Bob Howard

About Bob Howard

More than thirty years of experience in the paper industry have led me to pursue meaningful ways to help users of industrial starches to find or recover the full value of the starch products they use. Starch Performance Services offers total starch solutions.Starch Performance Services NL was registered as a business in The Netherlands in July, 2012. I acquired Dutch residency in November 2012 to further facilitate my ability to work with clients throughout Europe. Europe remains Starch Performance Services most important market.Specialties: Paper machine wet end chemistry and starch applications; size press, coatings, corrugating and adhesives; starch sourcing; international sales and market development in Europe, USA, South America, Turkey, Oceania, and South Africa.

Experience

1. Starch Technical Services and Marketing Consultant, Owner

   Starch Performance Services

   Sep 2010 — Present · Vancouver, NL

   Expert technical consultant and marketing services for starch products to the paper and board manufacturing industry.

Education

• Murray State University

  Bachelor of Arts, German, Chemistry

Skills

• Sales Trainings
• Manufacturing
• Polymers
• Applications
• Wet End Chemistry Analysis
• Pulp
• Continuous Improvement
• Raw Materials
• International Development
• Paper Industry
• Key Account Management
• Paper Machine Wet End Chemistry
• All Aspects of Starch Application for Paper Manufacturing and Coating
• International Sales
• Starch
• Supply Chain Management
• Chemical Engineering
• Coatings
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Packaging
• Water Treatment
• Start-Ups
• Supply Chain
• International Business
• Pricing
• Adhesives
• Papermaking
• Engineering
• R&D
• Supervisory Skills
• Sales Management
• Market Development
• Chemistry
• Process Engineering
• Research and Development (R&D)
• Product Development
• Analysis
• Process Control
• Pigments
• Paper