Product Releases  Family Ties Facility Together  Fri, 02/13/2009
- 5:18am American Chemical Technologies is a family-owned
processing plant that heavily relies on its extended family
also known as its employeesto compete with top competitors.
Kevin Kovanda, American Chemical Technologies President, and Jim
and Ross Kovanda, Vice Presidents, grew up with the black-and-
white ideology that their father, Robert Kovanda, instilled in
them early. "My father always told us when we were growing up,"
says Ross, "‘It's either an A or an F. There are no Bs, Cs or
Ds.'" One can easily tell that this adage did not fall on the
typical deaf ears of adolescence as this lubrication processing
facility goes beyond the customary to attain unprecedented
performance and customer service.  As recently as just weeks,
Robert sadly passed and left his sons to attend to the family
legacy he began in 1972. Being immersed in industry throughout
their lives, the brothers knew that they'd eventually succeed
their father and strive to m