Meet the Independent Polymer Consultants in Plastics

My name is Pravin S Mistry. As Chair of PCN, (www.pcn.org), I would like to introduce my fellow PCN colleagues. We are international independent polymer consultants in plastics, rubber, composites, adhesives and polyurethanes. Our collective experience is both deep and broad, with each member having held significant roles in the industry at both national and global levels.

During these demanding times, our goal is to be a proactive partner in your business, helping you quickly and innovatively solve challenges and find effective solutions. We aim to achieve excellent outcomes for you with minimal costs. Our consultants fit right into your team, providing their knowledge on a flexible basis, saving you the costs of a permanent position. Thus, PCN represents not just expertise but flexibility and cost-effectiveness, allowing you to leverage our knowledge precisely when you need it most.

Below is a brief summary of Team PCN with the services that we offer. Please feel free to contact us with any projects that we can assist you with. You can also meet us face-to-face at plasticslive.

What we do (at a glance);

• Richard Bladon: Health and safety for plastics processors
• Eric Boinard: Value added consumer-centred innovation within a regulatory framework
• John Bovis: Polymer product consultant, design/development to production-cell, lightweight, process, tool & energy optimisation
• Scott Brannan: Cost estimating to set targets and reduce costs
• Graham Chetwood: Cost reduction from improved purchasing
• Christophe Convert: Concept to reality, product design to development
• Terence Cooper: Bioplastics, sustainable packaging, recycling & recovery
• Peter Cox: Extrusion & multi-layered plastics
• Peter Cracknell: High-quality on-site polymer training & consultancy services
• Gerhard Crossman: Turnaround & process improvements, change management
• John Duncan: Thermal, dynamic mechanical & dielectric analysis
• Jesús Fernández: Energy efficiency improvement and sustainability management
• John Gearing: Thermal testing
• Sarah Greenwood: Packaging
• Trevor Hutley: Global polymer industry consultant, Research & Innovation advisor
• Andy Jewell: Industry 4.0 - Cloud MES, ERP & IoT (DigitalManufacturing) specialist
• Robin Kent: Energy surveys & energy management, sustainability management
• Nicolas Kokel: Strategic business opportunities, processing, converting and applications, recycling and sustainability
• Brian Lodge: Sustainable packaging design, assessment, and training
• Pravin S Mistry: Global: mergers & acquisitions, recruitment, chair roles, polymer consultancy, commercial & technical representation adhoc basis
• Jeremy Pingstone: Injection moulding. Education, skills & apprenticeships
• Eric Reddock: Composites and reinforced polymers expertise
• Fabrizio Rizzato/Petra Mickova: Thermoset polyurethanes from chemistry to equipment
• Colin Sarson: Helping companies grow, maximise profits and develop their work force
• Eddie Sheridan: Market research, materials, packaging & improvement
• Bernard Sinclair: Product design
• John Taylor: All aspects of extrusion technology from materials to machinery

We look forward to meeting and working with you.