Robert Armstrong
Project Director at Kuraray America, Inc
- Role
- Project Director at Kuraray America, Inc.
- Location
- Pasadena, TX, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Robert Armstrong
Professional leader and manager with deep experience in leading development and commercialization of new applications, polymer products and manufacturing technology, with focus on petrochemical processes, thermoplastic polymers and coextrusion technology. Strong communication and team building skills with internal and extremal contact networks and stakeholders in industry and the community. Root cause analysis (RCA), material science and engineering approach to troubleshooting and problem solving with a broad knowledge of structure properties relationships of barrier polymers (emphasis on EVOH), extrusion processing and manufacturing systems. Focus on manufacturing of specialty polymers, flexible and rigid barrier packaging markets, applications and needs in the Americas and Asia Pacific. Specialties: manufacturing, LEAN systems, problem solving, contingency planning, extrusion, thermoplastic polymers, product development, market and business development, barrier resins, plastics, polymer processing, packaging development, physical testing and characterization of plastic packaging and polymers, management of production and development teams.
Experience
Project Director
Aug 2021 — Present
Project Director - Responsibilities for leadership and management of special projects for Kuraray America\'s Vinyl Acetate Resin Company (VARC)
Education
University of Houston
BSc, Mechanical engineering
2000 — 2007
Auckland University of Technology
NZCE, Mechanical Engineering
1989 — 1991
Skills
- Composites
- Engineering
- Blow Molding
- Adhesives
- Product Development
- Injection Molding
- Chemical Engineering
- Coatings
- Materials
- Plastics
- Thermoplastics
- Characterization
- Leadership
- Materials Science
- Commercialization
- Additives
- R&D
- Process Engineering
- Contingency Planning
- Process Safety
- Polymers
- Team Leadership
- Root Cause Analysis
- Troubleshooting
- Continuous Improvement
- Resin
- Cross-Functional Team Leadership
- Packaging
- Extrusion
- Manufacturing
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