Thinking Plastic – a global perspective

Another day another dollar and for Sinclair & Rush Limited it’s another year with another year end success.

Although in accounting terms business is packaged and reviewed one year against another, in management, sales and marketing terms the journey is longer and ongoing. The S&R team UK / Europe have benefited from the fortitude of leadership and engagement through team building to equip them for what has in effect been a four year journey – and a journey in some pretty awful economic weather.

The environment has certainly been “challenging” – superbly understated as always by MD, Peter Boulton, who went on to say – “ but with the support of our staff and customers, it’s been a great success. Not only have the profits improved over this time, but the corporate ‘attitude’ has grown as well. We’ve all become proud to deliver on our two missions; ‘Always striving to deliver great customer service’; and ‘to leave our staff and customers feeling respected and valued’.”

From S&R Ltd Maidstone, to S&R Inc Missouri, under the skyline of

San Diego – home of Cameron Holdings.

That’s the view from this side of the pond, but what do our American parents think about the attitude, efforts and achievements of their Kent manufacturer / supplier of leading plastic packaging, display and protection components.

We’ll find out pretty soon, as Brad Philip is en route to check on matters British and European before continuing to China and Australia as part of his global tour.

You see, Sinclair & Rush is part of a global family. Further, this entity sits within a true family of global manufacturing concern.

Let’s explain that a little.

Sinclair & Rush Limited (Maidstone) sits within Sinclair & Rush Inc, based in Arnold, Missouri. It is to their President and COO that Peter Boulton directly reports. Since October 1^st (that’s 1^st October over here) 2010 that person has been with Brad Philip. Not surprisingly, the relationship between Peter and Brad is crucial for the success of pan-Atlantic management.

Brad was previously Executive Vice President and General Manager until recognised for his long and successful service and promoted by Vincent T. Gorguze, Chairman and CEO of Sinclair & Rush Inc. (Brad became Exec VP & GM in 2006 having joined the company as Corporate Controller in 1995.)

Mr Gorguze in turn is also founder and Chairman of San Diego based Cameron Holdings. Cameron Holdings is a private equity company specialising in the acquisition and operation of middle market manufacturing, industrial service and value-added distribution companies.

Its successful track record began in 1978 when it made its first acquisition – Sinclair & Rush. Since then it has acquired, operated and grown a variety of companies in North America, Europe and Australia with revenues ranging from $5 million to $200 million.

Cameron Holdings is led by Vincent Gorguze as Chairman and his daughter Lynne E. Gorguze as President. Their exciting strategy is and has been one of ‘Buy & Build’. They acquire and develop a platform company and work closely with the new platform’s management to establish a financial growth strategy. Once the revenue and profitability of the business have sustainably reached their target, they in turn escalate growth through further corporate acquisition.

Vincent & Gloria Gorguze; Lynne Gorguze; Brad Philip.

Sinclair & Rush was the first platform acquisition and development for Cameron Holdings in 1978 – its living history tells its own tale.

Readers of this blog can see how this successful growth escalator strategy has developed Sinclair & Rush to become the largest and most innovative provider of vinyl moulded products in the world. We wrote about the Flex Product acquisition in May this year, which boosted the VisiPak range and capacity. And in October last year we covered the massive benefits to the GripWorks product range afforded by the acquisition of Hunt-Wilde.

As you see, the foundations of our global capabilities and expertise run deep and we are truly proud to be part of the family and to continue the ethos – buy and build.

Thinking Plastic - a global family:

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