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Pascal Xanthopoulos

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Founder and Owner at POLYBRIDGE

  • Education

    • Ecole nationale supérieure de chimie de lille (france)

      1983 - 1986
      Post graduate diploma in chemical engineering.

    • University of manchester - institute of science and technology

      1985 - 1986
      Master of science polymer chemistry

  • Experience

    • Ciba specialty chemicals

      Jul 1993 - Sept 2007
      Global marketing director , plastic additives

      Senior-level marketing positions held in Singapore, United States, Switzerland.Built-up the marketing and technical sales organization in Asia.Managed the new business development teams in NAFTA.Responsible for the management of the global project portfolio and technology platform of new effect additives for plastics, rubbers, fibers and adhesives.Elaborated strategic business plans to establish new R&D centers and production units in Taiwan, Singapore, USA, Germany.Engineered exclusive distribution and licensing agreements with major petrochemicals companies.Invented new environmentally, advanced antioxydant packages for plastics. Named on the patents. Show less

    • Labelvage (family business)

      Oct 2007 - Dec 2009
      General manager

      Reviewed and streamlined the veterinary devices' portfolio involving a strong focus on the specialties manufactured by the company.Managed the development and product launch of new products referenced by major animal health and nutrition companies in NAFTA and Europe.Elaborated programs of cooperation with the French Ministry of Agriculture to support developing countries with new healthcare techniques.Engineered exclusive distribution agreements with key selected suppliers.

    • Polybridge® sàrl

      Jan 2010 - now
      Founder and owner

      PolyBridge® is a French research organization that specializes in elaborating R&D projects and "building bridges"​ between key players in the eco-innovation sector. PolyBridge® aims to help innovative companies to develop and market their environmentally advanced products in Asia, Europe and North America. More details in www.polybridge.com.PolyBridge® is a partner of several French competitiveness clusters to develop new green molecules and bio-materials from biomass . The development particularly consists in increasing the value of co-products (barks, chips, knots...) generated by the wood industry by extracting valuable bio-molecules which can be valorized in nutraceuticals, cosmetics, industrial applications.PolyBridge® has recently developed a fully natural water soluble film derived from algae biomass. The innovation supports the sustainability initiatives of the cosmetics industry.Pascal XANTHOPOULOS is a member of the scientific committee of the WOODCHEM international conference dedicated to wood-based chemistry. He is also a part-time lecturer on green chemistry at the School of Wood Science and Timber Engineering ENSTIB, the only national and university engineering school specialized in wood in France. Show less

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Research organisation recognized by the french ministry of research with respect to research tax credit

      French ministry of research

  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to Pascal Xanthopoulos
      Innovative packaging bio-materials for hygiene products - 2021 Finalist of the 2021 international contest “The Cosmetic Victories” organized by Cosmetic Valley & ESSEC.
    • Awarded to Pascal Xanthopoulos
      Innovative packaging biomaterials for cosmetics - 2020 Prize-winner of the 2020 contest “Re-invent the Planet” organized by the French Consultancy Hege Conseils and Mines Nancy
    • Awarded to Pascal Xanthopoulos
      CIBA Sales & Marketing Award 2005 - 2005 Won the Ciba Specialty Chemicals Award 2005 for best practice in Sales & Marketing.
    • Awarded to Pascal Xanthopoulos
      Ciba Plastics Additives Award 2004 - 2004 Won the Ciba Plastics Additives Award 2004 for the successful market introduction of new, environmentally advanced stabilization packages for urethanes used in automotive applications. Special mention in the Ciba annual report distributed to all the Company shareholders world-wide.
    • Awarded to Pascal Xanthopoulos
      Ciba Plastics Additives Award 2000 - 2000 Won the Ciba Plastics Additives Award 2000 for the development of a new liquid patented additive technology concept which generated new significant sales in the vinyl, styrene polymers, and urethanes markets on a worldwide basis.
    • Awarded to Pascal Xanthopoulos
      PRIZE HERBERT STEINER - 1986 Recipient of the first Prize Herbert Steiner of the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology UMIST in UK.