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Ursula Stevens, Leader in Developing Sun Chemical's Latin America Business, Dies at 65
Fort Lee, NJ
- February 04, 2004 -- Ursula Stevens, the leader and primary force in building Sun Chemical's Latin America business, passed away on January 17. She was 65. Ms. Stevens, who retired in Dec. 2002, dedicated 36 years of service to Sun Chemical.
"Ursula's leadership, character, tenacity, skill with customers, and ability to grow the business earned her enormous respect and admiration both in and out of Sun Chemical, where she made many good friends over the years," said Wes Lucas, chairman, president and CEO, Sun Chemical. "Like many of us, Ursula was a very dear friend of mine, and a person who I respected greatly and cared for deeply. We will all miss her."
Ms. Stevens served as Corporate Vice President and General Manager, Sun Chemical Latin America. "She was the leader and primary force in building our Latin America business from essentially zero to $200 million in sales and the #1 market share leader in the region, added Mr. Lucas. "She had a remarkable impact on Sun."
Ms. Stevens joined Rutherford Machinery, a former Sun Chemical subsidiary, in 1966. Seven years later, she joined Sun Chemical Export as its Controller, and in 1983 she was named Assistant Director. In 1986, Ms. Stevens was named the Director of Sun Chemical Export Group. In 1992, she was named General Manager of Sun Chemical International (SCI), a then newly formed trading company that is now known as Sun Chemical Latin America. From 1992 through 1997, she also managed Polychrome Latin America.
About Sun Chemical
Sun Chemical, the world's largest producer of printing inks and pigments, is a leading provider of materials to packaging, publication, coatings, plastics, cosmetics, and other industrial markets. With annual sales of more than $3 billion, Sun Chemical has over 12,500 employees supporting customers around the world. The Sun Chemical Group of companies includes such well-known names as Vivitek, Coates Lorilleux, Gibbon, Hartmann, Kohl & Madden, Swale, Usher-Walker and US Ink. In addition, Sun Chemical has many joint ventures, with the largest being its $1.5 billion Kodak Polychrome Graphics (KPG) joint venture with Eastman Kodak. KPG is a world leader in prepress products, services and equipment.
Sun Chemical Corporation in the United States of America and Sun Chemical Limited in England are subsidiaries of Sun Chemical Group B.V., the Netherlands. Sun Chemical has headquarters in Fort Lee, New Jersey, U.S.A.; Watford, England; and Weesp, the Netherlands. For more information, please visit our Web site at www.sunchemical.com.
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