Dr Terence A Cooper

Specialities

Materials and Design

Additives &property modification
Analysis
Biomaterials
Materials selection
Product design

Processing

Equipment
Fibre reinforced
Film extrusion
Injection moulding
Mixing and compounding
Profile and sheet extrusion
Quality assurance

Secondary Operations

Testing

Commercial

Environmental and recycling
Marketing and market research
Mergers and acquisitions
Strategic planning and forecasting
Technology transfer and licensing

Markets

Automotive
Biomedical
Building
General products
Packaging

Other Skills

Authoring
Benchmarking
Degradation
Literature and patent search
Project management
Training
Trouble shooting

Personal Profile

Dr Terry Cooper

Company Profile

ARGO Group International specializes in Worldwide Consulting and Development Services in the following areas:

1. MONOMER AND POLYMER CHEMISTRY AND TECHNOLOGY New Product, Manufacturing Process, and Market Development in:

Olefinic, vinylic, styrenic, acrylic and methacrylic copolymer systems.

Thermoplastics and polymer blends – products and processing.

Elastomers, thermosets and composites.

Reactive and functional polymers.

Polymer modification and reactive extrusion.

Biobased, biodegradable and compostable polymers and plastics.

Water-soluble polymers, particularly polyvinyl alcohol, and superabsorbants.

Adhesives, sealants, pottants, inks and coatings.

Styrene monomer.

2. MARKET AND BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

Materials selection.

Strategic R&D and technology portfolio analysis.

R&D/business/market analysis, planning and management.

Technology due diligence.

3. ENVIRONMENTAL

Materials separation, recycling and reclamation. Waste minimization.

UK and EC Environmental Monitoring and Emissions Control Legislation.

EC Packaging and Landfill Directive legislation.

4. CHEMICAL AND POLYMER PROCESS EQUIPMENT BROKERING

Chemical and Polymer Process Equipment Procurement.

Investment Recovery.

Specific projects have included:

Assessing the technology base, helping raise investment funding, planning and setting up R&D and market development programs and facilities and hiring personnel, and serving as R&D Director and Business Development Director for a UK-based start-up company specializing in biodegradable and water-soluble plastics.

Serving on the advisory board and R&D management team and helping raise investment funding for a US-based start-up company developing new processes for materials recycling, particularly municipal solid waste, fly ash and tires, and products made from the recyclates.

Developing team methodology for identifying market needs and quickly matching them with new technology development to minimize time-to-market;

Consulting on and planning R&D strategy and programs in conjunction with business management and marketing functions.

Managing R&D, technical service and manufacturing support worldwide for a 20 million lb/year functional oligomer product.

Setting up and managing a worldwide quality/technical service support function for styrene manufacturing and marketing for a US manufacturer.

Reorganizing R&D, technical service, and QC functions, integrating them with sales and manufacturing, and R&D program planning for a US UV-curable printing ink manufacturer.

Serving on the management team for a US-Japanese joint venture in Japan.

Setting up and managing R&D facilities, programs and product development, helping raise investment funds and acting as Chief Technology Officer for a Japanese-based start-up company specializing in high-performance optical polymer products and display systems.

Developing US market data, contacts and market development plan for a Japanese epoxy resin producer.

Evaluating test data for a US marketer of automotive oil additives.

Evaluating the technology base for a US producer of dipped latex elastomeric products.

Performing product development and materials selection consulting for a UK research company specializing in development of advanced building construction technology.

Developing improved curable fluxing adhesives for printed circuit boards for a US electronics materials company.

Developing improved optical coatings for a US medical diagnostic nanoprobe start-up company.

Evaluating present manufacturing processes and composite products and designing improved epoxy-composites and adhesives for acoustic applications for a US ultrasonics company.

Selecting and designing adhesives, pottants and engineering polymer systems and developing and expanding applications and markets into the area of polymerization process control for a UK producer of high-performance gas analyzers.

Developing novel surfactant systems for storage stabilization of polymerase chain reaction systems for DNA cloning with a US biotechnology company.

Consulting on coatings technology, developments and markets for a US Merger and Acquisitions specialist.

Materials selection, systems development and R&D planning for new alkaline fuel cell designs for a UK start-up company.

Advising on new developments in materials for a UK-based packaging design company.

Organizing and chairing a series of seminars to promote, and identify plastics converters to operate in, a new Saudi Arabian petrochemical complex conversion industrial park.

Serving on the Environmental Forum Common Interest Group of the UK Institute of Packaging.

Contact Address

North America:

ARGO Group International
15 Stage Road, Newark, DE 19711-4001, USA

Tel: +1 (302) 366 8764 (USA)
Fax: +1 (775) 258 4359
e-mail:
ARGO Group International, NA
 

United Kingdom and Europe:

ARGO Group International
11 Offley Road, Sandbach, Cheshire CW11 1GY UK.

Tel: ++44 (0)203 026 2940
Fax: +44 (0)870 133 1963
e-mail:
ARGO Group International, UK