Primary Skills

Materials & Design

  • Additives

  • Analysis

  • Materials selection

  • Polyurethanes

  • Product design and evaluation

  • Thermoplastics

  • Testing

Processing

  • Compounding

  • Equipment

  • Extrusion

  • Health & safety

  • Quality

  • Tooling

Sustainability

  • Eco-product design

  • Waste management

Commercial

Markets

  • Automotive

  • Electrical / electronic

  • General

  • Medical

  • Packaging

Other Skills

  • Project management

  • Training (incl online)

  • Troubleshooting

  • Recruitment

Other Skills

Materials & Design

  • PTFE Pre-forming & extrusion

Processing

  • Foiling

  • Over sheathing

Sustainability

  • Biopolymer PLA

Commercial

Markets

  • Aerospace

  • Military

Other Skills

  • Inhouse & external recycling advice

  • Specifying & sourcing of equipment

  • Tool design knowledge & direction

  • Sourcing of tooling

  • Factory layout advice

  • Strategic business review

What we do

John’s main experience is in the Extrusion sector of the plastics industry with a real focus on troubleshooting, process design and improvement, mentoring and development of staff.

Other Skills

  • Business Turnaround / migration of products
  • Budgeting & Cost Control
  • Excellent Polymer knowledge base
  • Project / Programme Controllership
  • Process / System Optimisation
  • Total Quality Management
  • Motivational Leadership
  • Product Development
  • In depth knowledge of Extrusion processes and techniques

Personal Profile

For over three decades, John has been involved in Extrusion of a wide range of Thermoplastic / Thermoset materials and Wood plastic composites.

John has extensive experience of directing and developing manufacturing operations in complex and competitive specialist polymer sectors.

He has worked in the plastics & rubber processing industries since 1988 across all key processing types including Extrusion, Heatshrink expansion, mixing equipment

 “Covering all aspects of extrusion technology from materials to machinery”

John Taylor

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