Construction Magazine November 2018 | Page 170

GLOBAL PRESENCE TO GLOBAL DATA
WILSONART
170 phase of its existence . Though it had subsidiaries in the USA , France , Germany , the UK , China and Thailand , those businesses operated largely as autonomous entities . CD & R brought in a global executive leadership team under CEO Tim O ’ Brien , who brought in Jay Krishnamurthy as CIO , to use information and digital technology and mold the company into a truly global engineered surfaces company .
GLOBAL PRESENCE TO GLOBAL DATA
Since emerging as an independent business in 2012 , Wilsonart is experiencing a transformation from a US High Pressure Laminate company to a leading global engineered surfaces company . The company is focused on continuing to grow its core laminate business , while expanding its product portfolio and adding Epoxy , Quartz , Performance Veneer and “ Wet Wall ” solutions , expanding both its global reach , and elevating operational excellence and service levels .
While this wasn ’ t exactly an easy journey , there were plenty of opportunities and challenges globally , and not a lot of time and resources to sort them
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