Consumer >> CEO Interviews >> December 9, 2002

Robert Steiler – Pallet Management Systems Inc (palt)

ROBERT L. STEILER is Acting President and Chairman of the Board of Pallet Management Systems Inc., a leading provider of standard and custom-built shipping pallets and containers for a wide range of industries. The company has also developed innovative total supply chain management systems. Mr. Steiler has been a member of the company's Board of Directors since April 2000. He is also President/Owner of Lewis Management Group, a Chicago-based management consulting firm that specializes in the manufacturing and distribution industries. Prior to founding this company in 1990, he was associated with KPMG Peat Marwick. Mr. Steiler was also Vice President of Materials with a Fortune 100 food processing company. Prior to that he was Vice President of Materials for SmithKline Beecham, a Fortune 100 pharmaceutical company. He is a graduate of St. John's University with an MBA in Management. Profile
TWST: Could you first give us an overview of the pallet industry,

because it seems to me that the public and investors in particular don't

understand it as well as they might.

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