Alexander Roschy, phD, MBA

Technical Advisor
Process engineer, focus on: paper- and chemical supplying industry; renewable raw material (biopolymers); consumer goods & cosmetics industry
- Drafting of German and European patent applications and response to office actions in the field of:
- paper- and chemical supplying industry, i.e. pulping technology, paper production & -converting, coating technology, packaging technology, printing technology, chemical additives & processes
- renewable raw material, i.e. modifications to chemical additives, binders & adhesives, biopolymers like cellulose-, lignin- & starch additives; cooking- and disintegration processes
- consumer goods & cosmetics industry; effluent water treatement technologies, i.e. vacuum evaporators; mixing- and homogenisation technologies, i.e. fabrication of emulsions, lotions, gels and pastes
- State of the art and legal searches
Technical Education:
Study of process engineering at Munich University of Applied Sciences specialised on paper and plastics technology
Diploma thesis on „Ozone-oxidised POTATO AMYLOPECTIN (PAP®) starch as a cobinder in paper-coating: Impact on flow behaviour and coating layer properties“
Lyckeby Stärkelsen R & D Center, Kristianstad, Sweden & STFI (Skogsindustrins Tekniska Forkningsinstitut/ Swedish Pulp and Paper Research Institute), Stockholm, Sweden
Specialization at Dresden University of Technology; faculty of forest, geo, and hydro sciences; institute of wood and plant chemistry and pulping technology
Scientific Activities:
Research projects and university reseacher at Munich University of Applied Sciences; institute of paper technology
phD thesis on „Impact and interactions of (high)cationic high-amylopectin starches in binder containing wet end model systems“
Professional and Project Experience:
Consulting & Projectmanagement
R&D of renewable raw material: paper- and chemical supplying industry; development of new starch additives
Process and production improvement: consumer goods & cosmetics industry for private label
Production Manager responsible for 2 packaging paper production lines, capacity: approx. 230.000 t/a, Papierfabrik Palm GmbH & Co. KG, Aalen, Germany
Manager – Assistant/Deputy & shiftmaster responsible for one newsprint production line, capacity: approx. 300.000 t/a, Papierfabrik Palm GmbH & Co. KG, Eltmann, Germany
Projectmanagement: Marketing strategies for new glues & resins for the wood-working industry; BASF SE, Department: “glues & resins for the wood-working industry Europe“, Ludwigshafen, Germany
Projectmanagement: Strength improvement for the production of coated packaging paper; Amcor Cartons Papierfabrik Petrie Mill, Queensland, Australia
Legal Background:
Studies of general and intellectual property law at Hagen University
Business Administration Background:
MBA at Mannheim Business School in cooperation with Copenhagen Business School, Denmark & ESSEC, Paris, France
Publications:
A. Roschy
Doktortitel vs. MBA-Titel
Hi:Tech Campus Germany, Dezember 2007/ Januar 2008, S. 27
A. Roschy, P. Dahlvik and E. Larsson:
Ozone-oxidised POTATO AMYLOPECTIN (PAP®) starch as a cobinder in paper-coating: Impact on flow behaviour and coating layer properties
Nordic Pulp & Paper Research Journal 15(5), 2000, S. 368-375
E. Larsson, O. Wikström, J. Danielsson, A. Roschy, P. Dahlvik:
Aus Kartoffeln gewonnenes Amylopectin – ein neues natürliches Polymer für die Papierindustrie
PTS-Symp. Einsatz von Stärke bei der Papiererzeugung, 2000, S. 2.1-2.24
A. Roschy, K. Fischer, S. Kleemann und F. Liebner:
Pyrolyse-GC/MS zum Nachweis kationischer Stärke
Wochenblatt für Papierfabrikation Nr. 8, 2002, S. 490-494
A. Roschy, K. Fischer und S. Kleemann:
Vergleich moderner Wet-End-Methoden zur Bestimmung von Entwässerung und Retention im Labormaßstab
Wochenblatt für Papierfabrikation Nr. 18, 2002, S. 1187-1196
Memberships:
Vereinigter Papierfachverband München e.V. (VPM)
Die Führungskräfte (VAF/VDF)