Kaylea LaBee
Supply Chain Manager
Insights
Our experts share their thoughts on asphalt sustainability, innovation, safety and creating a culture of care.
Featured Article: Rubberized Binders for Dense Graded Hot Mix Asphalt
As the Director of Technical Sales at Polyco, I’m excited to share highlights from a recent collaboration with Skip Brown, a seasoned figure in pavement consulting and Dr. Peter Sebaaly, Director of the Western Regional Superpave Center at the University of Nevada, Reno. With a career spanning over four decades in the pavement industry, I’ve …
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SigmaBond Pushes the Limits of Sustainability
In our ongoing commitment to sustainable solutions for the paving industry, we’re diving deep into the groundbreaking possibilities of SigmaBond — our high-performing asphalt material made from waste tire rubber. Building upon our last blog post, “Harmonizing the Hallmarks of Sustainable Pavements,” where we looked at perpetual pavements and balanced mix design, this installment will …
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Harmonizing the Hallmarks of Sustainable Pavements
In many sectors, including the asphalt pavement industry, sustainable materials are coming into play and are at the top of everyone’s agenda. Recycled asphalt pavement and shingles (RAP/RAS), waste tire rubber (WTR), plastics, glass – many scrap products find viable end uses in pavements. But focusing on materials alone is not enough to achieve truly …
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Answering the Call: Where Roofing and Sustainability Meet
It’s what’s inside that counts. The quality of a shingle is only as good as the materials it’s composed of — and shingle manufacturers have been put on notice. More accountability is being demanded of the roofing industry, with an emphasis on expanding sustainability measures. For more than two decades, our roofing partners have relied …
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What does a typical day look like for you at Polyco?
Every morning, I hit the ground running responding to emails, customer adjustments, new orders, trucking issues, logistics matters, basically anything and everything that comes up. I’m the one customers contact to make sure everything goes accordingly.
What do you like most about working at Polyco?
The people. We’re pretty tight knit here and have a good relationship with people at the plant. To be able to joke around and laugh throughout the day is always something that makes work enjoyable.
What excites you most about Polyco?
I really love our green initiative. It’s not really something you hear about all the time in our industry. I really enjoy learning from the brilliant minds that are behind all the production and technology that we offer. And I know it’s going to take us to the edge of the universe.
Why is sustainability important?
The world is moving towards greener options. Polyco can show that we do care for the environment and for our future. And a lot of people at the company have children and they want to build a brighter, greener future for their kids. So I think it’s just important to be able to follow that trend and to show that we care about this place that we call home, which is the Earth.
What do you love to do outside of work?
I do spend a lot of time with my family. We like to have bonfires and barbecue. I’m a bit of a social butterfly who likes to fly around and see everybody as much as I can.