Koppers Has Released Our 2024 Corporate Sustainability Report!
Spotlight
Insights from Our Summer Interns
July 31, 2025
We were thrilled to welcome our 2025 interns to Koppers this summer. Here’s a look at their experience.
- Purchasing- Supported Catalyst transformation efforts by organizing maintenance, repair, and operations data and sourcing cost-saving items, while gaining confidence in using data tools.
- Chemistry- Led a treatment formulation project, applying technical expertise while learning project management and collaboration in a lab setting.
- Communications- Supported internal and external campaigns, collaborated with agency partners, and grew both storytelling and technical skills.
- Accounting- Streamlined month-end processes and traveled to the Susquehanna facility for an inventory audit, gaining valuable insight into capital project workflows.
- Chemical Engineering- Traveled to the Roanoke Plant for a value chain analysis and improved processes by leading daily check-ins and tracking project progress.
- Business Analytics- Visited the North Little Rock plant to observe real-time operations, and gain insights into day-to-day processes while strengthening data analysis and problem-solving skills
- Information Technology- Used AI to analyze injury reports, find patterns across teams, and create clear visuals that helped reduce common incidents.
- Engineering- Helped reduce overtreatment rates of railroad ties during a visit to our North Little Rock plant, building skills in data analysis and process improvement.
Our interns proved that curiosity and a willingness to learn can open doors to unexpected growth and opportunity. Alongside their work, they enjoyed opportunities to connect, from a trip to our Harmarville facility to lunch with the CEO, and even a Pirates game.
Thank you to our interns for your hard work and dedication. We can’t wait to see what you do next!
Summer 2025 Interns:
Autumn Franks, Chowidh Sreeram, Sakhi Khanchandani, Nicholas Renton Becca Healey, Maya Rigler, Mason Sepesky, and James Ivanov
