Dr. Giancarlo Lovato

Personal Information

• Name: Giancarlo

• Family name: Lovato

• Date of birth: 5th March 1967

• Birthplace: Arzignano - Vicenza (Italy)

• Marital status: married

• Address: Via Treviso 5, 36051 Creazzo (VI) - Italia

• Home phone: +39-0444 521360

• mobile: +39-338-3277450

• email: giancarlo.lovato@alice.it; giancarlo.lovato@katamail.com;

Specific professional capabilities

• Research and development of new leather-chemicals (beam-house, retanning, finishing, leather-board);

• Introduction in production of new chemical products and their quality standardization;

• Surveying, requirements, demands and needs from leather chemicals market, establishment of related research projects;

• Market launch of new products, their positioning for price/quality/competitors, budget, marketing, promotion and market follow-up;

• Management, coordination and assistance to Research, Marketing and Sales people;

• Experience of relationship management and reporting in leather-chemical multinational companies

Working Experience

• 2003 till now R&D Manager for Leather Chemical products (full range: Finishing, Wet-end, Beam-house), Production Manager, Quality Control Manager, PSR Manager; Corichem srl, Sarego-Italy

• 1996 – 2003 Various rising roles: - R&D Coordinator for worldwide Wet-End Leather-Chemical products; TFL AG, Basel-Switzerland - Product Manager and R&D Manager for worldwide Fatliquors; TFL AG, Basel-Switzerland - Product Manager and R&D Manager for Beam-House chemicals for Italian market; TFL Italia SpA, Arzignano-Italy

• 1994 – 1996 R&D Manager for Leather-Chemical Products for tannery (full range: Finishing, Wet-end, Beamhouse), Production, Quality and Safety Manager; Chimes srl, Arzignano-Italy (now part of GSC Group SpA)

• 1992 – 1994 R&D Manager for Leather Chemicals for tannery (full range: Finishing, Wet-end, Beamhouse), Purchasing Manager (the last year); Chemipal srl, Arzignano-Italy

School Formation - Study

• 1993 Qualification to the Chemical Profession Practice, Padova - Italy

• 1986 – 1992 Master Degree in Chemistry, specialisation on Organic Chemistry, University of Padua - Italy, 110/110 cum Laude

• 1981 – 1986 Leather-tanning Engineer, ITIS G. Galilei of Arzignano - Italy

Management Courses and other Training

• 2021 Conflict Management, 28 hours, Cesar, Sarego-Italy

• 2018 Management Communication, 20 hours, Xamar Consulting, Sarego- Italy

• 2017 Time Management, 12 hours, Xamar Consulting, Sarego-Italy

• 2017 Public Speaking, 16 hours, Xamar Consulting, Sarego-Italy

• 2017 Managing and Measuring the Innovation, S&I Strategie & Innovazione. Bergamo Kilometro Rosso - Italy

• 2016/2017 LCA / EPD Management Course, 40 hours, Sarego-Italy

• 2016 LEAN Management course, 8 hours, Sarego-Italy

• 2014 Magnetic Communication Course, Vicenza-Italy

• 2014 Several Management daily Courses, Federmanager, Vicenza-Italy

• 2013 LEAN Management course, 56 hours, Sarego-Italy

• 2013 Several Management daily Courses, Federmanager, Vicenza-Italy

• 2012 Several Management daily Courses, Federmanager, Vicenza-Italy

• 2011 Several Management daily Courses, Federmanager, Vicenza-Italy

• 2010 Several Management daily Courses, Federmanager, Vicenza-Italy

• 2009 Individual Chinese Mandarin Course, 40 hours

• 2008 Chinese Mandarin Course, ARCI, Creazzo-Italy, 20 hours

• 2008 REACH: several courses on new regulations

• 2007 REACH: course on new regulations, Associazione Industriali, Milan-Italy, Vicenza-Italy, 2 days

