Robert Crawford

Background

About Robert Crawford

Robert J. “Bob” Crawford graduated from Centerville High School in Centerville, Ohio in 1977 before attending Miami University in Oxford, Ohio from 1977- 1979. In 1979, Bob moved to Cleveland, Ohio where he started his career in industrial oil and metalworking fluid sales for Clark Oil. In 1982, Bob continued his metalworking sales career at Polar Oil Incorporated based out of Dayton, Ohio. In 1990, Bob founded Polar Oil which specialized in OEM strut shock fluids. Bob continued to ascend through the ranks at Polar Oil Incorporated eventually becoming the president of Polar Environmental Services from 1996- 2016. Polar Environmental was a non-hazardous industrial oily waste waters and leachate treatment facility based in Detroit, Michigan. In 2008, Bob also assumed the role of president of Polar Industrial Lubricants based out of Elkhart, Indiana. Polar Industrial Lubricants provides industrial oils, metalworking fluids, cleaners, and non-hazardous environmental wastewater services and bulk transportation services. In 2020, Bob began consulting for companies in the sustainability space. Bob is a member and co-chair of Supplier’s Partnership for the Environment- Automotive OEM Sustainability Workgroup.