American specialty chemical company, Buckman Laboratories, has won the fourth annual North American MAKE (Most Admired Knowledge Enterprises) Award. Buckman has been honoured with the award each year since 1998. The company was chosen by a panel of North American business executives and leading knowledge management experts.

Rory Chase, managing director of Teleos from the KNOW Network, who presented the award commented, "The North American MAKE Winners are effectively transforming organisational knowledge into wealth-creating ideas, products and solutions. They are building portfolios of intellectual capital which will enable them to outperform their competitors in years to come." 

Buckman Laboratories, headquartered in Memphis, Tennessee, USA, is a manufacturer of specialty chemicals for aqueous industrial systems. The company was founded in 1945 on its ability to create and manufacture innovative solutions to control the growth of microorganisms. Today the company provides complete specialty chemical solutions for the leather, pulp and paper, and water treatment markets. The company has annual sales of $429 million, produces 500 different products, and employs over 1,400 people working in more than 90 countries.

 

 

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