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Dr Terence A Cooper
Specialities
Materials and
Design
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Processing
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Secondary Operations
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Commercial
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Environmental and recycling
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Marketing and market research
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Mergers and acquisitions
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Strategic planning and
forecasting
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Technology transfer and licensing
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Markets
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Automotive
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Biomedical
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Building
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General
products
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Packaging
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Other Skills
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Personal
Profile
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Dr Terry Cooper
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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:
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Olefinic,
vinylic, styrenic, acrylic and methacrylic copolymer systems.
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Thermoplastics
and polymer blends – products and processing.
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Elastomers,
thermosets and composites.
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Reactive
and functional polymers.
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Polymer
modification and reactive extrusion.
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Biobased,
biodegradable and compostable polymers and plastics.
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Water-soluble
polymers, particularly polyvinyl alcohol, and superabsorbants.
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Adhesives,
sealants, pottants, inks and coatings.
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Styrene
monomer.
2. MARKET AND BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
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Materials
selection.
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Strategic
R&D and technology portfolio analysis.
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R&D/business/market
analysis, planning and management.
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Technology
due diligence.
3. ENVIRONMENTAL
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Materials
separation, recycling and reclamation. Waste minimization.
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UK
and EC Environmental Monitoring and Emissions Control Legislation.
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EC
Packaging and Landfill Directive legislation.
4. CHEMICAL AND POLYMER PROCESS EQUIPMENT BROKERING
ARGO Group International are the UK and Ireland
representatives for GEM-Chem books and articles on Polymer Science,
Technology and Marketing.
Specific projects have included:
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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.
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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.
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Developing
team methodology for identifying market needs and quickly matching them with
new technology development to minimize time-to-market;
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Consulting
on and planning R&D strategy and programs in conjunction with business
management and marketing functions.
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Managing
R&D, technical service and manufacturing support worldwide for a 20 million
lb/year functional oligomer product.
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Setting
up and managing a worldwide quality/technical service support function for
styrene manufacturing and marketing for a US manufacturer.
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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.
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Serving
on the management team for a US-Japanese joint venture in Japan.
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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.
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Developing
US market data, contacts and market development plan for a Japanese epoxy
resin producer.
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Evaluating
test data for a US marketer of automotive oil additives.
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Evaluating
the technology base for a US producer of dipped latex elastomeric products.
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Performing
product development and materials selection consulting for a UK research
company specializing in development of advanced building construction
technology.
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Developing
improved curable fluxing adhesives for printed circuit boards for a US
electronics materials company.
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Developing
improved optical coatings for a US medical diagnostic nanoprobe start-up
company.
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Evaluating
present manufacturing processes and composite products and designing
improved epoxy-composites and adhesives for acoustic applications for a US
ultrasonics company.
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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.
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Developing
novel surfactant systems for storage stabilization of polymerase chain
reaction systems for DNA cloning with a US biotechnology company.
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Consulting
on coatings technology, developments and markets for a US Merger and
Acquisitions specialist.
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Materials
selection, systems development and R&D planning for new alkaline fuel cell
designs for a UK start-up company.
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Advising
on new developments in materials for a UK-based packaging design company.
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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.
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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
United Kingdom and Europe:
ARGO Group International,
11 Offley Road, Sandbach, Cheshire CW11 1GY UK.
Tel: +44 (0) 203 286 0930
Mobile: +44 (0) 7963 006 941
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