Particular services offered:

Our skill base provides flexibility and expertise in depth so we can work
with you to improve your business. This means managing change with
you. We offer: (click on the headings for info)

Management systems:

  • Rapid introduction of management systems (eg when pressed by a customer to have formal compliance) for:

    • Environmental management (to ISO 14001 or Green Dragon)
    • Health & Safety (to HSE standards and ISO 18000)
    • Quality Management and Continuous Improvement (to ISO 9000 etc)
    • REACH (new legislation for registration of new chemicals)

  • Innovation Processes for developing products and services

  • Integrating Intellectual Property Rights into business strategy (patents, trade marks…)

Engineering expertise

  • Site Master-Planning and Facilities Management
  • Project Management including Value Engineering
  • Preparation of technical specifications suitable for procuring services (eg from architects, engineering services…) and supplies (eg packaging materials and machinery, process equipment…)
  • Special projects eg turnkey design and construction of plant and relocation of equipment and factories
  • preparation of technical dossiers

Product and process development

  • Specialist advice on processing of powders and granular materials
  • Assistance in design of products reliant on water-soluble films and components

Interim management

  • General management
  • Senior executives, heads of department

Getting the best out of people

  • Training in management techniques in Total Quality, Loss Reduction, Communication, Project Management
  • Coaching in management skills and techniques
  • Facilitating senior teams in strategy formation and high-level business planning
  • Cross-cultural support for relations with French, German, Dutch and American cultures, including technical translations and coaching on communications

Knowledge Management

  • eliciting and recording what individuals know
  • introducing ways of sharing, building and using that knowledge
  • adding value by putting knowledge into action.

We provide blue-chip expertise tailored to meet your needs for value, simplicity and speed.