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A Clear Leader When Tourists Gaze at New York City from Such As Specialized Plastic Coatings Made at What’S Next? Sites in the U.S Discovery MAY 2013 THE QUARTERLY NEWSLETTER OF KOCH COMPANIES A clear leader When tourists gaze at New York City from such as specialized plastic coatings made at What’s next? sites in the U.S. and Europe. the observation deck of the Empire State Although he is now a Guardian employee, Building, they are looking through special- Today, Guardian is the world’s leader Vaupel often emphasizes a major focus ized glass made by Guardian Industries. in coated, value-added glass, including area for Koch companies: innovation. energy-efficient solar-control coatings. Guardian glass also adorns the Guggen- “I’m always reminding employees that It is a truly global corporation with diver- heim Museum in Bilbao, Spain, and the we need to improve continually, innovate sified products and nearly 1,000 patents. tallest building in the world – the 160- and embrace change if we want to enjoy story Burj Khalifa in Dubai, UAE. If it ain’t broke... even more success,” Vaupel said. Like Koch, Guardian is a privately held On Jan. 1, Ron Vaupel, the former leader company. Last December, Koch Indus- of Koch Industries’ business development tries acquired a minority stake of about group, became the president and CEO of 45 percent in Guardian Industries. Guardian Industries. Embracing change Guardian was on Ron Vaupel’s “radar screen” Many of the world’s most popular smart- long before he came to the company. phones, copiers and scanners rely on “I had been following Guardian Indus- Guardian products. There’s also a good tries for at least eight years,” Vaupel said. chance the chrome-plated plastic parts “I felt Guardian’s culture and businesses on your favorite car, truck or washing would be a tremendous investment op- machine were made by Guardian. portunity for Koch.” But when the company was founded as During his first two months on the job, Guardian, which made the glass for this stairway, has about Guardian Glass Co. in 1932, its primary Vaupel visited more than 16 Guardian 19,000 employees working in 22 states and 25 countries. product was automotive glass, sold to plant sites in five countries, including Brazil, “When we talk about innovation, it’s not corporate customers in nearby Detroit Luxembourg and Russia. Most of that time just about the latest coating at the Guard- and Flint, Mich. Years later, the company was spent listening and learning, and then ian Science & Technology Center. acquired an automotive trim fabricator. sharing a vision for Guardian. “Innovation is about how you come to In 1970, Guardian began manufacturing “Wherever I go, I have the same question work every day, about doing your job bet- float glass, a product made by literally for our employees,” Vaupel said. “First ter and doing it more efficiently. floating a layer of molten glass on a bath and foremost, I want to know how well of liquid tin. (A modern float glass plant, they understand Guardian’s vision and “We do a lot of things very well,” Vaupel such as the one Guardian opened last No- their role in helping the company achieve concluded, “but we still need to strive to vember, can produce 900 tons of flawless that vision. improve everything we do. product per day.) “I’ve learned that behaving ethically while “Guardian Industries is a company that The 1980s and ‘90s brought further diversi- competing to win is very much a part really knows how to create value. And fication into fiberglass insulation and build- of the Guardian way,” Vaupel said, “as is I’m going to do everything I can to help it ing materials distribution, and the develop- entrusting people with responsibility for continue to succeed even more.” ment of high-tech, value-added products, which they can then be held accountable.” www.guardian.com this issue… 2012 Koch jobs report pg 2 Carbon concerns pg 4 Original ideas pg 6 The President who could say “no” pg 7 Postal Pipeline KOCH COMPANIES 2012 JOBS & ECONOMIC IMPACT STUDY KOCH COMPANIES 2012 JOBS AND ECONOMIC IMPACT STUDY This analysis, completed in January 2013 and based on data for the year ended December 31, 2012, was conducted by Harrah Analytics. It details the economic DIRECT INDIRECT impact of Koch companies on the U.S. and individual 47,000+ JOBS 143,000+ JOBS state economies. Through the years, Koch companies have experienced $ $ significant growth and today employ more than 47,000 4.2B 6.7B people in all 50 United States and the District of Columbia. DIRECT INDIRECT & INDUCED COMPENSATION COMPENSATION www.kochind.com/files/KochCompaniesJobStudy2012.pdf NEARLY 200,000 The following letter is from a history teacher TOTAL JOBS ACROSS ALL 50 STATES whose students attend weekend classes $ organized by the Gilder Lehrman Institute and IIBILLION sponsored by the Fred and Mary Koch Foundation. TOTAL COMPENSATION & BENEFITS KOCH INDUSTRIES HAS HISTORICALLY (See story, page 7.) RE-INVESTED % 90 Today, my students and I were discuss- OF EARNINGS ing aspects of the American Revolution. BACK INTO ITS BUSINESSES It was great how many of them recount- EACH KOCH COMPANY ed particular documents – including Common Sense, letters from a Penn- JOB SUPPORTS sylvania farmer and the Declaration of ABOUT THREE ADDITIONAL JOBS IN THE U.S. Independence – when addressing the founding of our nation. I know the 50 students I bring to Satur- day Academy have loved being able to attend this winter. They really enjoy the program. I want to express my appreciation for all that the Fred & Mary Koch Foundation has done for these unique opportunities. TOP 10 STATES Thank you again for all the support! Joel Schaefer COMPENSATION JOBS Andover High School & BENEFITS Andover, Kan. $ Georgia 6,972 Georgia 746M $ 28,320 1.85B To “like” and follow Koch companies and leaders – 6,557 $ Texas Texas 628M including Georgia-Pacific, INVISTA, Flint Hills Resources, 37,679 $2.08B Matador Ranch, Koch Pipeline and Charles Koch – visit $ Kansas 2,897 Kansas 371M 6,459 $597M Koch Industries’ Facebook and Twitter pages. 2,827 $ Wisconsin Alabama 223M 10,344 $661M Letters and other submissions become the property of Koch $ Industries, Inc., and may be reproduced in whole or in part, Arkansas 2,624 Wisconsin 211M 9,214 $518M including your name, for any purpose and in any manner. $ Alabama 2,419 Arkansas 191M Letters may be edited for length or clarity. 12,268 $461M DIRECT $ TOTAL DIRECT, Oregon 2,232 Oregon 187M 10,265 $543M INDIRECT & INDUCED Discovery May 2013 | Volume 19 | Number 2 M MILLION 2,092 $154M South Carolina Minnesota B BILLION 7,611 $340M Editorial board Questions? Comments? Philip Ellender Contact: Rod Learned $ Oklahoma 1,790 Oklahoma 142M Rich Fink 316.828.6136 $ 6,023 354M Jeff Gentry [email protected] $ Dale Gibbens Publication design Virginia 1,607 South Carolina 132M 5,674 $384M Greg Guest Amber Vogts Charles Koch Koch Creative Group Jim Mahoney Data source: Harrah Analytics, data as of Dec. 31, 2012. Direct jobs include those at Koch companies in the 50 states and the District of Columbia. Total jobs were calculated using Dave Robertson www.kochind.com RIMS II multipliers produced by the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis. Shareholders and executives of Koch companies are not included in jobs totals. ©2013, Koch Industries, Inc. Koch is an EOE. M/F/D/V 2 International News Kingston – INVISTA has renewed its sponsorship of this popular Barcelona – One of Spain’s most famous fashion Westminster – Koch Membrane Systems has been honored recreation complex in eastern Ontario. designers and LYCRA® fiber celebrate 50 years together. for helping to keep Ireland “green.” Canada – Ontario is home to three famous designer, Andres Sarda, has relied Agency. It involved testing industrial important INVISTA facilities: an air on the same “secret ingredient” for 50 years. wastewater from various sources, includ- bag fiber manufacturing site, a research That special something is LYCRA® spandex, ing a brewery, dairy producer, snack food and development center and a specialty manufactured by INVISTA. maker and pharmaceutical manufacturer. chemical manufacturing operation. Sarda was a forward-thinking textile engi- Using a KMS Laboratory Cell CF-1 mem- With more than 900 employees working neer when he decided to use the elastic- brane test unit, FDT was able to evaluate at those three sites, INVISTA is the largest ity of LYCRA® fiber to revolutionize the what type of process – microfiltration, industrial employer in eastern Ontario. lingerie industry in Spain. ultrafiltration, nanofiltration or reverse osmosis – would produce the best results. But for citizens in the Kingston area, the He specified LYCRA® fiber when design- company’s best-known site is the INVISTA ing his first lingerie collection in 1962. In addition to constructing the test unit, Centre, a popular recreation facility. It became immensely popular, and, ever KMS assisted FDT with the setup and In March, Steve Kimpton, INVISTA’s since then, LYCRA® fiber has been a provided recommendations for operat- Kingston site manager, announced the vital component in many of Sarda’s most ing and cleaning the membranes and company is renewing its naming rights famous swimwear and lingerie designs. interpreting the test data. sponsorship for the INVISTA Centre, “We are proud of having shared in a The experiment was so successful that which the company originally sponsored half-century of work by this very talented FDT entered it in the annual Green in 2008, the year the facility opened. creator,” said Denise Sakuma, global mar- Apple Award competition. These awards “Given the long-term vision for our keting director for INVISTA Apparel. were established in 1994 as a way of rec- ognizing and promoting environmental Kingston site,” Kimpton said, “and the “We plan on saluting him throughout hundreds of INVISTA employees who best practices worldwide.
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