Pat Smith joined Aston, Pa.-based Maguire Products Inc. in 1995 in his current role as vice president of marketing and sales. Maguire manufactures auxiliary equipment for the plastics industry worldwide, including gravimetric blenders, material loading systems, granulators, volumetric feeders and liquid color pumps.
Prior to Maguire, he worked for auxiliary equipment maker Conair Group for six years — as VP of marketing and sales from 1989-93, then as business unit manager of the blender operation. From 1976-89, he worked for GE Plastics in various sales and marketing assignments.
Smith holds a bachelor´s degree in chemistry from Ohio State University and is currently a member of the executive board of the Society of the Plastics Industry Inc. trade association.