M-D Building Products Inc., which serves diversified markets throughout North America including consumer retail and MRO, commercial flooring distributors, product manufacturers and professional paint markets, announced that it has formed four brand portfolio strategic business units.
The four new business units will include M-D Consumer, M-D Manufactured Solutions and Cardinal Aluminum; M-D Pro and Canadian Consumer; and Tower Sealants. M-D will continue to operate Morse Industries in Seattle, Washington, and Cardinal Architectural in Louisville, Kentucky, as independent operational groups.
The new strategic business units will create efficiencies to strengthen the customer experience for the family-owned company, which is an industry leader in developing, manufacturing and marketing a range of residential and commercial weatherization, flooring, caulking and specialty extrusion products with manufacturing and distribution operations across the United States, Canada and Mexico.
“As the market continues to evolve, we are creating simplicity and greater efficiencies for our customers and partners with a focus on improving consumer experience on a channel-by-channel basis,” says M-D Building Products president Ryan Plotkin. “This strategic formation of our business units occurs as the company experiences another strong year. The strategic business units create multiple career growth opportunities for our employees as we continue investing in our people so they can have long, rewarding careers at M-D.”
Each strategic business unit will be overseen by a division president; Kipp Collins will oversee M-D Consumer, Mike Wasson will lead M-D Manufactured Solutions and Cardinal Aluminum and Joe Comitale will be over M-D Pro and Canadian Consumer. These three presidents, along with the corporate office in Oklahoma City and Shared Manufacturing Services, will report to Ryan Plotkin. Tower Sealants, Morse Industries and Cardinal Architect’s leadership structure will remain in its current state and report to M-D Building Products CEO, Loren Plotkin.
“As a family-owned company, M-D is proud of its rich history dating back more than a century,” says Plotkin. “The strong results we have achieved in recent years have accelerated the growth of the company, building solid momentum upon which we can take steps to strengthen our structure. The new structure promotes greater flexibility to meet consumer demands and respond to industry trends. More importantly, it empowers our team members to be their best and to offer meaningful career path opportunities at M-D.”
