Technical Polymer Expertise at Your Fingertips
Many of our Polymer Pros and Pioneers have spent decades working in technical roles throughout the industry. Backed by years of hands-on industry experience, our polymer experts are just one way we Break the Mold.
Collaborate with Our Technical Service Team in the Applications Hall
The applications hall is a comprehensive building that will contain industrial-sized, conversion machines for pipe, blow molding, injection molding, and blown film applications by reliable manufacturers. Converters will work hand-in-hand with our technical services team on our state-of-the-art equipment to brainstorm custom solutions.
Industry-leading pioneers such as Francisco Alvarez, Carl Baker, Dan Falla, Elliot Carnevale, and Michael Misco will work in the applications hall to partner with our customers to troubleshoot technical challenges.
Carl Baker, Senior Technical Service Engineer Pipe
Meet our Polymer Pioneer, Carl Baker. Carl is an industry veteran with a strong track record of helping customers unlock competitive advantage in pressure pipe applications.
Dan Falla, Senior Technical Service Engineer | PE Film
Meet our Polymer Pioneer, Dan Falla. Dan has spent more than 30 years helping film customers to innovate in new product and application development. His major focus was food packaging innovation, and he is a subject matter expert in barrier film.
Francisco Alvarez, Senior Technical Service Engineer | Injection and Blow Molding
Meet our Polymer Pioneer, Francisco Alvarez. Francisco is an experienced polymers industry expert with more than 20 years of industry experience and a strong background in polymer processing and specialist experience in resin testing and design.
Michael Misco, Technical Service Engineer | Blow Molding
Meet our Polymer Pro, Michael Misco. Michael has nearly 10 years of experience in the blow molding manufacturing industry and helping customers innovate in new product and application development.
To set our technical service team up for success, we're filling the applications hall with state-of-the-art, commercial equipment. Converters can count on our machines to run properly and efficiently so they can collaborate with our Polymer Pros and Pioneers whenever they need to test resin and troubleshoot, without having to shut down your business’ production lines. Learn more about the different types of equipment we’ll have in the applications hall below:
Application Hall Technology
Blow Molding
The application hall will have two industrial-sized, blow-molding machines:
- A Kautex electric machine equipped with a mono-layer and size-layer flow head that can be used to manufacture containers of different sizes
- A Uniloy mono-layer hydraulic machine that can be used for dairy applications
Backed by Seasoned Scientists and State-of-the-Art Labs
Shell Polymers also features several labs staffed with polymer scientists that work closely with our technical service teams to help solve customer challenges. This includes a lab dedicated to quality control that ensures the product meets the required specifications, as well as a separate polymer science lab for conducting full characterization of Shell Polymers resins, properly measuring the performance of parts fabricated from it.
