Dwij Dave

Experience

1. Research and Development Executive

   Cosmo Films

   Feb 2021 — Present · Aurangabad, IN

   Adhesive synthesis - Water based PSA - Label grade (Paper, BOPP film), solvent based PSA\\\\nLab scale development of packaging adhesives such as Dry lam adhesive, wet lam adhesive - VAM, Styrene-acrylate, VAM-acrylate chemistries.\\\\nHandled projects right from product benchmarking, literature survey, Design of experiment, lab trials, pilot scale up, customer qualification of products, product modification as per customer feedback, conducting re-trials, commercialization of products & handling customer complains.\\\\nCross-functional co-ordination with various functions such as sales, purchase, QA, Production, sales for smooth scale up of products.\\\\nAlternate material/ Vendor development for cost reduction.\\\\nIdentified areas of product improvement such as smell free adhesive, no oozing grade, less foaming grade, higher performance on lower coating GSM, designing grades for higher line speeds, achieving balance of loop tack, peel & shear strength etc.\\\\nUsing analytical and problem solving skills to resolve customer issues.\\\\nHands on experience in handling testing instruments such as UTM, Shear tester, loop tack tester, rolling ball tester, brookefield viscometer.\\\\n \\\\n\\\\n \\\\n \\\\n\\\\n \\\\n

Education

• Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai

  M.Tech

  2017 — 2019

• MIT, Aurangabad

  B.Tech (Plastics & Polymer)

  2013 — 2016