Expert Details
Diaper Industry, Diaper Design, Diaper Testing, and Diaper Machine Appraisals
ID: 723549
Texas, USA
He has written several technical papers on the subject of diaper absorbency and future trends and has been invited as guest speaker in different countries.
He has worked with diapers for more than 36 years. He used to be General Director of a baby diaper factory in Mexico with sales in excess of 70 MM dollars per year and more than 500 workers.
He is an expert on the topic of diaper performance. He has reviewed hundreds of consumer test reports that had to do with disposable diapers. He has also evaluated diaper performance in many markets, including China, Taiwan, India, African countries, Eastern and Western Europe, Middle East, Northamerica and South America.
Expert has been hired by several Nonwoven Producers to train their technical staff. He has developed an intensive training seminar to help new diaper factory investros to understand diaper manufacturing needs and help them comply with all requirements. He has also helped many diaper factories to optimize the use of their raw materials by providing recommendations regarding the proper use of the ADL, the SMS legcuff material, and Cloth like laminations. He has also been involved with pulp and SAP manufacturers.
Expert managed one of the first diaper factories to install automatic diaper vision systems back in 1989. He has kept updated with all new technologies related to image acquisition and also was personally involved with the training of dozens of diaper machine operators. He understands the fine tunning requirements for process control to make an inspection window without the risk of false alarms.
Expert has been hired to perform diaper analysis and benchmark studies in many places, including India, China, Taiwan, Europe, Middle East and America. Few people in the world have the diaper testing experience and know-how to compare so many kinds of baby and adult diapers from all market segments.
Expert was responsible for the area of diaper manufacturing for more than 15 years before he was promoted as General Director. During this time he was in charge of the manufacturing of billions of diapers.
Expert has studied in depth many kinds of absorbent cores, he has modeled their performance, and has been involved with diaper design for more than 36 years. Expert was responsible of the diaper workshop seminars organised by INDA in the USA. He has been the key consultant in many new diaper factory projects for adult incontinence and baby diaper products. Expert is the owner of The Disposable Diaper Network at LinkedIn, currently the largest network of diaper industry executives in the world, with members in 189 countries. Expert has more than 14,000 industry followers and he is one of the most connected people in the diaper industry.
He has audited many diaper factories in Asia, Middle East, South America, etc. Helping them identify opportunity areas in order to reduce diaper cost and improve productivity. He has also helped several clients with their new diaper projects in Africa, India and the Caribbean.He has analyzed many diaper brands and helped identify strengths and weaknesses. He has provided assistance to large trading companies to help them identify the best performing diapers.He has trained diaper category managers for large corporations helping them to understand diaper specifications and diaper performance.He has made several diaper machine appriaslas for banks and financial Intitutions. He has also worked with insurance companies as an expert witness in regards to claims in damaged warehouses.
