann-value.com www.weidmann-value.com Show less



LATICRETE International

• United States
• Wholesale Building Materials
• 400 - 500 Employee

• BOARD DIRECTOR

  • Jan 2017 - Present

  Laticrete International, Inc. is one of the world's leading manufacturers of tile and stone installation systems. As a board director in this 3G family business I am advising and supporting the CEO in view of the company's European activities and also with my strong experience in value-added communication. Laticrete International, Inc. is one of the world's leading manufacturers of tile and stone installation systems. As a board director in this 3G family business I am advising and supporting the CEO in view of the company's European activities and also with my strong experience in value-added communication.



OTTO-CHEMIE

• Germany
• Wholesale Building Materials
• 1 - 100 Employee

• CEO

  • Oct 1996 - Dec 2016

  As the CEO of this fine company for some 20 years, I was the driving force of making Otto-Chemie become an international leader in the sealants industry. Creating and strengthening the OTTO brand was my major focus and all the efforts taken turned out to be highly successful! Some facts & figures about Hermann Otto GmbH at the time I left the company: + Annual turnover approx. 100 mio. € in 2016 + 400 employees, 50 of which in field sales + 5th generation family business since 1881 + Continuous and sustainable growth + Above-average return on sales + Far above-average equity-to-assets ratio + Market and technology leader in the field of elastic sealants + Highly innovative developer and manufacturer of adhesive sealants for industrial applications Having developed Otto-Chemie to the level of an international market leader has generated a high degree of personal reputation for me and the strenghth of the OTTO brand is still widely recognized in the industry. Show less



IVD

• Duesseldorf, Germany

• PRESIDENT of the SEALANTS MANUFACTURER‘S ASSOCIATION

  • Jan 2014 - Dec 2015

  As the president and also as a member of the board for more than 20 years I had the honor and the privilege to positively influence the development of this highly reputed Sealants Manufacturer's Association (www.ivd-ev.de). My emphasis was on representing the approx. 30 member companies and on strengthening its position in the market by reinforcing the uncompromising quality philosophy of the association. As the president and also as a member of the board for more than 20 years I had the honor and the privilege to positively influence the development of this highly reputed Sealants Manufacturer's Association (www.ivd-ev.de). My emphasis was on representing the approx. 30 member companies and on strengthening its position in the market by reinforcing the uncompromising quality philosophy of the association.



Heidelberg Materials

• Germany
• Wholesale Building Materials
• 700 & Above Employee

• GENERAL MANAGER

  • Feb 1994 - Sep 1996

  I acted as the Managing Director of the COMPAKTA and PACTAN business in Traunreut, Bavaria (Germany). During this phase of my carrer I got deeply acquainted with the sealants and adhesives business, both for construction and industrial use and layed the foundation for my comprehensive understanding and expierence in this field.

• Assistant to the board of directors & QA Manager

  • Dec 1990 - Jan 1994

  As Assistant to the board of directors I played a major role in the founding of a new subsidiary of Heidelberg Cement, called Heidelberger Baustofftechnik GmbH. This new company bundled the activities of several existing divisions and product groups, amongst which were ADDIMENT (concrete additives), POLYMENT (epoxy flooring systems), COMPAKTA (construction sealants), PACTAN (silicone adhesive sealants for industrial applications) and NR. SICHER, a former division of DEITERMANN.After the founding process was finished, I introduced the first quality management system according to ISO 9001 in all 4 locations of the group. Show less



Unilever

• United Kingdom
• Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Marketing Manager Oleochemicals

  • Apr 1989 - Nov 1990

  At Unichema in Gouda, The Netherlands, I managed the global Fatty Acid and Glycerine business of this Unilever Chemical Group subsidiary. Especially managing the very special industrial "by-product" glycerine was a specific challenge and a real source of experience for me.

• Product Coordinator Glycerine & Fatty Acids

  • Sep 1987 - Mar 1989

  After university, I started my carrer at Unichema Chemie GmbH in Emmerich, Germany - a subsidiary of the Unilever Chemicals Group - as a marketing trainee. After only a couple of months I was promoted Product Coordinator for the Fatty Acid and Glycerine business - a promotion that gave me the chance to learn almost everything about the Unilever way of looking at marketing!