Industry & Services >> CEO Interviews >> June 7, 1999

George Kosanovich – Stella-jones Inc

GEORGE KOSANOVICH was named President and Chief Operating Officer of Stella-Jones, Inc., effective November 2, 1998. Between 1973 and 1996, Mr. Kosanovich held various management positions in the USA at OxyChem Corporation, a subsidiary of Occidental Petroleum. His background at OxyChem included positions in technology, venture management, manufacturing, strategic planning and mergers and acquisitions. Since early 1996 and until his appointment with Stella-Jones Inc, Mr. Kosanovich was President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of ARC Resins International Corporation, a Canadian public company that manufactures resins for the wood industry and insulation applications. Mr. Kosanovich holds a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the State University of New York at Buffalo and attended Harvard University's PMD Program in the Graduate School of Business Administration. Profile
TWST: Give us a brief overview and a little bit of the history of

Stella-Jones,just to set the stage for the readers.

Mr. Kosanovich: Stella-Jones is a fairly new company founded in