Mr. Augusto Liparachi Knudsen is currently the Latin America & Caribbean Commercial Director for the PET Division of MFC Commodities GmbH which is headquartered in Vienna, Austria. MFC Commodities Latin America & Caribbean operating regional base is in Panama City, Republic of Panama. MFC Commodities is part of the MFC Industrial Ltd Group a...
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LAPET 2011 Mexico City Speakers
Speaker Profile: Augusto Knudsen Liparachi, Commercial Director PET Division – Latin America & Caribbean, MFC Commodities GmbH
Speaker Profile: David Swift, Sr. Consultant, PCI PET Packaging Resin & Recycling Ltd
Mr. David Swift was educated in UK studying Biochemistry at the University of Manchester and, subsequently, gained a Masters degree in Toxicology from the University of Surrey. He also has a MBA from Henley Management College, part of Brunel University. David joined Shell’s research laboratory in Sittingbourne, Kent (UK) but moved to Shell Centre...
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Speaker Profile: Chase Willett, Director Polyester & Polyester Raw Materials, IHS-CMAI
Mr. Chase Willett graduated from North Carolina State University with a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering in 1987. He spent thirteen years with Eastman Chemical Company with assignments in plastics sales, polyester market and product management, and polyester raw material procurement as well as a three-year assignment in Singapore managing Eastman’s Asian PET...
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Speaker Profile: Ms. Elizabeth Albis Curi Hernandez, Buyer Manager, Los Portales
Elizabeth Albis Curí Hernández is Chemical Engineer graduate in the Central University from Villa Clara, Cuba in 1979. She has worked for 28 years in Food Industry, She managed Scientist and Technique Activities in Cienfuegos City for 4 years. She works at Los Portales SA; that belong to Nestlé Waters Group; as a Factory...
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Speaker Profile: Alirio Andueza, Operations Manager, Total Plastic
Food Technology graduate of the Technological Yaracuy and has a specialization in Quality and Productivity at the University of Carabobo and Certified Internal Auditor RABQSA N º 2699 Management Systems ISO 9001:2000. He has worked for Licorerias Unidas S.A (Seagram´s Venezuela), oLas Vegas, Impreserv, AMCOR PET Packaging Venezuela and TOTALPLASTIC CA. Since 2008 he...
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Speaker Profile: Richard Sieradzki, Global Vice President – MPET Division, Mold Masters Limited
Mr. Richard Sieradzki is a graduate of the University of Virginia’s Business Administration program and holds a degree in Electrical Engineering from Moraine Valley College. In 1975 he started his career at Monsanto as a RnD Process Engineer, specifically working on Coca Cola’s ‘Cycle Safe” program developing Acrylonytrile Styrene -ANS, an early beverage bottle,...
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Speaker Profile: Jose M Diaz, Manager – International Licensing Support, Graham Packaging
José Manuel Díaz es Ingeniero Industrial de la UNAM y tiene una Maestría en Finanzas y otra en Negocios Internacionales del Tecnológico de Monterrey. Trabajó para Industrias Wheaton, desde 1977, durante 12 años en diferentes áreas de manufactura de envases de vidrio y envases de plástico, y finalmente como Gerente de Planta, luego por...
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Speaker Profile: Mario A. Munoz, Country Sales Manager, Croda
Egresado como Ingeniero Químico Petrolero del Instituto Politécnico Nacional, con estudios de posgrado en Maestría en Administración de empresas de la Universidad La Salle. Se ha desarrollado profesionalmente con empresas multinacionales, como Exxon Mobil como Gerente de ventas para aditivos para lubricantes a nivel nacional, Centro America y Caribe, en Witco empresa en la...
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Speaker Profile: Santiago Garcia, General Manager, APREPET
Mr Santiago Garcia is currently the Senior Consultant for North America for PCI. Mr Garcia was the co-founder of APREPET, the first industry association dedicated to defend PET packaging and to promote recycling schemes. He was the General Manager from 2001 until its closure in December 2008. Mr Gracia has experience in the food...
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Speaker Profile: Ms. Gabriela Hernandez, Sustainable Package Manager, Coca Cola de Mexico
Chemical Engineer from Universidad La Salle, with a Specialty in Quality and Applied Statistics for Industry. Her professional practice started with Grupo Condumex in the Cable Sector. She’s been working with Coca-Cola de Mexico for 10 years. Her current responsibilities are related to driving the Initiatives for Sustainable Packaging in Mexico Division. Coca-Cola de...
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