Dr. Jochem Effing

Technical Director Europe, responsible for research and development of industrial coatings and resin technologies. Leading R&D labs across Europe with people development and budget responsibility.

Building and managing the regional R&D team for the business line Industrial & Consumer Specialties of Clariant in Asia_Pacific with a central lab in Shanghai, China. Responsible for product development and technical service in the region with labs in China, Japan, India and Indonesia. Position has been based in Shanghai, China.

Responsible for global product development and technical customer support for the business segment Coatings & Construction Chemicals, based in Frankfurt. Major laboratories in Frankfurt and Gendorf, associated labs in China, Japan, USA and Brazil.

Global responsibility for product development of traditional and modern wound dressings.

Head of product development for medical products for Europe, based in Turnhout (Belgium). Development and technical customer support for medical tapes, modern wound dressings and specialty tapes.

Responsible for the development of modern wound care products.

Product development of transdermal drug delivery systems.

Solid state properties of polymer-surfactant complexes.

Polymer-Surfactant-Interactions in aqueous solution. Photofunctional hydrophobically modified polymers.

ultrathin films, polymer-metal-complexes