# Charles Schein

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{{short description|Romanian businessman (1928–2003)}}
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'''Charles Schein''' (September 25, 1928{{snd}}May 1, 2003<ref>{{Cite web |date=July 4, 2023 |title=Death on May 1, 2003 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, Île-de-France (France) |url=https://www.openarchieven.nl/ins:68cdd4e3-e33c-4422-7312-616877683a7a/en |access-date=March 13, 2025 |website=Open Archives}}</ref>) was a [polymer chemist](/source/polymer_chemistry). A political refugee and (Jewish) survivor of the Holocaust from [Romania](/source/Romania), he arrived in Paris in 1946 and enrolled at the [University of Paris](/source/University_of_Paris). After receiving his degree, Schein joined the adhesives-formulating group at the French branch of [Honeywell](/source/Honeywell). There he developed the modern form of [polyvinylchloride](/source/polyvinylchloride) (PVC)-based [seam sealant](/source/seam_sealant) used in the manufacturing of [automobile](/source/automobile)s. In the late 1950s, with Honeywell's consent, he founded [Caourep](/source/Caourep)<!-- Only mention I could find of a company named Caourep working in the polymer industry comes from here https://www.ems-group.com/en/about-ems/about-ems/company-history/#:~:text=takeover%20of%20the-,Caourep%20Company,-in%20Belgium%20and -->. In the 1960s and 1970s the Caourep Group followed French and other European [OEM](/source/OEM) automotive producers as they expanded in the first postwar recovery wave of [globalization](/source/globalization). Caourep established its own plants or licensees in every country in which [Renault](/source/Renault), [Peugeot](/source/Peugeot), [Fiat](/source/Fiat), [VW](/source/VW), and [Daimler-Benz](/source/Daimler-Benz) operated directly or by licensing. By the late 1970s, Caourep had become a supplier to the overseas operations of [Ford](/source/Ford_Motor_Company), [GM](/source/General_Motors), and [Chrysler](/source/Chrysler). By 1977, Caourep was the largest producer of OEM automotive [adhesive](/source/adhesive)s and [sealant](/source/sealant)s in the world.

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