Plastics Industry Association names new president and CEO

The Plastics Industry Association (PLASTICS; Washington, D.C., U.S.) has named Tony Radoszewski president and CEO effective Sept. 16, 2019. Radoszewski, a plastics industry veteran with nearly 40 years of experience in the field, joins PLASTICS after serving since 2006 as the president of the Plastics Pipe Institute (PPI).

“Tony is a skilled, experienced executive leader with the demonstrated ability to build critical relationships with key stakeholders, drive member benefits, positively enhance the profile of the industry and advance critical initiatives that will challenge us going forward,” says Wylie H. Royce, board chairman of PLASTICS. 

“I am grateful for this opportunity to lead such an important and respected organization,” Radoszewski says. “While I have decades of experience in the plastics industry, I know as I step in to lead the great PLASTICS organization that I have much to learn and I am dedicated to listening to members as a top priority and understanding the opportunities and challenges we have. I have great respect for what has been done to build this association and I am truly honored to be able to lead PLASTICS, and along with our team, take the association to the next level.”

Radoszewski holds a degree in chemistry from St. Mary’s University in San Antonio. He began his career as a polyolefins sales representative with Phillips Chemical Co. in 1980. In 1986, he moved to Houston to become part of the Phillips managerial team, holding positions in pricing and supply, market development and as market manager for film and rotational molding. In 1992, Radoszewski was named oil & gas sales manager for Phillips Driscopipe (now Performance Pipe), based in Richardson, Texas. There he was later named director of business development, and following that role, he became sales director for Phillips Sumika Polypropylene Co., a joint venture between Phillips Chemical Co. and Sumitomo Chemical.

In 1995, Radoszewski joined Advanced Drainage Systems Inc. (ADS) as director of marketing and business development, a position he held for seven years before being named president of Wentworth Group International. In 2006, Radoszewski was recruited to become the president of the Plastics Pipe Institute. During his 13-year tenure there, he led efforts that increased membership, enhanced member services, improved cash flow and profitability for the association while also strengthening relationships with key stakeholders, including government.