• 2001 Leading Project Teams; Memoris, Weil-Germany, 3 days

• 1999 Individual Course of English; Inlingua, Arzignano-Italy, 80 hours

• 1998 Individual Course of English for business; Canning, Milan-Italy, 1 week

• 1997 Individual Course of English for business; Canning, Milan-Italy, 1 week

• 1997 English Course; Inlingua, Valletta-Malta, 1 week

• 1997 Course of Leather processes and related English Terminology, Nene College, Northampton – UK, 2 weeks

• 1996 Course for Safety Responsible, Confcommercio, Vicenza-Italy, 8 days

• 1995 Sales Course, Confcommercio, Vicenza-Italy , 1 week

• 1995 Workshop on Emulsions and Dispersions; SCI, Rimini-Italy, 1 week

Tongue

• Mather tongue = Italian, Venetian

• Very good knowledge of English (speaking, reading, writing)

• Good knowledge of French (speaking, reading, writing)

• Elementary knowledge of Chinese Mandarin (speaking, reading, writing)

Interest

• Travel

• Computer science

• Family

• Reading

• Coins and Postage-stamps collections

Other pertinent information

• 2022 Patent pending for “natural modified polymers for wet white tanning hides, free metal and free glutaraldehyde”

• 2017-2019 Research and Development of Polaris technology for finishing leather-goods, shoe-upper and automotive leather, based on coating through “paper” application (collaboration with GIDUE)

• 2017 Patent PCT WO2017/081710 A1 “Fatliquors polymer for increasing softness of skin during the tanning”

• 2016 Technical Oral presentation at 44° National A.I.C.C. Congress 2016-11-18 “A novel class of polymeric fatliquors”

• 2016 Patent IT102016000013168: “Fatliquors polymer for increasing softness of skin during the tanning”

• 2015 Technical Oral presentation at XXXIII IULTCS Congress 26-11-2015: “A novel class of polymeric fatliquors”

• 2015 Patent IT102015000070118: “Fatliquors polymer for increasing softness of skin during the tanning”

• 2015 Patent PCT WO 2015/107148 A1: “Polymeric fatliquors”

• 2014 Patent VI2014A000006: “Ingrassi polimerici” • 2012 Technical Oral presentation at Convegno Veneto A.I.C.C. 16-11-2012: “Development of a new liming system having low sulphur and sulphydrate content”

• 2012 Publication on “Ars Tannery” 05/2012: “Less chlorides and sulphates with CORIPIKEL”

• 2012 Presentation and Publication on Acts of 40° National A.I.C.C. Congress 15-06-2012: “Development of a new pickel system having low chloride and sulphate content”

• 2011 Presentantion and Publication on Acts of XX AIM Convention 04/08-09-2011: “Leather Tanning with acrylic copolymers containing aldehyde groups”

• 2009 Presentation and Publication on Acts of XIX AIM Convention 13/17-09-2009: “Leather Tanning with polymers containing aldehyde derived groups”

• from 2006 Member of American Leather Chemist Association • from 1999 Promoted to Managing role

• from 1998 Member of S.C.I., Società Chimica Italiana (Italian Chemical Society) (and from 2014 Regional Veneto Counselor of S.C.I.)

• from 1996 Member of A.I.C.C., Associazione Italiana Chimici del Cuoio (Italian Leather Chemist Association) (and from 2010 National Counselor of A.I.C.C, from 2010 till 2018 Coordinator of A.I.C.C. Veneto Area, from 2019 national A.I.C.C. Secretary)

• 1994 Research & Development of the first worldwide total acrylic based Stucco for leather finishing

• 1993 Publication on “Journal Chem. Soc. Perkin Transaction 2” : “Thermodynamics of Protonation and Hydration of Aliphatic amines”

• 1993 Publication on “Journal of Physical Chemistry, American Chemical Society”: “Solvation of nonelectrolytes in Water Probed by 17O NMR Relaxation of the Solvent”

• 1990 ENI scholarship as one of the best University student of Chemistry for Veneto Area

• 1989 ENI scholarship as one of the best University student of Chemistry for Veneto Area