Marcio Araujo

Director, JMS Consulte Ltda

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS • International experience in implementing Manufacturing Projects for fuel tanks in plastic with different technologies in various countries in Latin America (Brazil and Argentina), Europe (Belgium, England, Germany) and, lately, the United States, for auto-makers during the past 8 years. • Diversified industrial experience resulting from 28 years in industries with serial and continuous production in the areas of polymers, petrochemicals, phenol resins, polyesters, acrylics, vinyl resins, household products, cosmetics and finally in plastic transformation industries. • Success in launching new products and in implementation of cost saving and materials movement programs, logistic kanban and JIT, as well as in productive process modification for manufacturing cost reduction and replacement of imported components. I did implementation of Lean Manufacturing concepts. I had supervision up to 900 direct employees in Multinational Companies. • I have experience in launching of consumer products, together with 8 years responsible for Quality Control / Development Laboratory. • International exposure – I worked and resided in Buenos Aires, United States, Belgium, England, France and Germany. ACADEMIC BACKGROUND Advanced studies in Organic Chemistry, 1972 Chemistry Institute Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro – Rio de Janeiro - RJ B.A. in Industrial Chemistry, 1968 Escola Nacional de Química Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro - Rio de Janeiro – RJ LANGUAGES I am fluent in English, French and Spanish, have good knowledge of Italian and basic familiarity with German. My mother language is Portuguese.