• 2007-2011 North American floor system and dash insulator market sourcing by OEM, vehicle platform, supplier and product technology

• Competitive environment and growth prospects for acoustical materials in the North American automotive market

• Basics of automotive acoustics and carpeting

• Fundamentals of constrained layer damping

• Study of North American automotive headliner face goods' suppliers and material technologies 

• Analysis of technical and financial factors required to migrate from a purchased fully formulated polyurethane polyol blend to an in-house blending operation

• Market's drivers, long term outlook and competitive positioning of current sound and vibration testing solutions providers (microphones, accelerometers, analysis software)

• Automotive Interior Soft Trim & Acoustics - Markets and Technologies

• Technological and market trends
• Customers' (OEMs / Tier Ones) expectations
• Impact in terms of R&D organizations and processes for acoustics suppliers
• Key success factors for R&D organizations/role of innovation
• Specificities of emerging markets

• Hands-on audit of Tier 1 automotive supplier's acoustical components' manufacturing processes and operations

• Identification of commercial opportunities and technical management of project to evaluate inert minerals as fillers in slab and molded polyurethane furniture and automotive flexible foam applications

• Investigation of novel heating processes to drastically reduce post-cure times of molded polyurethane cellular parts

• Development of a computer model to determine MDI isocyanate production cost and assess profitability vs. raw materials' price fluctuations

• Recommendations for improving quality and reliability of polyurethane coatings used as wear surfaces in residential furniture seating

• Studies of R&D trends and innovations in polyurethane products, including detailed costing of flexible polyurethane foams

• Multiple consultations with private/public strategic equity investment firms and wealth-management organizations on business viabilities of global Tier 1 and Tier 2 automotive interior trim suppliers involved in the development, manufacture and marketing of:

• Polyurethane foam products and formulations for seating, trim and acoustical systems
• Interior trim parts
• Injection-molded plastic precision parts
• Acoustical/thermal management treatments and composite parts based on natural fibers
• Engineering thermoplastics for interior and under-the hood applications
  

“I've consulted with J.J. now on multiple projects and am very pleased with the results on all of them. J.J. has provided us the answers we sought, when we needed them, and demonstrated his expertise on automotive acoustic products, the market, and their manufacturing. No doubt we'll be using J.J. on future consulting projects as well.” October 24, 2008

Top qualities: Great Results, Expert, Good Value

Randy Wellman, Huntsman Polyurethanes hired Jean-Jacques (J.J.) as a Business Consultant in 2008, and hired Jean-Jacques (J.J.) more than once