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Business Unit PVB Technical Resin of Kuraray Europe Appointed Gurshranjit Singh as Technical Product Manager of the Mowital® Brand
Recently, Business Unit PVB Technical Resin of Kuraray Europe, based in Frankfurt am Main (Germany), has
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Kuraray Europe GmbH, a global specialty chemicals company and one of the largest suppliers of polymers and synthetic microfibers for many sectors of industry, has appointed Gurshranjit Singh as Technical Product Manager of its brand Mowital®.
manager is to ensure that the product is successful. Therefore, the product manager frequently
appointed Gurshranjit Singh as
accompanies the entire life cycle of
Technical Product Manager of its
the product, from its conception,
Mowital brand.
to optimization up to its possible
Under the brand name Mowital®,
withdrawal from the market.
Kuraray produces polyvinyl butyral
Moreover, the technical product
resins whose properties are
manager also has to hold the
characterised by the presence of
technical knowledge, for example
butyral units, hydroxyl, and acetate
on how the product performs under
groups. Applied to coatings, these
specific conditions. This position
resins can guarantee a better
also represents the main hub of
adhesion and corrosion protection,
information between the customer
excellent pigment dispersion and film
and the different business units
formation, while ensuring non-toxicity
within the company.
and low-odour properties.
“As a young, graduated chemical
Born and raised in Germany,
engineer fresh from university, I
®
Gurshranjit Singh graduated as Chemical Engineer, presenting a thesis
Gurshranjit Singh is the new Technical Product Manager of Kuraray’s brand Mowital®.
have my finger on the pulse of time and know the future of the chemical
in which he studied the characteristics
industry. I am watching where the
of polymer PE and developed a
industry is going and how today’s issues have changed significantly
software tool to statistically measure them as a function of temperature.
raw material for the Mowital® resins.
over the last decades. The purpose
“The various properties, the diverse
Afterwards, he joined Mowital and
of my position is to keep abreast
application of polymers or the
started working in the quality control
of the times, identifying the latest
technical potential of what is behind
department. The experiences and
trends, innovations and ensure a
them still fascinate me today”, states
know-how gained while working along
better planet”, states Gurshranjit
Singh.
nearly the entire value chain allowed
Singh.
Gurshranjit Singh started his career
him to quickly hold the position of
at Kuraray Europe as a student
Technical Product Manager.
For further information:
trainee at Kuraray POVAL, which is the
The primary responsibility of a product
www.mowital.com
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