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News Release from: Smithers Rapra
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial Team on 08 January 2004

Shipton takes charge of consultancy

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Rapra Technology has appointed Dr Paul Shipton as Head of its Plastics Technology Consultancy.

Rapra Technology has appointed Dr Paul Shipton as Head of its Plastics Technology Consultancy Shipton, will run a Rapra's plastics technology team of eight staff and two associate consultants

He will manage the services and increasing workload in plastics product design and development, production and in service troubleshooting and general plastics consultancy.

Shipton was previously with polymer materials major, Ticona UK for 11 years; most latterly as the company Materials Scientist.

Shipton has particular expertise in plastics compound manufacturing.

He has a first class degree in polymer technology from Brunel University and a PhD in the compounding of fibre-reinforced thermoplastics.

Shipton also has qualifications from Ashridge Management School and last year he trained as a Six Sigma Champion with the SBTI in Dallas, Texas.

Industrial employment includes Courtaulds Research (Coventry) and Courtaulds Speciality Plastics as well as Ticona UK.

"Rapra Technology is a place where opportunity abounds for our developing and diverse expertise in plastics consultancy.

I am looking forward very much to developing our portfolio; widening and strengthening our client base", he says.

Rapra Technology Chief Executive Andrew Ward says: "We are delighted to be recruiting people of Paul's calibre to our new company.

The management buyout of last year has given us the freedom to create a new kind of business and attract some exceptional candidates to the work that we provide".

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