CUYAHOGA FALLS, Ohio—Ken Baker, CEO of NewAge Industries Inc., will offer the keynote address on trends in the silicone tubing and hose industry at the 2022 International Silicone Conference, organized by Rubber News.
The conference will take place May 10-11, 2022, in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, at the Sheraton Inn and Suites.
Baker joined NewAge in 1985 as a second-generation leader of the business and has overseen the growth of its AdvantaPure division, which manufactures platinum-cured silicone tubing, wire-reinforced silicone hose, single-use systems and more.
NewAge recently celebrated 16 years of employee ownership with the continuance of its Employee Stock Ownership Plan, which Baker helped establish in 2006.
The ESOP underscores to employees that their actions and work ethic affect customers, coworkers, families and their futures. In turn, the ESOP rewards long-term employees at retirement, and has allowed some employees to retire early.
NewAge Industries has been a finalist of "Top Small Company Workplace" two years running and the winner of the Warton Family Business of the Year award.