Vinay Kumar Email & Phone Number

Helsinki, FI

Helsinki Metropolitan Area

Biomaterial Innovations

Helsinki Metropolitan Area

Leading the Cellulose Films and Coatings team at VTT

Helsinki Metropolitan Area

• Bio-based Material Solutions for a Sustainable Future
• Leading and managing RDI projects focusing on development of renewable, fiber- based, and recyclable material alternatives to fossil-derived plastics for packaging and sustainable electronics
• Experienced in creation of novel ideas at small scale and their upscaling to products
• Passionate about application of fiber-based materials and technologies in new packaging solutions that are fit for People, Planet, and Business
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• Responsible for project planning, resource and competence management, execution, quality control, and analysis and reporting of results

Espoo, Southern Finland, Finland

• Piloting of bio-based films and coatings for packaging and functional applications
• Developed innovative processes for upscaling of bio-based material solutions, e.g., nanocellulose coatings for liquid packaging board, to enable their industrial utilization in novel fiber-based packaging applications.
• Improved VTT’s piloting capabilities through machinery & procedure modifications
• Successfully delivered several customer projects ahead of schedule despite… Show more Piloting of bio-based films and coatings for packaging and functional applications
• Successfully delivered several customer projects ahead of schedule despite technical challenges and received excellent feedback from the customers Show less

Turku, Southwest Finland, Finland

• Research Topic: Roll-to-roll processing of nanocellulose into coatings
• Developed novel processing techniques for roll-to-roll processing of nanocellulose suspensions into coatings and films for barrier packaging applications
• Independently planned and designed the experimental setups used in the PhD work
• Collaborated with international research groups and supervised 10 MSc students
• Published more than 20 peer-reviewed journal and conference papers

Järvenpää, Finland

• Research and Development in Paper Coating Technology
• Actively participated in planning and execution of pilot coating trials, and analysis and reporting of results
• Rated “excellent” for Analytical Skills and Teamwork

Turku, Southwest Finland, Finland

• Project work on short time water absorption into paperboard
• Worked part-time on master’s thesis project during MSc studies
• Rated “truly distinctive” for completion of MSc studies within 1.5 years

Barnala Area, India

• Paper production
• Managed paper machine operations and worked on production optimization

Karnataka, India

• Project work on mechanical pulping
• Worked on modifications in Cold Soda Refiner Mechanical Pulping process

Doctor Of Science (Technology), Natural Materials Technology/Chemical Engineering, Honours

Doctoral thesis title: Roll-to-roll processing of nanocellulose into coatings

Master Of Science (Technology), Chemical Engineering, Distinction

Master's thesis title: Short time water absorption into multilayer curtain coated linerboard

Bachelor Of Technology (B.Tech.), Wood Science And Wood Products/Pulp And Paper Technology

Bachelor's thesis title: Design of chemical recovery plant for an integrated pulp and paper mill