Resins and plastic material formulation, new product development.
Resume:
Sergii Pryimak
Master’s Degree in Plastics materials Engineering
Lake Zurich, Illinois
************@*****.***
Dnipropetrovsk National University,
Ukraine, 2006
Specialization: Chemical Engineering of High molecular compounds; Work experience:
From Nov 2024 till now:
Process Engineer, Medical tubing and wires.
• Product transfer and validation.
• Engineering pre-trials and NPI.
• IQ-OQ-PQ protocols execution.
• Clean room Class 7 processes validation.
• Medical wire extrusion.
• Single and multilumen extrusion and co-extrusion. From Jan 2022 till Oct 2024
Plastics Material Engineer, Materials Manager
Rigid PVC extrusion and co-extrusion.
Trim-Tex, Lincolnwood, IL
• Rigid PVC profiles extrusion and co-ex. with semi-rigid and flexible PVC.
• PVC materials and mix formulation and adjustments.
• Process Engineering of PVC processing and specialty additives.
• Extrusion processes troubleshooting and improvement.
• Daily overseen of materials and extrusion performance.
• Extrusion and downstream equipment optimization planning.
• On-site PVC recycling and reprocessing.
• Materials inspection and contamination analysis with FTIR flake sorters.
• A wide range of paper-laminated and fire-rated products with intumescent materials.
• Materials Department and People Management.
From Dec 2018 till Jan 2022
Plastic films Engineer, Blown and cast Film extrusion, Bio Packaging films, Illinois, USA http://www.biopackfilms.com/ Plant personnel 30 pers.
• Manufacturing of high-quality single- and multi-layers PE and PP films, barrier films with Nylon,assorted size and formats, using special additives, by blown and cast extrusion, for food and industrial application;
• Hands-on operations with extrusion machines (start-up and set-up), when new products making.
• Troubleshooting with extrusion processes and film defects.
• Quality control of incoming raw materials and additives.
• Selective and final product quality control with using of testing equipment (FTIR, COF, OTR, haze, opacity, shrink, treat level);
• Mixes formulation and development of new films material;
• Work with customer complaints, RCA and CAPA implementation.
• New products development and reverse engineering;
• SQF (safe quality food certified);
• Bag machine commissioning, new product development and trials. From Nov 2016 till Dec 2018
Plant Manager at FFU Production
Kiev, Ukraine http://ffuproduction.com
Plant personnel 25 pers.
• Manufacturing of artificial turfs for football fields and landscape by tufting and coating methods from PE and PP with OEM 1,000,000 sq.m p/year.
• Recycling of rubber tires for producing infill materials and multi-sport pavement with productivity 10,000 tons p/year.
• Commissioning of 3 technological lines: PE yarn tufting, Latex coating with gas oven curing, and rubber crumb production from "bare floor" till achieving contract productivity. From 9/2013 till 11/2016
Plastic Materials Engineer, Consultant.
• • Optimization of production processes for manufacturing products from PE, PP, PS, PC PVC-U, by methods of Injection molding, extrusion, co-extrusion. Namely, the production of security seals from PP, PC; PVC window sills under the lamination, production of PVC fittings, moldings PVC
(downspouts, gutters).
• Definition of "bottlenecks", the development and implementation of methods for reducing defects of final products, the cost of production, production costs.
• Adaptation and improvement of technological mix formulation, technological and production processes.
• Calculation of the facility for the production of the electrical components from PC, ABS, PBT, from
"0" cycle. Calculation of a business plan, searching of equipment and tooling, consulting in the design of molds and selection of contractors, approval of specification for production tooling. Calculating the production areas, equipment layout, technological operations.
• Visiting of the factories for the production of PVC resin, molds, extrusion dies and tooling, granulation and recycling equipment for PVC in China (Xinjiang, Anhui, Shanghai, Beijing) to assess the level of technical equipment of enterprises, acceptance of equipment and raw materials. Making of business contacts.
• Creation, adaptation, and approval of technical and technological documentation, technological regimes, regulations, rules, etc.
From Mar 2005 till June 2013
RETAL Dnipro (UniPlast) Retal Georgia
Operator, Operator’s Lead, Dnipro, Ukraine Production Manager Tbilisi, Georgia. https://www.retalgroup.com/ www.caucasianpet.com, Injection molding
• Manufacturing of PET preforms and HDPE closures by Injection molding for food packaging.
• Monitoring of compliance with on-the-job safety and accident prevention.
• Organization daily, weekly and monthly maintenance of IMM and molds.
• Quality control of raw materials and finished products.
• Creation of technical and Process documentation and SOP;
• Work with customers’ complaints and RCA;
• Work with contractors and suppliers;
• Troubleshooting with molding process;
• IMM set-ut, start-up and production process control;
• Maintenance of IMM and molds (cleaning, polishing, size and color changing);
• Maintaining of technical and process documentation;
• Teaching and training of junior operators, mentorship
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