About this Candidate
DAVRON CV: Candidate 3828641
PLASTICS COLOR DEVELOPMENT SPECIALIST | FORMULATION, EXTRUSION & INJECTION MOLDING
Core Expertise
- Plastics colorant and additive formulation for polyolefin, recycled, and engineering resin systems.
- Polypropylene extrusion process optimization including temperature, screw speed, melt pressure, and line speed adjustments.
- Injection molding and blow-molding troubleshooting to resolve production-scale color and material defects.
- Customer-facing color design and technical account management translating requirements into production-ready solutions.
- Laboratory quality control using spectrophotometry, melt flow, moisture analysis, and material characterization.
Project Background
- Led regional color development programs and supported R&D initiatives to meet customer color specifications.
- Converted lab color matches into scalable production formulations for extrusion and injection processes.
- Adjusted drying regimes and process parameters to improve pigment dispersion and reduce color defects in production.
- Established QC workflows for spectrophotometry and physical testing to support material acceptance and release.
- Provided hands-on production support and troubleshooting across extrusion, injection molding, and blow molding equipment.
Key Skills
- Colorant & additive formulation | Polyolefins, recycled and engineering resins
- Polypropylene extrusion process optimization | Temperature, screw speed, melt pressure control
- Injection molding & blow-molding troubleshooting | Material handling and process parameter tuning
- Spectrophotometer operation | Color matching, Delta E evaluation, and color QC reporting
- Melt flow testing | Moisture analysis | Lab sample prep and material characterization
- SAP | BPC | Microsoft Excel, Word, Outlook | Bilingual English-Spanish communication
Education
- B.S., Criminal Justice Administration — University of Phoenix
Why Interview this Candidate?
They bring 15 years of hands-on plastics color development and manufacturing experience across formulation, extrusion, injection molding, and QC. Proven ability to convert lab matches to production-ready colorants and to troubleshoot process and equipment issues on the shop floor. Bilingual English-Spanish with customer-facing experience enables clear technical communication and rapid contribution to production and R&D teams.
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