Chatsworth Associates Pte Ltd
“STRATEGIES for the CONTINUOUS PURSUIT of KNOWLEDGE”
Chatsworth Associates is engaged in all aspects of training and technology transfer related to the chemical, petrochemical and polymer industries - those industries that utilise advanced materials and process technology. The Company is dedicated to assisting companies in Singapore and around the region to acquire the latest knowledge and cutting-edge expertise from leading R&D establishments and international companies from around the globe, in order for them to develop market leadership through the development of new products and processes.
Three training courses are currently offered either as stand-alone open courses or as in-house training programmes. These courses include:
"Plastics Technology - An Intensive Training Course"
.... presented by Dr Phil Adams, Chatsworth Associates Pte Ltd., and Mr Sam Angove, enys international pte ltd., Singapore ....
Now in its 10th year, this course has had over 500 participants attend from throughout S and SE Asia and the Middle East and still proves to be very popular, and no two courses have been exactly the same as the technology and content are always being upgraded and replaced.
The second and third courses, now in their fifth year are entitled:
"Smart Moulding - The Theory and Practice of Injection Moulding"
.... presented by Dr Phil Adams, Chatsworth Associates Pte Ltd., Singapore ....
and
...... presented by Mr Sam Angove, enys international pte ltd., Singapore ......
....specific details
of course content can be found within the respective brochures
....
NOTE: NEXT COURSES ARE SCHEDULED FOR APRIL 2012 IN SINGAPORE
AT THE PAN PACIFIC ORCHARD HOTEL
"Plasticsc Technology" - April 9th & 10th (see PT28.pdf)
"Smart Moulding - Training Course on the Theory & Practice of Injection Moulding" - April 11th (see IM11.pdf)
"Rubber Technology" - April 12th & 13th (see RT10.pdf)
All these courses serve a wide range of interest groups from non-technical personnel working within the plastic, rubber and related industries – including OEM companies engaged in electronics manufacturing, medical devices, packaging, telecommunications etc - to technical personnel and sales staff, already knowledgeable in their own field of application, yet who may require a refresher course or more fundamental coverage of other aspects of plastics and rubber technology – as such, though not specifically aimed at process personnel, it will benefit higher level engineering and management staff.
These courses therefore are suitable for:
Previous participants have come from not only Singapore, but countries such as Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, the Philippines, Myanmar, India,Sri Lanka, Australia, Hong Kong and Qatar, from such multi-national companies as Philips, HP, Motorola, Seagate, Celestica, Flextronics, Solectron, Singapore Polymer Corporation, Chevron Phillips, ExxonMobil, Clariant, The Polyolefin Co., Kraiburg (Malaysia), Borouge, The Omni Group, Petronas Group (Malaysia), Kaneka, Robert Bosch, Ciba Specialty Chemicals, Thai Specialty Chemicals, Qatar Petroleum, Denso International, Engro Corporation, Itochu Plastics, Netzsch Asia Pacific, SPI Semicon (Philippines), SMC International (India), Xyratex (Malaysia), JPK and Omya Chemicals ......
C-Pak, Malaysia ................................................................... Petronas, Malaysia ........................................................................QChem, Qatar
About the Training Course Leaders:
Dr Phil Adams is CEO of The Chatsworth Group, a group of companies engaged in market research, conference organization and executive recruitment, focused on the plastics industry in Asia. He has 30 years experience within this industry in Asia, and has worked in a variety of senior management positions within such companies as GE Corporate Research and Development (GE USA Asia Co); the Dexter Corporation, Nypro Inc and UFE Inc, prior to establishing his own consulting and market research company in 1990. During this period he was also Adjunct Associate Professor (R&D) at the Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.
Dr Adams graduated in Plastics Engineering from the Polytechnic of the Southbank, London, and has postgraduate degrees in Polymer Physics from UMIST. He is Founder, past-President and Honorary Life-Vice President of the Plastics and Rubber Institute of Singapore, and is also a Fellow of the Plastics and Rubber Institute in Malaysia, a Fellow of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining and a Senior Member of the Society of Plastics Engineers, USA.
Dr Adams currently serves as a Member of the Advisory Committee for curriculum development in the Singapore Polytechnic School of Chemical and Life Sciences as well as the Singapore government’s Chemical Standards Committee and was past Chairman of the Plastic Packaging Standards Committee.
Sam Angove is the Managing Director of enys international pte ltd., a Singapore-based polymer consultancy practice focused on the Asia Pacific Region. He is also an Associate of Nexant Inc/Chem Systems an international consultant on Oil & Gas, Petrochemicals, Oil Refining, Specialty Chemicals and Finance. Sam has 45 years experience in the polymer industry that includes holding senior positions in the Polysar Group (now Nova and Lanxess), a multinational company where he has directed Technical, Marketing & Sales, Materials Management, Business Planning & Development and Corporate Strategy functions and he was the General Manager of an international polymer business. The early days of his career were spent as the Head of the Rubber & Latex Technology Section at the Rubber Research Institute of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur.
Sam has lived and worked in Asia, the Americas and Europe and has lectured extensively worldwide on rubber and plastics technology, marketing, economics and strategic planning etc. His other activities include being a founder member of the Institution of the Rubber Industry in Malaysia (which is now the Plastics and Rubber Institute of Malaysia - PRIM), and a past-chairman of the Plastics and Rubber Institute of Singapore. In 2009, Sam was inducted into he PRIM Hall of Fame for his servcies to the Malaysian rubber industry.
Sam graduated in rubber and plastics science and technology at the National College of Rubber Technology, London and in International Business at the Centre D’Etude Industrielle, Geneva, Switzerland. He is an Honorary Life Vice-President of the Plastics and Rubber Institute in Malaysia, and Fellow of the Plastics and Rubber Institutes in Malaysia and Singapore.
In addition to TRAINING COURSES, various WORKSHOPS have been run over the past few years:
Examples of specific workshops run to-date, include:
"Conductive Plastics for Electronic Applications"
Conducted by Scott Koberna & Jeff Kronebusch - RTP Company, USA
“Specialized Carbon Blacks”
Conducted by Ng Chiew Sum - Malaysia
"Injection Moulding of Metals and Ceramics”
Conducted by Dunstan Pereis - Ceramet Singapore
“Rapid Prototyping - Accelerating Concept to Reality”
Conducted By Gino Poe - PT Rapid Tech, Indonesia
