Welcome to the November 2026 issue of Inside Standard, a newsletter designed to share news and updates across Standard Industries.

STANDARD LIVESTREAM

During the October 15 Standard Livestream, CEO David Winter recognized accomplishments across every operating company despite challenging market conditions, discussed opportunities ahead, and answered questions from employees across the businesses. If you missed it, you can watch the replay by clicking the link to your respective business: Standard/GAF/SGI; Grace; BMI. 

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From park cleanups to meal packing and more, employees across Standard, GAF, BMI, SGI, and Grace came together to give back to our communities this summer. Watch a few highlights of our Summer of Service below.

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Real Results: How Tech and AI are Driving Value Across Our Businesses

Across our operating companies, Standard is investing in technology that drives business results. Standard Industries CIO Ashish Parmar breaks down our AI technology strategy into a “three-layered cake”:

  • Enterprise AI: Everyday productivity tools, like Gemini and Copilot, at scale.
  • Vertical AI: Specific use cases applying AI capabilities in areas like procurement, sales, and maintenance.
  • Scientific AI: Combining our proprietary data with industry platforms to build a patentable competitive moat.

In a series of short videos, leaders from GAF, Grace, and BMI shared how they are putting this strategy into action to net real impact.

GAF: Balancing Costs and Reclaiming Time GAF’s Chief Product and Technology Officer Joe Dennes shares how data modeling is making a tangible financial impact.

  • Millions Saved: By building proprietary models for polyiso insulation manufacturing, GAF has netted a few million in savings to date. The models give plant operators real-time visibility to balance material costs with strength and insulating ability –  without the guesswork.
  • Removing the “Productivity Tax”: Implementing lab information systems has eliminated the estimated 20% of time scientists spent on manual data aggregation. This frees them up to invent next-generation products and optimize product recipes.

Grace: Accelerating Innovation and Solving Customer Problems Sudhakar Jale, Senior Director of Technology at Grace, highlights how Scientific AI doesn’t replace human judgment – it amplifies it.

  • Unlocking $10M in Annual Value: To address a plant bottleneck in alumina manufacturing, Grace combined expertise with machine learning to identify optimal process conditions. In less than six months and only 27 experiments, the team identified a pathway to increase the plant rate by approximately  20% – a stark contrast to a traditional effort that required more than 300 experiments over three years. When fully implemented, this could unlock up to 5,000 tons of additional capacity and more than $10 million in annual value.
  • Devising Customer Solutions: By combining Grace’s deep scientific knowledge with Standard’s advanced simulation capabilities, the team successfully developed a new edible oil purification reactor. The pairing of scientific and technical expertise de-risked the solution for the customer, accelerated commercialization by about six months and resulted in a provisional patent. 

BMI: Conquering Data and Boosting Teamwork Tobias Emrich, Portfolio Director at BMI, proves that you don’t have to be a tech early adopter to see immediate benefits from Enterprise AI.

  • Streamlined Portfolio Roadmapping: Instead of drowning in endless browser tabs and static spreadsheets, Tobias’ team uses Notebook LM and Gemini to synthesize fragmented European market data and competitor catalogs. This allows them to build market-specific portfolio strategies in seconds rather than hours.
  • Dynamic Knowledge Hubs: By bringing all of the team’s market intelligence into one workspace, the team replaced tedious, manually-updated files with a real-time source of truth. This speeds up analysis and gives the team space to explore creative new ideas.

Watch and Learn More These projects that demonstrate our technology strategy is all about real outcomes that show up in our results. Don’t just take our word for it – scroll through the carousel to hear directly from Ashish, Joe, Sudhakar, and Tobias on the exciting work underway across our operating companies.

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Meet the 18 Leaders Shaping Standard’s Future 

The Standard Leadership Program (SLP), which launched in 2018, is designed to attract, retain, and develop high-potential leaders, while strengthening collaboration across the operating companies.

SLP is a career-defining experience. This year’s program was enhanced to be even more rigorous, practical, and connected to the real challenges we face as a diversified, global organization.

The 2026 cohort includes 18 executives from across GAF, BMI, Grace, and Standard. Nominated by their executive leaders, they are high-potential leaders who possess the capability, ambition, and judgment to take on broader responsibility and to shape the future of Standard Industries. 

The program aims to strengthen enterprise leadership capabilities – going beyond functional expertise to be able to bring clarity to ambiguity, make sound decisions amid uncertainty, and mobilize others to achieve results.

“As leaders within Standard Industries, we all have to navigate how to drive results in an increasingly complicated world. This demands more than just functional expertise,” said Shavit Bar-Nahum, Head of Talent Strategy and Development at Standard Industries. “By integrating a deeper understanding of enterprise strategy with personalized feedback and coaching, we are empowering our executives to lead with empathy and agility, balance competing priorities, and drive impactful cross-company collaboration.”

The 18 leaders in the 2026 SLP cohort join a network of nearly 100 SLP alumni who are driving collaboration, smart strategy, and strong business performance across Standard Industries.