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I have strong in interest in environmental matters and especially of how to make the polymer industry more sustainable. I have vast experience in managing multinational teams and driving improvement activities as well as validation of new materials and equipment and hygiene in the packaging and plastic converision industry. I have a vast network in the international polyethylene and polypropylene industry. See below in the list of previous positions for more details.
My task at RISE was to identify obstacles to why we do not recycle more plastics and to drive activities to increase the recycling. The objective was to create a sustainable value chain through collection of the used plastic, washing, sorting, pelletisation, conversion to the final plastic part to the sale of the plastic component manufactured by recycled plastic. I was furthermore active as sustainability coach and support external clients in BCP matters (Business Continuity Planning).
I was part of the unit "Resurser ur Avfall" (resources from waste) at RISE, Research Institutes of Sweden. My task was to study the value chain of plastics from virgin plastic pellets to the end of life as it is today incineration. I was to identify obstacles to why more plastic is not being recycled and drive activities to increase the recycling rate.
I did spend +10 years at department at Tetra Pak we we were procuring large quantities of renewable polymer made from sugar cane from a polymer suppliers I managed. There was much focus from us and the suppliers to face the environmental challenges of the polymer and packaging industry. Many initiatives are ongoing with mechanical recycled polymer, chemical recycled polymer, and renewable polymer. The work did give the opportunity to visit the Tetra Pak production plants as well as polymer production sites to work side by side next to the production lines with them. The work was executed according to Tetra Pak project management principles and reported to different types of steering groups. I have expertise in plastic materials, manufacturing of plastic components and packaging. The skills I have acquired in leading the type of activities mentioned above should however be applicable in any organization working in a multinational context. I was supplier manager for a number of polyethylene and polypropylene suppliers of Tetra Pak. These suppliers are very big companies and located in Europe, Asia, Middle East, South America and the USA. The day to day work consisted of management of internal and external stake holders, different follow ups, handling of quality issues as well as supply disruptions. This work required a great deal of coordination as the interdependence of the parties involved was very big. Technology changes at polymer supplier or Tetra Pak meant big changes at the other party. I did perform a few supplier audits on quality and food safety aspects every year. It was the BRC packaging and ISO 9001 standards that were our references when performing the audits.
Technical product owner of mass production of injection moulded screw caps. The production was outsourced to plants in western Europe. The work consisted of follow up of efficiency and quality of the plants, introduction of new production capacity, validation of new equipments as well as coordination with Tetra Pak development departments.
A global implementation of a new polymer type for Tetra Pak extrusion coating plants. A number of different projects with the objective to implement new screw caps. The work included close cooperation of with a number of tool manufacturers and injection moulders within and outside Scandinavia. The work also included machine development of existing Tetra Pak form fill and seal machines as well as cap applicators from external suppliers.
Project management and specialist support to development projects. Choice of materials, development of coloured masterbatches and process development of injection moulded (PE & PP) components. Special attention was given to the possible influence the polymers could have on the packed food.
See above for the time in Italy and in addition to this responsible for environmental reports to the authorities and EHS investigations.