Executive Extrusion Consultant
Jack Shirrell
Jack Shirrell
Jack Shirrell
Experienced Director of Engineering and Vice President of Film Technology and Operations with demonstrated major accomplishments in rotary stretch and stretch hood films in concert with extrusion and wrapping machinery. Strong operations professional skilled in Product Development, Research and Development (R&D), Operations Management, Process Engineering, Resin Procurement, Strategic Planning, and Business Development. Numerous patented inventions including prestretched handwrap and anti-condensation hood film.
Experience
January 1989 – February 2020
Signode (a.k.a. ITW, Muller, Mima, GaleWrap, SPS)
Director of Engineering, VP Film Technology, VP Film Operations, etc.
Glenview, Illinois and Douglasville, Georgia
June 1978 – January 1989
Exxon Chemical (before they became ExxonMobil)
Film Technology Group Supervisor, Sales and Marketing, Tech Service Engineer
Baton Rouge, Louisiana; Baytown and Houston, Texas
June 1975 – December 1976
E.I. DuPont de Nemours, Inc.
Co-Op Intern (X 3)
Old Hickory, Tennessee
January 1989 – February 2020
Signode (a.k.a. ITW, Muller, Mima, GaleWrap, SPS)
Director of Engineering, VP Film Technology, VP Film Operations, etc.
Glenview, Illinois and Douglasville, Georgia
- Handled polyethylene (PE) raw material procurement, saving millions of dollars each year.
- Grew stretch film (SF) business from 3M ppy (million pounds per year) off one line in Glenview, Illinois to 100M ppy out of two US plants, PLUS three plants in Europe (one greenfield, two by acquisition).
- Invented pre-stretched/oriented stretch wrap - primarily for hand wrapping, leading the industry to reduce its use of plastic resins by hundreds of millions of pounds per year.
- Put Lachenmeier in the stretch hood film (SH) business in North America through outsourcing and product development, including…
- With others, invented Xeros(R) anti-condensation stretch hood film used primarily for products like knocked-down corrugated boxes stored outside.
- Led efforts in primary metals packaging that ultimately resulted in a dominant U.S. Market share through our FleetwoodSignode division.
- With others, invented reinforced poly wraps with mating cling stripes for the packaging of steel coils including volatile corrosion inhibitors (VCI - rust inhibitor).
- Managed global innovation and intellectual property decisions for ITW’s stretch film businesses.
- Managed stretch film pricing for much of this period. Handled private label and intercompany sales directly.
- Performed customer troubleshooting and technical service for both rotary stretch film and stretch hood film products. Familiar with Highlight, ESTL, and full range of ASTM laboratory test methods. Served on ASTM SF subcommittees multiple times.
- Purchased film extrusion equipment, both complete lines ($3M+) as well as components.
- Handled competitive surveillance and analysis of their key products.
- Supported Signode PET recycling, PET and PP strapping, and GinFast™ cotton bale wrap projects.
- Handled packaging of stretch film products including leading the industry away from EPS foam cradles to vertical packaging of SF machine rolls as well as the first bulk packaging of handwrap rolls.
- Very knowledgeable in the current environmental dilemma facing all single use plastic products including carbon footprint/life-cycle analysis, all the different types of degradability, sustainably sourced materials, and of course the challenges related to recycling.
- Developed clear UVI as well as white UVI silage wrap films for the North American market.
June 1978 – January 1989
Exxon Chemical (before they became ExxonMobil)
Film Technology Group Supervisor, Sales and Marketing, Tech Service Engineer
Baton Rouge, Louisiana; Baytown and Houston, Texas
- While this was a long time ago, I take the greatest pride in:
- The engineers and professionals I mentored,
- Creating Exxon's dominant market share of PE resins for the stretch film industry, and
- Their highly successful launch of hexene linear low density (LLDPE) products to compete with Dowlex®.
June 1975 – December 1976
E.I. DuPont de Nemours, Inc.
Co-Op Intern (X 3)
Old Hickory, Tennessee
- Completed three cooperative internships totaling one year in the manufacturer of polyester resin, yarn, and staple fiber.
Education
- University or Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, B.S. Chemical Engineering
- University or Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, M.S. Chemical Engineering
Memberships
- Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE), Emeritus Member
- American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM), former Member
- Institute of Packaging Professionals (IoPP), former Member
- Technical Association of Pulp and Paper Industry (TAPPI), former Member
Link to Jack's Patents, Pubs & ASTM
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