A few examples of achievments and involvments in my past life!

1. a look in the rear view mirror

2. Bonded ™ shaving system Blade unit development, assembly and dispenser packing. 1969 -1972 Experimentation with use of vacuum deposition of metal oxides on to razor blade tips by reactive plasma sputtering. Investigation of RF heating systems for sintering PTFE coatings to razor blade tips. Assessment of high speed automatic dimensional checking and sorting of plastic injection moulded components for the "Bonded™" shaving system.

3. Profile ™ shaving system Development of blade assembly and packing equipment and implementation of production lines. 1972 – 1980 Pre-production trial, installation & commissioning of innovative high speed linear assembly lines for the Profile ™ shaving system for UK production lines. Supervised 2 Engineers and a quality Audit team throughout a 3 month programme to install and commission "Profile™" shaving system rotary assembly machines in New Jersey, USA.

4. PG Pyramid ™ teabags Tea bag prototyping, design, dev. & implementation of Caddy cartons inc. development of bespoke pkg. machines. 1992 – 1997 Created, developed & implemented the radically new tea bag carton format for the " Pyramid™" tea bag, as a member of a multi-disciplinary 5 year project team that involved an investment in excess of £15m in totally new filling and packing lines. The format was a Packaging Innovation Award winner for the Sales & Marketing category in 1996.

5. PG Pyramid ™ teabags Design, dev. & implementation of sampler "door drop" triangular carton, inc. development of bespoke pkg. machines. 1992 – 1997 Solely responsible for the design, development & implimenation of the unique “door drop” sampler carton containing 10 tea bags to support the UK national launch of " Pyramid™" tea bags. A bespoke packing line was created in close collaboration between co-packer, carton converter and pkg m/c suppliers.

6. Batchelors East-West Noodle Co. ™ Created front face opening carton for noodles & sauce. 1997 – 1998 A need to combine wrapped noodle blocks & wet sauce sachet & utilise an existing end load carton line resulted in a novel " Batchelors East-West Noodles™" front opening carton. Also necessitated trouble shooting the noodle block supply operation in Thailand.

7. Rocket ™ chilled meal kits Created complete format of netted collations of meal components and insulating carry home bag. 2000 - 2001 Provided packaging input to the development of a new format of chilled complete meal ingredient kits targeted at city business commuters. " Rocket™" meals were launched within just 6 months & rolled out to London office lobby and main line station kiosk outlets. Innovations included individual ingredients being uniquely collated within a net sleeve, on-line printed product & ingredient labelling and the use of an insulating drawstring carry bag.

8. Hellmanns/Calve™ sauces Project Managed Squeezable up-side-down bottle and non dripping flip top lid development and into production. 2001 – 2002 Established close working relationships with European flexibles buyers and their technical advisors to provide input and assist the implementation of significant cost savings by harmonising material structures and converters. Instrumental in identifying savings of € 2.7M per year via a portfolio of specifications satisfying current & foreseen product, machine & market needs for flexible pouches. Developed and rolled out a new Up-Side-Down dressings bottle and closure for filling on modified lines in two European sites and initially launched in five countries.

9. looking forward - can my naturally creative approach to innovative problem solving and idea generation plus wide ranging practical experience help YOU?