Romeo Kreinberg is an American–German business executive and former executive vice president for Performance Plastics & Chemicals at the

Dow Chemical Company The Dow Chemical Company, officially Dow Inc., is an American multinational chemical corporation headquartered in Midland, Michigan, United States. The company is among the three largest chemical producers in the world. Dow manufactures plastic ...

. Kreinberg was instrumental in the

Fortune 100 The ''Fortune'' 500 is an annual list compiled and published by ''Fortune'' magazine that ranks 500 of the largest United States corporations by total revenue for their respective fiscal years. The list includes publicly held companies, along w ...

company's reorganization in the 2000s. He serves as chairman of Befesa, an industrial waste manager and recycler, and Rain Carbon a manufacturer of chemical raw materials made from

coal tar Coal tar is a thick dark liquid which is a by-product of the production of coke and coal gas from coal. It is a type of creosote. It has both medical and industrial uses. Medicinally it is a topical medication applied to skin to treat psoriasi ...

. Kreinberg is also a director of Orion Engineered Carbons and a former director of

Dow Corning Dow Corning Corporation, was an American multinational corporation headquartered in Midland, Michigan, United States. Originally established as a joint venture between The Dow Chemical Company and Corning Incorporated, Dow bought out Corning and ...

Career

Kreinberg joined the

in 1977 after graduating from National University of Architecture and City Planning of

Buenos Aires Buenos Aires ( or ; ), officially the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires ( es, link=no, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires), is the capital and primate city of Argentina. The city is located on the western shore of the Río de la Plata, on South ...

. He became marketing director of Dow Deutschland in 1991 and took the same position at Dow Italia in 1993. In 1995, Kreinberg became Dow’s global vice president for

polyethylene Polyethylene or polythene (abbreviated PE; IUPAC name polyethene or poly(methylene)) is the most commonly produced plastic. It is a polymer, primarily used for packaging ( plastic bags, plastic films, geomembranes and containers including bo ...

and

PET A pet, or companion animal, is an animal kept primarily for a person's company or entertainment rather than as a working animal, livestock, or a laboratory animal. Popular pets are often considered to have attractive appearances, intelligence, ...

/PTA. He became president of the company’s polyethylene, polypropylene, and PET business in 2000. Dow Chemicals went through a reorganization in 2003, and Kreinberg became the head of its new Plastics division, which covered its polypropylene, PET, polystyrene, engineering thermoplastics, fabricated products, automotive, wire and cable, and rubber and elastomers businesses. Shortly thereafter, in January 2004, Kreinberg was appointed vice president of the company’s polyethylene business in addition to his role as senior vice president of the Plastics division. Dow Chemicals reorganized again in 2005, and consolidated all of its businesses into two divisions: Basic Plastics & Chemicals and Performance Plastics & Chemicals. Kreinberg was appointed to lead the Performance Plastics & Chemicals division as its executive vice president. Later that year Kreinberg was appointed to the board of directors of

. Kreinberg was appointed to Dow Chemical’s executive leadership committee in 2007. The executive leadership committee replaced Dow’s Office of the Chief Executive, which Kreinberg joined in 2004. He left the Dow Chemical Company later that year.

Personal life

Kreinberg is a graduate of The National University of Architecture and City Planning in Buenos Aires. He is fluent in six languages.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kreinberg, Romeo American business executives Dow Chemical Company employees Living people Year of birth missing (living people)