Searching for more sustainable resin materials

Paul Jones was born into the chemical industry, and resin manufacturing in particular – his father worked at SRL Synthetic Resins in Liverpool, UK, while his mother worked at Glaxo. ‘As a child I was taken into these different factories,’ he says. ‘Times have changed… I was used to the distinctive smell of styrene and the sweet aroma of polyester from a very young age.’

He left school at 17 in 1983, and started work in the lab at Wigan-based polymer and resin manufacturer Bitrez, where he has spent his entire career.