Steve Dehmlow

Steve Dehmlow has been Chairman and CEO of Synergy55 LLC. (and its predecessors), a privately-held company headquartered in suburban Chicago, since 1996 and CEO of Composites One LLC from 1999 to 2022. Synergy55 LLC. provides administrative services to Composites One.

In 1999, Dehmlow engineered the formation of Composites One LLC, a joint venture initially owned by GLS Composites Distribution Corp. and Cook Composites and Polymers (now CCP Composites US). Created through the merger of three composites materials distribution companies in 1999 and expanded through additional acquisitions, Composites One has 44 stocking locations supplying composites materials to 9,000 customers manufacturing fiberglass reinforced plastics and composites for marine, consumer recreation, corrosion resistance, defense, and transportation applications.

In 2012, GLS Composites Distribution Corp. bought Cook Composites and Polymers’ interest in Composites One LLC and became sole owner. Synergy55 LLC. continues to provide administrative and operational support to Composites One. GLS Composites Distribution Corp. and Synergy55 LLC. are both owned by the Dehmlow family. Through several business entities, the Dehmlow family has been involved in plastics and chemicals distribution, manufacturing and transportation for four generations.

In 2019, Dehmlow was awarded the 2019 Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Composites Manufacturing Association(ACMA).

Prior to joining the family business in 1981, Dehmlow started his career with Shell Chemicals after earning a BS in Chemical Engineering from Tulane Univesity in 1978. He also has a Masters in Management from Northwestern’s Kellogg Graduate School of Management.