Education
Year | Degree | Subject | Institution |
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Year: 1978 | Degree: BS | Subject: Chemical Engineering | Institution: ITESM (Mexico) |
Year: 1980 | Degree: MS | Subject: Mechanical Engineering | Institution: University of Wisconsin (US) |
Year: 1991 | Degree: MBA | Subject: Business and Finance | Institution: IPADE (Mexico) |
Year: 2009 | Degree: | Subject: ADIT (Advance Innovation and Technologies Seminar) | Institution: IPADE (Mexico) |
Work History
Years | Employer | Title | Department |
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Years: 2005 to Present | Employer: Undisclosed | Title: President | Department: |
Responsibilities:He is the owner of this company, providing consulting services to the diaper industry worldwide. |
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Years | Employer | Title | Department |
Years: 1999 to 2005 | Employer: Grupo Abs International | Title: General Director | Department: Absormex S.A. de C.V. |
Responsibilities:He managed the complete baby diaper factory located in Monterrey Mexico. The factory had 11 diaper lines, sold over 75 MM USD per year and had more than 500 employees. |
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Years | Employer | Title | Department |
Years: 1984 to 1999 | Employer: Absormex S.A. de C.V. | Title: Plant Manager | Department: |
Responsibilities:He managed the operation of the diaper factory. He was responsible for the manufacturing, plant maintenance, quality control and research and development. He was also in charge of raw material purchasing. |
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Years | Employer | Title | Department |
Years: 1981 to 1984 | Employer: Plasticos Omega SA de CV | Title: Plant Manager | Department: |
Responsibilities:He was in charge of the manufacturing of blown plastic bottles used for the Tropicana Orange Juice factory in Tijuana. |
Government Experience
Years | Agency | Role | Description |
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Years: 2005 to 2006 | Agency: Bureau of Standards of Botawana | Role: Consultant | Description: Helped them fine tune their quality norm for disposable baby and adult diapers |
International Experience
Years | Country / Region | Summary |
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Years: 2005 to 2005 | Country / Region: Taiwan | Summary: Audited a baby diaper and adult incontinence factory in Kaohsiung |
Years: 2005 to 2005 | Country / Region: Ecuador | Summary: Audited a baby diaper and baby wipes factory in Quito |
Years: 2005 to Present | Country / Region: Netherlands | Summary: Have worked with Ahold providing contineous technical assistance for their private label diaper program. Also trained many category managers. |
Years: 2006 to 2006 | Country / Region: India | Summary: Have trained clients in India with a "Nappy 101 three day seminar" to help them understand the diaper industry before they get started in the business |
Years: 2006 to 2006 | Country / Region: China | Summary: Performed a full mapping of Chinase diaper brands with a complete bench marking report showing raw material consumption and diaper performance for each diaper brand |
Years: 2017 to 2020 | Country / Region: China | Summary: Invented a Key speaker at the HDPF Conference in Guanzhou |
Years: 2012 to 2020 | Country / Region: India | Summary: Helped diaper factory investors with new diaper factory projects |
Career Accomplishments
Awards / Recognition |
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He was responsible of the first diaper company to achieve the ISO9001:2000 certification in the world. Developed the first degradable diaper in the world. Graduated with honors from the ITESM. |
Publications and Patents Summary |
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Several patents in the area of degradability and diaper elastification. He has been a guest speaker at internationally recognized diaper industry conferences. He has been invited as an expert diaper industry speaker by some mulinational companies. |
Additional Experience
Expert Witness Experience |
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He has been an expert witness at state and federal courts. All of the cases were settled before trial. |
Training / Seminars |
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Expert has given a number of seminars on the diaper industry, diaper factories, diaper design, diaper manufacturers, and diaper performance benchmark analysis. |
Vendor Selection |
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He has helped locate raw material suppliers for new diaper projects. |
Marketing Experience |
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He has helped bring several new ideas to the market, including a dressing; two brand-new incontinence products (launched Q1 2007); and his co-invented new product for adult urinary incontinence. |
Language Skills
Language | Proficiency |
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Spanish | Expert was born in Mexico and lived there most of his life. |
English | 5 years living in the US. Studied for his Master's degree in Wisconsin. Continued with his PhD for 2 years but did not finish. |
Portuguese | Basic language skills to communicate with diaper machine operators. |
Fields of Expertise
absorbent material, baby personal care product, automatic vision system, diaper analysis, diaper benchmark, diaper manufacturing, diaper industry, absorbent technology, diaper, diaper closure, diaper coverstock, diaper design, diaper fabric, incontinence, incontinence product manufacturing, manufacturing, nonwoven fabric, patent specification, performance evaluation, performance measurement, performance testing, personal care product, pulp processing, spunbonding, superabsorbent material, superabsorbent polymer, patent infringement, baby wipe, nonwoven fabric processing, nonwoven fabric web, intellectual property, nonwoven fabric surface property, nonwoven fabric technology, pulp mill, nonwoven fabric manufacturing, reclaimed pulp-and-paper fiber, energy-efficient pulp processing, meltblown fabric, legal patenting, sanitary napkin, nonwoven fiber processing, skin care product, pulp quality, infant, feminine care product, absorbent paper