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Danny joined Valpak in August 2022, starting in Valpak’s International Environmental Compliance department. There he specialised in extended producer responsibility (EPR) regulations, primarily across EU markets, developing expertise in both national as well as supranational regulations like the packaging and packaging waste regulation (PPWR). In October 2024, Danny joined Valpak’s Policy team, where he monitors… Read more »

Danny Stapleton

Danny joined Valpak in August 2022, starting in Valpak’s International Environmental Compliance department. There he specialised in extended producer responsibility (EPR) regulations, primarily across EU markets, developing expertise in both national as well as supranational regulations like the packaging and packaging waste regulation (PPWR).   In October 2024, Danny joined Valpak’s Policy team, where he… Read more »

Prof. Matt Unthank

Matt Unthank is a Professor of Chemistry at Northumbria University and has background in polymer, coatings and composites research, specifically for commercially relevant applications. He has a career spanning both industrial and academic roles across the pharmaceutical (GSK), industrial chemicals and coatings industries (AkzoNobel) in addition to his current academic role as Professor of Chemistry… Read more »

Prof. Justin Perry

Justin Perry is a Professor of Chemistry in the School of Geography and Natural Sciences at Northumbria University. His main research interests are creating sustainable materials and chemical methods, especially using industrial byproducts or biosourced waste. He is aso interested in using biotechnology in the creation of highly functional materials with biological or enzymatic componentry…. Read more »

Peter Greenwood

Peter Greenwood has written twenty five technical scientific papers on the topic of colloidal silica and is the inventor or co-inventor of twenty four patented inventions. He has also written a chapter, “Some Important, Fairly New Uses of Silica Sols “, in “Colloidal Silica Fundamentals and applications “, edited by Dr. Horacio Bergna and William… Read more »

Christine Louis

Christine Louis has more than twenty-five years of experience in the coating and ink industry and is working for Evonik Coating Additives since 2017 as one of the technical experts for decorative coatings.  Christine focuses strongly on the development of novel additives for decorative coatings, such as surfactants, defoamers, dispersants, etc., in line with the Evonik’s sustainability approach.