Amy Craig

Amy Craig

Product Development Chemist- Designed Latexes and Resin

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Retired!

  • Education

    • University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

      1978 - 1980
      Bachelor of Science (BS) Chemistry
    • Illinois State University

      1976 - 1978
      Bachelor of Science (BS) Chemistry
  • Experience

    • Dow

      Jan 1980 - Jan 1983
      Product Development Chemist- Designed Latexes and Resin

      Product development of Styrene, butadiene and isoprene latexes and styrene-butadiene latexes for pressure sensitive adhesives and paper coatings. Supported latex production facility for process optimization and cycle time reduction.

    • Daubert Coated Products

      Jan 1983 - Jan 1988
      Project Manager

      Product Development Chemist responsible for the development of new and improved silicone coated release lines. Both emulsion and solvent borne release coatings were developed for paper and film. Key work focused on commercialization of a non-polycoated paper release liners designed to compete with polycoated release liners.

    • BFGoodrich

      Jan 1988 - Jan 1991
      Account Manager- Latexes

      Sales Account Manager for acrylic, pvc, nitrile and urethane latexes used in paper and textile coatings, pressure sensitive adhesives and industrial sealants.

    • Rexam Release

      Jan 1991 - Jan 2001
      Operations Manager

      Other experience at Rexam included Director of Quality, Technical Manager and Senior Product Development Chemist.Rexam Release, a manufacturer of silicone coated papers and film used in the manufacture of pressure sensitive adhesives, tapes and labels, industrial adhesives and sealants, aerospace composites, and medical adhesives

    • Solo Cup

      Jan 2002 - Mar 2014
      Director of Quality

      Led implementation of changes and enhancements in Quality System necessary to meet the requirements of BRC Global Standard for Packaging and Packaging Materials.Business lead for implementation of SAP PLM for product, formulation and raw material specifications at Solo Cup.Developed and reported KPIs related to Quality SystemContinuous Improvement projects related to product quality and specification conformanceResponsible for development of Supplier Quality Management program including raw material suppliers and purchased finished goods suppliers.Customer complaint management system.Nonconforming materials management system.Third party audit complianceCustomer quality interfaceDeveloped Internal audit program Show less

    • Transilwrap Company, Inc.

      Mar 2015 - Nov 2016
      Director of Quality, E, H &S
    • MonoSol, A Kuraray Company

      Jan 2017 - Mar 2021
      Director- Quality Systems
    • Retiree AI

      Mar 2021 - now
      Retired
  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Certified Manager of Quality/Organizational Excellence

      ASQ
      Oct 2012
  • Volunteer Experience

    • Volunteer

      Issued by Vernon Area Public Library District on Jan 2014
      Vernon Area Public Library DistrictAssociated with Amy Craig