Curbell Plastics
Keith Hechtel, DBA has over 20 years of experience in business development, sales, and marketing roles in the plastics industry. Keith has served as the Senior Director of Business Development at Curbell Plastics since 2005, leading a team responsible for sales, training, field market development, and technical support. Prior to that, they were the Director of Business Development at American Profol, where they managed sales, marketing, and business development for the manufacturing of cast polypropylene films. Keith also worked at Westlake Plastics as a Technical Services Engineer, handling sales, technical support, and field market development for plastic sheet, rod, tube, and film products. In addition to their industry experience, Keith has been an Adjunct Instructor at D'Youville College since 2014, teaching undergraduate and MBA-level business courses in Business Communication and Organizational Leadership.
Keith Hechtel, DBA, began their education journey at SUNY Oneonta, where they pursued a Bachelor of Science (BS) degree in Geology from 1981 to 1985. Following their undergraduate studies, they enrolled at Illinois State University, where they obtained a Master of Science (MS) degree in Industrial Technology between 1991 and 1993. Keith then furthered their academic pursuits at Saint Ambrose University, where they dedicated the years from 2000 to 2010 to earn a Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) degree, specializing in Business Administration and Management, General.
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Curbell Plastics
At Curbell Plastics, we are proud that we’ve grown into one of the nation’s top-five plastic materials suppliers by investing for sustainable growth and focusing foremost on the needs of our customers — a strategy that has set our company apart since its founding in 1942. From aerospace to orthotics, safety glass to stunning signage, and industrial machinery to food-processing equipment, we have helped countless customers achieve quality improvements and cost savings through the use of performance plastics. These durable and lightweight materials minimize energy consumption, add value to just about any commercial or industrial application, and can even replace metals. Our coast-to-coast network of 18 service and distribution centers gives us the reach to supply machine shops, entrepreneurs, Fortune 500 companies, government agencies, and others across the country with the plastic materials they need, when they need them. We also supply plastic film, tapes, adhesives, sealants, prototyping and tooling materials, and fabricated plastic parts. What makes Curbell Plastics unique? Our people. We offer a nationwide team of material experts — with backgrounds in fields like chemistry, industrial technology, and plastic part design — to answer your questions and assist with engineering and application challenges. Our culture supports innovation, an entrepreneurial spirit, and rewarding career opportunities. Everything we do is driven by our core values of respect, integrity, and learning, and everyone is accountable for living and working by those values. We constantly invest in our people through our IAPD-award-winning training programs, forward-thinking benefits packages, environmental sustainability initiatives, and community support. We are a privately held subsidiary of Curbell, Inc., based in Orchard Park, New York. We have ISO 9001 certification for nine of our locations and our corporate headquarters, and we maintain ITAR and EAR compliance company-wide.