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Fiber Spinning, Polymer Processing, and Composites Manufacturing
Expert's research in fiber spinning focuses on the development of new processes to improve fiber strength and fiber spinning economics. His group has a great interest in solving grand challenges from the polymer/fiber industry. The approaches his group takes involve…
Materials, Packaging, Sustainability
Expert has worked on thermoplastics for almost 30 years and on bioplastics and sustainable materials and packaging for over 20 years. For bioplastics and sustainable materials and packaging, he has worked on processing, formulating, developing, commercializing, testing and certification of…
Fluoropolymers and Surface Modification of Materials
He is an expert in fluoropolymers plant design, start-up, upgrade and quality improvement. He developed this specialty particularly at DuPont (U.S.). This expertise has been augmented throughout his career in USA, China and India start-up, plant upgrade and quality improvement,…
Consumer Goods Packaging in Global Markets-Food& Beverages, Cosmetics & Toiletries, Pharmaceuticals
Expert has wide knowledge and experience in international fast-moving consumer goods markets for all packaging and print technologies and materials, including flexible packaging, rigid plastics, bioplastics, cartons, corrugated, glass, metals, labels, caps and closures and sustainable solutions. His specialties include…
Polymers, Plastics, Composites, Plastic Pipe, Composite Pipe, and Failure Analysis
Throughout his 41-plus-year career experience in the plastics industry, Expert has worked in research and development, product development, technical services, application development, failure analysis, sales, marketing, market development, business development, R&D management, small business unit management, trade association management and…
Plastics Processes: Extrusion, Injection Molding, Blow Molding, Structural Foam Molding, and Training
Expert F Expert has over 55 years of plastics processing experience. His main focus has been extrusion processes using extruders -- twin or single screw -- for compounding, film, sheet, and profile. He has extensive experience with feed screw design…
Marketing & Business Development in Specialty Chemicals, bio-based chemicals
Expert has 20 years experience in marketing and business development of specialty chemicals & materials, in particular in coatings and plastics markets. He has designed market entry strategies into adjacent markets, assessed market potential for new materials, rolled out global…
New Product and Market Development
As project leader, Expert launched aliphatic thermoplastic polyurethane elastomer product line based on new polyol and catalyst technology and developed medical device, aerospace, and industrial applications. For a new ethylene copolymer Expert set up two partnerships to manufacture and market…
Speciality Chemicals,Fragrance & Flavor compounds,Lubricants, Textile auxiliaries, Colorants.
Expert started as Technical Sales Engineer - Specialty Chemicals, responsible for sales and marketing for a wide range of water soluble polymers in diversified industries such as paints coating food, textile, paper, plastics, rubber, etc. handling accounts such as BASF,…
Polymers Structure/Analyses/Properties, Film Properties, Catalysis, Film Applications, Additives
Expert has used his chemistry background to apply research efforts in three distinct areas; catalysis, polymer research and development, and in polymer structure property relationships in applications in films. He has catalysts patents in areas of oxidation, oligomerization, and polymerization…