The
Viking Group has created Viking Plastics, a new business unit dedicated to
producing CPVC fire sprinkler
pipe from the company’s
BlazeMaster® compounds.
The Viking Group also announced that CEO Tom Groos has been appointed chairman of the company’s board of directors,
subject to final shareholder approval. Kevin Ortyl, current president and COO, will move up to CEO while continuing as
president. This move marks the first time in Viking’s 86-year history that the
company’s CEO is someone other than a Tyden-Groos family member.