Gerard DUVAL

Professionnal Expérience 2004 – 2011 CONSULTANT
• Mauritania ,SAMIA company : check-up of products and markets, search for new opportunities
• Tunisia : SIPS : upgrading of the production technical level, development of new markets, new products, new process (in 5 years we improve the market from 40000t to 200000t)
• Colombia : IMPADOC : upgrading of the production technical level, development of new markets, new products, new process
• Algeria ( for Polh Consulting) check up of Gardahia producer and proposal for investment of new line process to open new market opportunities

1999–2004 PLACOPLATRE-LAMBERT Suresnes
Product and market manager and development : gypsums, gypsum block
• I managed gypsum (building plaster), gypsum block, final coat for painter, fire protection gypsum plaster, acoustical correction gypsum plaster
• During this period I was mandated by my company to help and upgrade the production potential of Placogyps in Egypt : new markets, new products, new formulations
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1995–1999 BPB FRANCE Suresnes
Gypsum Departement Manager
• I managed a team of product manager : gypsum block, final coat for painter, fire protection gypsum plaster, acoustical correction gypsum plaster
• I was in same time product and market manager for gypsum floor screed
• During this period I was mandated by BPB France to help BPB ITALIA to develop : new markets, new products,

1991–1995 BPB FRANCE Suresnes
Development and technical assistance manager
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1987–1991 PLATRES LAMBERT Cormeilles en Parisis
Quality, Development and technical assistance manager
• During this period I was mandated by Plâtres Lambert to help Escayla CAMARA in Spain to develop new markets, new products and organise the quality control


1985 – 1987 PCI (Plâtres Conseils International) La Roque sur Perne
CONSULTANT
• SAMIA : Mauritania , organise a new plant, develop new product and developing of a new concept of low cost houses full in gypsum plaster.
• ESCAYOLA CAMARA: Spain (Logrono, Valencia, Madrid, Barcelonna,Besalu) : Spain , to develop new markets, new products and organise the quality control and upgrade the plants
• SENEGAL : to develop the line of production which use a waste of phosphate to produce gypsum plaster
• PLATRES LAMBERT France, conception of a new plant: process, products and formulation. Study to upgrade the quality of moulding plasters

1981 – 1985 PLATRES LAFARGE Isle sur Sorgue
Quality and Development manager


1976 – 1981 PLATRIERES DE FRANCE Gagny
Laboratory manager : quality and research and development

1968 – 1976 MUSSAT AND BINOT Gagny
Quality control and technical assistance

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1994 – 2000 AFPPI (fire protection association)
I Created and I was chairman during 6 years of this association of whom the targets was to promote the passive fire protection and discuss with the French government

1994 – 2004 CEN ( European comity of normalisation)
French expert for TC 241

As chairman for the norm of :
• WG2 and WG4 Gypsum block (product and code of practice)
• WG 1 gypsum plaster Code of practice
To partake of comity for
• WG 1 and WG 4 Floor screed (product and code of practice)
• WG2 and WG 4 Staff (product and code of practice)
• WG 2 and WG 4 Ceiling tile (product and code of practice)
• WG 1 Gypsum plaster (product)


1980 – 2004 SNIP ( French association of gypsum producers) technical comity


Formation • 1968 – 1975 Arts et Métiers
• chemistry of building material
• general chemistry
• physical method of analysis
• quality
• ergonomic

Mes compétences :
Qualité