George Thacker
Independent Plastics (PVC) Professional
- Role
- Consultant-pvc Science & Technology at Pvc Technical Services
- Location
- Cincinnati, OH, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About George Thacker
With over 30 years of experience as a consultant at PVC Technical Services (now retired),…
Experience
Consultant-pvc Science & Technology
Aug 1996 — Present · Cincinnati, OH, US
Established \"PVC Technical Services\" consulting activity to provide hands-on consultation for all science and technology aspects of polyvinyl chloride plastics. Deliver technical assistance and presented seminars for clients across the US, Colombia, Ecuador, Pakistan, and Malaysia, through on-site visits and teleconferencing.Increased extrusion output rates for a client over 80% by adjusting conditions and educating operators. Presented a comprehensive seminar on rigid PVC extrusion plant operations to a client’s customers over a three-day period, which included individual consulting sessions for their customers. Authored chapters in two PVC textbook publications: “Encyclopedia of PVC, 2nd Edition,” (Volume 4, Chapter 8);\"Compounding and Processing PVC: General Principles of Plant Operation for Optimum Profitability;” “Handbook of Vinyl Formulating, 2nd Edition” (Chapter 21); “Formulating Rigid PVC for Extrusion,” see this
Education
Wabash College
Bachelor of Arts - BA
1952 — 1956
Wabash College
Bachelor's degree
1952 — 1956
Xavier University - Williams College of Business
None
1959 — 1960
Wabash College
BA
1952 — 1956
Mariemont High School
H.S. Diploma
1948 — 1952
Skills
- Injection Molding
- Quality System
- Process Simulation
- Engineering
- Research
- Continuous Improvement
- Materials Science
- Commercialization
- Additives
- Customer Service
- Compounding
- Six Sigma
- Chemistry
- Root Cause Analysis
- Process Optimization
- Pvc
- Spc
- Organic Chemistry
- Manufacturing Operations Management
- Iso
- Fmea
- Composites
- Polymers
- Factory
- Process Engineering
- Design of Experiments
- Manufacturing
- Chemical Engineering
- Chemicals
- Coatings
- Extrusion
- Quality Management
- Materials
- Plastics
- Lean Manufacturing
- Market Development
- 5s
- Product Development
- Technology Transfer
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