Merging major manufacturing companies in the roofing space is challenging enough without the weight of an economic freefall caused by a lingering health crisis. But that wasn’t the approach Doug Kramer and the others at the newly-formed Hunstman Building Solutions took when faced with putting together a $350-million deal at the height of a global pandemic.
RC Editor Art Aisner recently chatted with Kramer, president of HBS’s U.S. Business Unit, about the transition, and how the company is positioned for the future of the industry.