Paul Jones, the MD of polymer specialist Bitrez, has been elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry.
According to the company, Jones is one of the world’s foremost experts in specialist polymers, resins and curing agents, and his work includes winning the Queen’s Award for Enterprise and other business and innovation awards by the Institute of Chemical Engineering, MAKE UK and Chemicals North West. He also led research and development into low free monomer and Bis-Phenol A free resins, epoxy curing agents, vinyl ester resins, epoxy resins, phenolic polymers and amino resins. He also developed and launched a range of catalysts and accelerators, Bitrex said. ‘I’m thrilled that Paul has been named a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC),’ said Brian Allen, co-director and partner of Bitrez Ltd. ‘The designation FRSC is only given to a select group of scientists who have made outstanding contributions to chemistry. On behalf of the business, I congratulate Paul on this exceptional and well-deserved honour.’
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