Natural Resources >> CEO Interviews >> April 1, 1998
CARL HOROWITZ is President, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of
Polymer Research Corporation of America since 1963. He graduated from
Columbia University in New York and obtained a BS degree in Chemical
Engineering in 1950. He did postgraduate studies at Polytechnic
Institute in Brooklyn, New York, where he obtained an MS degree in
Chemistry in 1961. He was employed from 1951-1963 at Yardney Electric
Corp., New York, NY, and worked himself up to a position of company Vice
President. He has 30 patents in the fields of Polymers and Storage
Batteries. He belongs to American Chemical Society and American
Institute of Chemical Engineers. He has received two John C. Vaaler
Awards (1965 and 1972) and Pollution Engineering Award (1979). Profile
TWST: Give us a background sketch, a brief history on Polymer Research.And then bring us up to date. What is the company doing today?
Mr. Horowitz: Polymer Research Corporation of America,