Aurelien Carin Email & Phone Number

Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux, Fr

Nîmes Area, France

Lead product development for transversal manufacturing projects: organize and coordinate the necessary resources from multiple departments up to the end of the project while analyzing and managing risks (technical, financial, safety)• Head of new product development team for 2 assets• Deliver projects according to quality/cost/timing requirements while analyzing and managing risks • Manage resources from multiple departments in project mode : Production, Quality, R&D, Marketing, Supply Chain, Engineering• Manage project budget and prepare financial analysis reports for top management• Ensure new product commercial launchings meet the defined deadline• Lead strategic projects on 2 Business Units (Building & Residential)• Lead product implementation on new production lines• Manage production teams on multiple sites: China, France, Ireland, Germany• Manage project budget and prepare financial analysis reports for top management• Key leader for product implementation at manufacturing scaleKey Achievements:• Plank Flooring Products implementation on a new calendering line• Roll Flooring Products implementation on a new coating line. • Conductive pellets for GTI EL5 achieved on Buss Kneader• Strong track record for new product launching:2017: PVC technical tils ATTRACTION Premium2016: PVC technical tiles GTI MAX2015: PVC conductive technical tiles GTI EL5 (2015 Gerflor Innovation Award)2014: PVC conductive product rolls Elegance EL52013: PVC rolls TARALAY IMPRESSION

Bergen Op Zoom Area, Netherlands

Project leader and technical frontrunner for the compounding of pellets to be injected-molded in automotive industry (dashboard, wings, bumpers, lightening) & HiFi systems (laptop, screens, digital camera): • Lead new process development projects to manufacture technical polymer systems: Lexan (Polycarbonate), Noryl (PPO), Cycoloy (PC/ABS)• New product introduction at a global level (America, Pacific, Europe) : scale up of new products, translation of products and processes to other poles• Secure capability and efficiency of compounding process (single-, twin-screw extruders, Buss kneader) by using six-sigma DMAIC methodology and designs of experiment• Deliver innovative ideas to existing technologies that improve capacity/productivity/quality• Set up and globally deploy training on compounding technology Key Achievements• Increase of LNP Faradex© process efficiency by developing an innovative compounding screw design for highly filled material dispersion• Innovative smooth processing screening for natural fibers compounding• New product introduction for Cycoloy, Lexan, Noryl, Valox grades• Asset mapping of all compounding lines within Sabic (twin screw / single screw extruders, Buss Kneader)• Global technical compounding trainings developed and given twice a year to multiple functions: product developers, senior scientists, and manufacturing organization• Establishment of quarterly Compounding Newsletter

Brussels Area, Belgium

MissionsLead Product Development Projects & mechanical testing appraisal for caps/closures, pipes & films:• Manage product development at different levels of the company: plant, technical services, lab• Create new testing methods for small scale mechanical performances appraisal• Build & improve a high technical level by opening innovations, IP awareness, & interactions with suppliers (Steinfurth), customers (Alcoa, Sacmi, Husky), external experts in Europe & US (e.g. Imperial College)• Analyze scientific trends from literature, patents, trade showKey Achievements Caps & Closures:• Implementation of caps & closures testing lab at Ineos: Top-Load Vent Test, Carbonation retention test, Opening Performance Test, Organoleptic Appraisal• New PP resin introduction for single piece cap that meets torque & tightness specifications• Presentation at the 2007 Caps & Closures Conference, Brussels• Completion of 2 projects eligible to 1.1M€ subsidiaries from Brussels’ Innovation Institute IRSIBPipes & Films:• Development of a small scale mechanical testing (only 30 grams of material needed) to reduce time to market from 12 to 6 months• Improvement by 30% of the life time of pipes produced with Ineos resins• New product introduction of ‘PE-RT’ (PolyEthylene of Raised Temperature) that keeps good performances at high temperature

France

Optimise process parameters within polyamide (PA) tube extrusion, in order to improve end-use properties• Characterize relationships between extrusion conditions, microstructure & mechanical properties• Create a thermo mechanical model including polymer behaviour to appraise the mechanical loading generated in the tube during extrusion & to improve systematically mechanical properties

France

Use of Metallocene catalysts in ethylene polymerization. New catalysts tested on pilot scale

Germany

PU Rigid Foams Formulation

Phd, Polymer/Plastics Engineering

Activities and Societies: Arkema, Atofina

Chemical Engineer, Polymer/Plastics Engineering