American Coatings Show 2018

Jim Reader

Evonik


Jim Reader graduated from Warwick University (UK) in 1988 with a Ph.D. in Chemistry. He joined Air Products in 1988 in Manchester as an Application Development Chemist for Epoxy hardeners. He became Technical Manager for the Specialty Additives business in 1996 and worked in Europe and Asia before moving to Allentown in 2008. He joined Evonik Corporation as a Senior Technical Manager in January 2017. He has extensive experience in both the development and application of surfactants and defoamers for coatings, inks and other applications. He is the inventor of one patent and has written over 25 technical papers.

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