Injection Molding Engineer

WOLFGANG NEUMANN

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Senior Supervisor/Manager Professional of Processing, Project and Service Manager experience with global

O.E.M. and Production Manufacturers in high end equipment and high end volume environment.

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

Successful experience working with 2 separate O.E.M. high end Injection Molding equipment

Manufacturers and 2 globally situated Manufacturers producing high volume Food & Beverage products

Successfully managed the injection molding shop conducting Customer mold trials on equipment ranging

from 65 tons to 650 tons using a wide range of resins (PP, PE, HDPE, PS, POM, Nylon, PET, ABS, Nylon etc.)

Conducted cost saving trials and developed programs with Scrap/regrind, processing issues and cycle

reduction that reduced costs from 25% to 3% in 4 months

Initiated cost reduction studies at Customer facilities that produced income of $100,000+

Skillfully oversaw the Technical Center and Service Department for the South East and Caribbean for 6+

years

Was chosen to lead the Corporate cost reduction team for injection molding that resulted in

implementing day to day operating procedures resulting in significant savings for all production facilities

Vastly experienced with the day to day operation of PET production plants

Solely responsible for qualifying new tools and equipment at venders

Have extensive knowledge of injection molding equipment ranging from 65tons to 3,500 tons

Provided Customer training both in-house and at their facilities

Process strengths in Automotive, PET Food & Beverage, Closures and Thin Wall

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Krauss Maffei Corporation, Florence, KY July 2006 – October 2008

One of the largest O.E.M. of injection molding, Extrusion and RIM equipment in the world with past revenue of

over $800 million in sales.

Process Engineer/I.M. Shop Supervisor/Trainer

Provided Processing on Customer mold trials using various resins on many machine sizes

Supervised staff of 2 of the day to day operations of the Injection Mold shop while providing equipment

demonstrations for customers

Provided Customer training of the equipment including all machine controls, set up and troubleshooting

problems

Provided Process assistance and training aim at reducing cost and maximizing profits to Customers at

their facilities

Constar International Inc. Union, KY September 2003-March 2006

Global Manufacturer of PET containers for the Food & Beverage market with annual sales of over $500 million.

Senior Process/Project Engineer

Member of the Corporate Single layer/Multi layer Injection Molding Team providing new and

inventive methods of increasing production and reducing cost for the manufacturing facilities

Investigated and implemented standard protocol for the plants regarding day to day operating

procedure that reduced waste and cycle reduction increasing output

Team leader of EIT group with responsibility to investigate and eliminate quality issues affecting our

customers

Liaison between plants and vendors

Qualified all new tooling from vendors

Initiated and conducted monthly conference calls with all plants as part of the Injection Committee to

discuss new issues and follow-up with existing corrective action plans

Owens Illinois Inc. Perrysburg, OH August 1998-August 2003

Global manufacturer of PET containers, Closures, Medical and industrial containers with annual sales of over $1.4

billion

Senior Process Engineer/Project Engineer

Provided Processing support to the manufacturing facilities on Mono layer and Multi layer PET technology

Member of the New Product Development Group providing molding capabilities probability and

conducting proto-type trials in the lab

Provided new equipment acceptance at the vendors of all new equipment

Developed NIQP and NEQP procedures (new item/equipment qualifying procedures)

Developed Training courses specifically for Owens Illinois equipment

Developed a Preventative Maintenance program for the plants

Provided cycle reduction processing support at all facilities

Husky Injection Molding Corp, Peachtree City, GA & Bolton, ON October 1981-August 1998

One of the largest O.E.M. of injection molding machines with global operations and latest annual sales of nearly $1

billon

Numerous positions as listed below from latest to earliest

Service Manager/Technical Center Manager of the South East and Caribbean Region for over 6 years

Managed a staff of 5 which included service techs and internal support staff

Assistant Product Manager for PET Group

Supported the PET product manager with assisting the sales force with PET information and new

development products

Central Service group Project Engineer

Only Project engineer for the service group providing initiation and follow up of on-going and new

projects

Central Service Group – Phone troubleshooting support for customers

Field Service Tech – World Wide support

Final Quality Tester for Machines and Molds before they are delivered to the Customer

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

Associates Degree in Electronics Engineering Technician – DeVry Institute of Technology

Many continuing education programs to list but are available upon request

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