Carlos Richer
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Listed in Manufacturing
- 15 E Racing Cloud, Spring Texas 77381
- +1 (561) 221 3690
- www.disposablediaper.net
Master’s in Mechanical Engineering (M.S.), University of Wisconsin 1978-1980
Ph.D. Engineering, 1980 – 1982 (not finished), University of Wisconsin-Madison
Graduate Studies: Business Administration, 1984-1986 ITESM, Monterrey.
Total Quality Management Graduate (The Quality College, Crosby,1989)
Business Administration 1992-1993 I.P.A.D.E. MBA (elected class official)
Case Studies in Business from 1993 to 1999 IPADE Monterrey. AD-1
Case Studies in Business from 2001 to 2004 IPADE Monterrey, AD-1
Graduated from the “Family Business Program” IPADE-BBVA Sep 2006
Graduated from the Innovation and New Technologies- ADIT-IPADE 2008-2009
Graduate Research Assistant, University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA 1979-1982
Production Manager, Plásticos Omega 1982-1984, Tijuana, Baja California.
Production Manager, Absormex S.A. de C.V. June 1984 to January 2000
Director General of Absormex S.A. de C.V. January 2000 to March 2005
32 years experience in manufacture of disposable diapers.
Produced the Best Mexican diaper: “Revista del Consumidor” Agosto 1997.
Responsible for the first degradable diaper in the world. March 2000.
First diaper Company in the world to get the ISO 9001 version 2000, December 2000
Produced the Best Mexican diaper, “Revista del Consumidor” 2003.
Several patents in the area of diaper degradability and elasticized diapers.
Several pending patents in the area of diaper diuresis and urine extraction by capillarity
Member of the Board of Directors, Grupo Detcel November 2007-2010
Member of the Board of Directors, Plasticel November 2007-2010
RELATED ACTIVITIES:
Director of Richer Investment, Diaper Consulting Company, April 2005 to present.
Opened a Diaper Testing Laboratory, August 2005 to present.
Guest Speaker, at Insight Conferences (2000, 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008) all in USA.
Guest Speaker at ABINT, Sao Paolo Brazil, 2010
Guest Speaker at the Nonwovens Symposium, Marrakech Morocco, 2010
Guest Speaker at INDA`s VISION 2012 New Orleans, Jan 2012.
Guest Speaker at EDANA`s Outlook 2012 in Barcelona, Oct 2012
Guest Speaker at INDA`s Vision 2014 in Dallas, Jan 2014
Responsible for INDA’s Diaper Workshop at Vision 2013, Orlando USA, Jan 2013.
Responsible for INDA`s Diaper Workshop at Vision 2014, Dallas USA, Jan 2014
Presented the very first prototype for the Disposable Personal Toilet in Geneva, Index 2014, Apr 2014
Audited many diaper companies in Asia, Middle East, Africa, and America from 2005 to 2014.
Active clients in 28 countries (including OEM`s, Raw Matreial Suppliers, Law firms, and Diaper Factories)
Owner of The Disposable Diaper Network Group at LinkedIn, the largest diaper network in the world with members in 168 countries.
Mr. Richer used to be General Director at Absormex, one of the largest independently owned disposable baby diaper factories in Latin America currently owned by CMPC, with sales exceeding half a billion diapers every year (about 75 million USD per year). Absormex was the first diaper company in the world to receive the “ISO9000:Version 2000″ certification in December 2000. After 21 years working with Absormex, Mr. Richer retired in 2005 to start his own consulting company Richer Investment, dedicated to provide consulting services to the disposable diaper industry worldwide. He is 56 years old and an expert in the field of manufacturing disposable absorbent products, with 31 years of experience covering all manufacturing operations. He currently provides technical support to clients in 28 countries in four continents, both diaper manufacturers, and traders. He has worked as consultant with many raw material suppliers and original equipment manufacturers, for SAP, nonwovens, hot melt and absorbent fibers. He has also been invited as guest speaker in many diaper industry seminars and technical forums. Mr. Richer frequently writes articles in the most important diaper industry publications, such as Nonwovens Industry, ME Tissue, and Nonwovens World. Mr. Richer is also an invited guest member of the board of directors of several companies. You can join the Disposable Diaper Network, the largest network of diaper industry contacts in the world, using this link: The DDN Group Carlos Richer
About Mr. Richer’s skills
Mr. Richer is an expert on diaper raw material requirements, quality control systems, production equipment selection, patent issues and ways of improving the over all diaper performance and design using mathematical models and benchmarking protocols. He is also an expert at analyzing products and patents to find weak and strong points and make recommendations for changes in the product design. Mr. Richer has plenty of experience with new diaper factory economic feasibility studies and plant layouts -They have a dedicated diaper testing laboratory of their own. He enjoys teaching technical issues to sales people, making sure they understand the advantages of the product they sell, using a simple easy to understand language. It has been correlated that a better informed sales force increases the market share of a company. He has also helped insurance companies and financial institutions with machine appraisals and damaged warehouses diaper claims. He has helped several independent inventors to write better patents and also helped them find potential clients for those inventions. On his Website you will find several useful links related to the disposable diaper industry, as well as links to websites of most of the manufacturers in the world. So feel at home, relax and take your time and please do not forget to save this link in your favorites folder, you will not find a better place for diaper links in the Internet..