"Environmentally friendly” can mean many different things. For Emerald Performance Materials—a mid-sized specialty chemicals company with four business groups, eight manufacturing operations and sales to more than 70 countries across the globe—it has meant making a concerted effort to reduce emissions and consider ways to improve the chemical composition and volatile organic compound (VOC) levels of products.

A VIP list of political, business and economic development leaders helped Bostik celebrate the grand opening of its expanded business and technology center in Wauwatosa, Wis., late last year.

 When it comes to the Credit for Increasing Research Activities (I.R.C. §41, “the R&D credit”), a common misconception is that a company won’t qualify for the R&D credit if it doesn’t have a laboratory, a dedicated R&D division or an engineer on staff.  

The “Forum de la Plasturgie et des Composites” will take place on the 30th and 31st May, 2013 at Disneyland Paris's Congress Centre.

Is there a formula for success in the years ahead? Do manufacturers just keep doing what they’ve always done, or will the future demand a new set of rules about how we lead, organize, operate, and manage our companies?