Expert Details
Manufacture of Colour Concentrates and Additive Packages for Thermoplastics
ID: 728666
United Kingdom
This includes the production of dry color systems, pigment dispersion and concentrates, liquid colors and masterbatches. He has many years experience of color matching to meet specific colors and performance criteria, and formulating color packages for a wide variety of polymers based on pigments and dyestuffs. He has a wide knowledge of market applications, what is required from a color, how to satisfy a color requirement and how to ensure consistency of product. He is very familiar with methods of manufacture of coloring systems, color measurement, color management and color quality control and all aspects relating to the production of coloring materials for plastics and their subsequent use.
Recent areas of development include an innovative, patented product for the colouration of PVCu and development of coloring systems that enable post consumer thermoplastics to be sorted using NIR [Near Infra Red] technology and recycled back into primary applications.
In addition to his technical background Expert also has extensive market knowledge in plastics colouring and has developed and marketed innovative patented products in this area.
He has advised US clients on the legislative requirements for supplying products into the EU. Expert has been involved with a number of government sponsored contracts relating to plastic recycling. Expert has been retained to advise in a number of colouring applications relating to colouring recycled polymers into new products. Expert was commissioned to develop a colour concentrate to pigment bitumen for road colouring applications.
Work History
| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
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| Years: 1996 to Present | Employer: Undisclosed | Title: Director | Department: |
Responsibilities:He started this company in 1996 and is responsible for all aspects of the business. Developed company to be the leading UK independent masterbatch producer. During this time the company won "Caerphilly Company of the Year" and "Welsh Innovative Company of the Year".Colourtone makes colour concentrates for the thermoplastic industry based on commodity and engineering polymers. During this time it has developed and patented the first polymer specific masterbatch for PVCu, commercially known as Vynacol, and regarded as the market leading product for colouring PVCu. The company has also been actively involved with designing black and colour systems that do not inhibit NIR sorting of post consumer waste. The company holds a number of patents for materials developed for this application. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1988 to 1996 | Employer: Masterplast UK Ltd | Title: General Manager | Department: |
Responsibilities:He was responsible for the start up and development and success of the UK masterbatch manufacturing business for the Hoechst Ireland subsiduary Masterplast Ltd |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1983 to 1988 | Employer: Colloids Ltd | Title: Product Manager | Department: |
Responsibilities:He was responsible for sales of the company's black, coloured and additive plastic masterbatches, initially in the southern area but was promoted to Product Manger [non black products] both in the UK and export markets. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1980 to 1983 | Employer: Plascoat Sytems Ltd | Title: Technical Sales Exec. | Department: |
Responsibilities:Responsible for the sales of masterbatch and performance compounds. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1973 to 1980 | Employer: Plascoat Systems Ltd | Title: Technical Service Chemist | Department: |
Responsibilities:Providing technical backup to sales function, including colourmatching, process development, material development and colourmatching. |
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Career Accomplishments
| Associations / Societies |
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| Expert is an affiliate of the Society of Plastic Engineers and a patron of The Society of Dyers and Colourists. |
| Publications and Patents Summary |
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| Expert has global patents for a polymer specific masterbatch for the coloring of PVCu. He has two other patent applications pending. |
Additional Experience
| Training / Seminars |
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| Expert has presented numerous technical papers relating to masterbatches and coloring plastics to BPF, PIFA and SPE organized conferences. Most recent presentations to the European PVC Conference included "Coloring PVCu with Concentrates" and "Opportunities and New Markets for PVC using IRR [Infra Red Reflective] Colourants |
| Vendor Selection |
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| Through his experience with start up operations, Expert has identified suitable suppliers, sourced materials and developed relationships, negotiated prices and terms of supply with colourant, additive and polymer suppliers globally. |
| Marketing Experience |
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| Expert is regarded as a leading figure in the UK plastic coloring industry. He is regularly approached to present papers and by trade journals for comment. He was identified as one of the notable 25 processors by Modern Plastics in 2007. |
| Other Relevant Experience |
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| Expert has all round business skills. Having successfully started two businesses from scratch he is familiar with the technical, production, financial and marketing problems that all businesses face. In addition to his experience in small, private business he has also been successful in a global multi-national, and is aware of the different operating pressures and procedures present in this environment. |
Language Skills
| Language | Proficiency |
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| French | He has a very basic understanding of French |
Fields of Expertise
color difference measurement, color formulation, color management, color matching, color measurement, color metamerism, color quality control, color reproduction, color stability, color standard, color technology, colorant, coloring process, dry color, industrial color quality control, masterbatch, plastic color concentrate, plastic coloring process, plastic masterbatch, shade (color), color additive, color specification, plastics industry, tint (color), plastics research and development, polyethylene terephthalate recycling, fading, color monitor, color shift, standard illuminant, post consumer plastic recycling, post consumer recycling, plastic manufacturing, polypropylene recycling, color comparator, chroma, color perception test equipment, fluorescent whitening agent, recyclable packaging material, color rendering index, colorfast, fadeometer, color recognition, color vision, spectrophotometer, color order system, color additive regulation, Commission Internationale de l'eclairage color analysis, fluorescent dye, colorimetry, color science