Bill Shields Email & Phone Number

Shields Industrial Sales Co. formerly Shields Management, Inc. Experts in plastic material selection focused on business development, design & direct sales of precision CNC machining of all plastic materials. ABS, DELRIN acetal, ERTALYTE PET, FEP, HDPE, KYNAR PVDF, phenolic, NORYL PPO, nylon, NYLATRON, PFA, PP, PEEK, polysulfone, PVC, CORZAN CPVC, ULTEM, TEFLON PTFE, RULON, FLUOROLOY H, RYTON PPS, TECHTRON PPS, TORLON, VESPEL, MELDIN, DURATRON PI, UHMW-PE.

Boothwyn, Pa, Us

Responsible for developing the corporate business plan, strategic planning, growing the business, sales, marketing & advertising, product additions to portfolio, new application development for North America, developed GEHR product training modules to educate distributors & OEM's and also trained GEHR sales personnel. Company is a German-owned extrusion manufacturer of PVC, CPVC, polypropylene, HDPE, ABS, Acetal copolymer, DELRIN homopolymer, KYNAR PVDF, HALAR ECTFE, polysulfone, ULTEM & PEEK. World headquarters is located in Mannheim, Germany.

Managed new business development for 8 branches located in the eastern half of the USA in engineering & high performance materials (HPM's), Developed new industrial business with the following materials: nylon, DELRIN acetal, ERTALYTE PET-P, polypropylene, HDPE, UHMW-PE, PVC, CPVC, ABS, KYNAR PVDF, HALAR ECTFE, polysulfone, ULTEM PEI, PPS & PEEK. Also managed & developed business for the DUPONT VESPEL product line & Medical Stock Shapes initiative as well.

Lenni, Pa, Us

Managed a team of 5 direct salespeople located East of Mississippi River & personally handled sales for the entire country of Canada. Performed numerous product training seminars for OEM's to help field sales to bring more business to the distributors. Worked there until the major layoffs caused by financial distress. Company is an extrusion & compression molding manufacturer of UHMW-PE, polypropylene, HDPE, ABS, KYNAR PVDF, HALAR ECTFE, polysulfone, & ULTEM. They are also one of the largest manufacturers of USP Class VI medical grade materials for the orthopedic market that focuses on trials for knees, hips & shoulders.

Responsible for new business development at the OEM & MRO accounts to increase DSM sales with the local distributors that would handle sales & service. Performed 150+ product training seminars. Increased new sales (on average) $700,000 per year for 5 years in a row. Company is an extrusion, compression molding & cast molding manufacturer of UHMW-PE, nylon, acetal copolymer, DELRIN homopolymer, ERTALYTE PET-P, polysulfone, ULTEM, TECHTRON PPS, PEEK, FLUOROSINT, DURATRON polyimide & CELAZOLE PBI.

Field sales engineer responsible for developing new business at OEM accounts with TEFLON PTFE, filled PTFE products, RULON products, PEEK & MELDIN polyimide. The materials were provided both in stock shapes, fully machined or direct compression molded formed into component shape. Covered NJ to SC.

Company was a manufacturer of low loss microwave laminate materials which were converted into high tech circuit boards used to power radar, satellites & missiles. Company was also a manufacturer of silicone rubber products used in high tech applications.

5-Hour Educational Course, Valves & Actuators

Course Certificate, Basic Plane Bearing Technology

Bachelor Of Science Degree, Business Management, Marketing, And Financial Management

La Salle In Europe Exchange Program, Studied French & German Languages Plus International Business

Political Science And Government