Haviland Enterprises

HAVILAND CONTRACT MANUFACTURING & PACKAGING SELECTS TIM SPEHAR AS MANAGER

GRAND RAPIDS, MI, JANUARY 15, 2012 – Tim Spehar is now Manager of Contract Services for Haviland Products Company. Spehar is leading sales and marketing for all custom-blended and custom-packaged products, including simple chemistry and small container ventures. Haviland manufactures chemistries for Fortune 500 companies, whose finished goods range from household drain cleaners to oral care supplies.

“Haviland has some very creative blending and packaging projects taking place in our four manufacturing facilities,” says President and CEO Bernie Haviland. “Tim’s skills in project management and new product development bring even greater depth to Haviland’s emphasis on technology and creating chemistry.”
Haviland hired Spehar in 2010 as General Manager of Consumer Products. He brings 23 years of industrial sales and marketing experience, leading organizations such as Ashland Chemical, Laidlaw Environmental, Dean foods/Suiza, and

His team at Chemcentral/Univar earned the Global Supplier of the Year Award in 2004 and 2006 for service to Dow Corning Corporation in North America, India, and Barry Wales. Spehar is a graduate of Michigan State University.

Haviland Products Company formulates, manufactures and distributes decorative, functional and specialty coatings for Fortune 500 companies worldwide. Haviland Products Company, 421 Ann Street, NW, Grand Rapids, MI 49504, 800.445.1134, www.havilandusa.com