K/P Corp.--Achieving Purpose And Profit

"A lot of the changes we're making, especially with the move to employee ownership, are to try to preserve the values and work environment that Jim Knapp has worked so hard all his life to create," states Bill Taylor, California division president for K/P. "There are a lot of us here committed to keeping those values in place. With all the acquisition activity going on today—not just in our industry—we felt that if we were to have an ownership transition, we prefer it be to employees as opposed to someone not familiar with our history or culture."