Jan Switten

Specialities

Materials and Design Materials selection	Processing Blow moulding Compression moulding Equipment Fibres and textiles Film extrusion Injection moulding Mixing and compounding Profile and sheet extrusion Quality assurance Rotational moulding	Secondary Operations Testing
Commercial Environmental and recycling Expert witness and legal Export & import Marketing and market research Strategic planning and forecasting Technology transfer and licensing	Markets Building General products Packaging	Other Skills Benchmarking Project management Training Translation Trouble shooting

Personal Profile

Switten, training and advice in plastics and packaging offers a range of services in training and advice for individual companies and institutes.

30 years experience in plastics and packaging in technical development as well as in marketing has been gathered through leading positions in R&D, manufacturing and marketing.

We provide assistance in following fields:

Plastics

Basics of chemistry focused on plastics.

Raw materials used in the plastic industry

Different types of plastics : properties and end uses

Conversion of plastics by extrusion, injection moulding, blow moulding, compounding, etc...

Additives used in the plastic industry

Packaging

Plastics used for packaging, properties, advantages and disadvantages

MAP packaging

Thermoforming

Launch of a new packaging system

Investment decisions to produce new products

Selection of raw materials to be used.

Market investigation for new products.Decision making for stepping into new markets

Food approval, logistics, transport, etc…

Training of personnel

We are also active involved in the sales of polyester resins, polyester films for thermoforming and specialties for the packaging industry

Contact Address

Jan Switten

37A Rue de Strasbourg, F-68300 Saint Louis, France

Tel: +33(0) 389700012

Fax: +33(0) 389701412

Mobile: +33(0) 626863340

e-mail: js@switten.com

Web:  www.switten.com