oussama sahraoui

• Development of new products and applications for cable industry : HFFR, X-HFFR, XLPE, HDPE, LLDPE, PVC,
NBR, Semiconductive Shield, PP filler, Masterbatch.
• Product enhancement: Cost, Processability, Performance, Stability.
• Productivity enhancement: Output, Process stability, Reduced cleaning time.
• Ambient curing enhancement for low voltage crosslinkable compounds.
• Crosslinking enhancement of medium voltage crosslinkable compounds.
• Silane/Peroxide mixture enhancement.
• Compounding optimization and troubleshooting.
• Scorch inhibition and crosslinking boosting: in compounding and cable extrusion.
• Recycling improvement &New project management.

Comptoir National du Plastique CNP | Sousse, Tunisia
Development of new products/process.
Process optimization and troubleshooting.
Steer the research and development committee.
Development of technical and physico-chemical solutions for blown film extrusion lines.
Optimizing blends of LDPE/LLDPE/HDPE…
Recycling improvement.
New project management.

Technical assistance: process optimization and troubleshooting.
Training in extrusion and injection molding.
Optimization of chemical formulas: cost reduce and quality improvement.
Definition of chemical test procedures, supervision of their execution and analysis of results.
Application of new patented chemical formulas with technical assistance and follow-up.
Analysis of functional and technical requirements.
Coordination and management of internal and external resources (suppliers, customers, contacts...).
Management of existing product plans and the necessary technical documentation.
EXPERTISE
Cables, film, compounds, pipes, profiles, sheets, foam boards extrusion.
Polymer characterisation techniques.
Formulations, compounding, mixing and applications of PVC, PE, PP, PU, PA, PC, Rubber, Wood Plastic Composite WPC...
Polymer modifiers: coupling agents, surface modifiers, blowing agents, wetting agents, dispersing agent…
Flame-retardant systems, test methods and evaluations.
Fiberglass reinforcement.
Lubricants and plasticizers PVC.
Performance in PVC: color, base resins, thermal stability, UV stability.
Linking chemical formulations to process parameters .
Plastic and polymer impact strength: fracture and hardening improvement technology.
Development of polymer products, particularity of reinforced thermoplastic systems and polymer blends.
Polymer Rheology.

Management of new formulas and product formulation phases.
Monitoring the development phase.
Coaching the team of the laboratory formulation.