Industry Expert Keith Grime joins IntertechPira as Associate Consultant for Home and Personal Care
13 July 2010
Leatherhead UK, 13 July 2010, IntertechPira has cemented its reputation as a leading events organizer, publisher and consultancy in home and personal care (HPC) with the appointment of Keith Grime as associate consultant.
In his new role, Keith will help develop IntertechPira's flagship cleaning product events, act as expert contributor to its publications and membership services, and help expand its consultancy offering.
A former R&D vice president at P&G, Keith Grime is president of JKG Consulting LLC, and provides guidance to corporations in the consumer products and specialty chemicals areas. He is also president of the AOCS (American Oil Chemists' Society) and is the general chair at Montreux 2010, the 7th World Conference on Detergents. Keith has over 30 years experience in R&D management, innovation strategy, technology development, product development and alliance strategy in the consumer products and chemical industry. For the last two years he has been an Adjunct Professor at Northwestern University teaching Technical Management and Innovation Strategy.
According to Adam Page, Head of Information at IntertechPira: "Keith's appointment represents a major coup for IntertechPira. His knowledge, experience and credibility will greatly enhance our offering to the HPC community."
IntertechPira's 4th annual Cleaning Products event in partnership with the American Cleaning Institute takes place on November 3-5, 2010 at the Hotel Monaco Alexandria in Alexandria, VA. Keith will be providing a keynote address on the first day, as well as co-chairing the event.
Keith said: "I'm delighted to have this opportunity to consult with IntertechPira in the HPC sector. Their market and technology studies are invaluable tools for HPC companies and their chemical and biochemical industry partners who are making strategic decisions in one of the fastest growing sectors of the global consumer products business."
As well as organizing events, IntertechPira publishes market intelligence studies in the HPC space. Recent titles include The Future of Green Cleaning Products and The Future of Personal Care Packaging. IntertechPira offers a full range of consultancy services including quantitative market sizing and forecasting, new product development, strategic analysis and technology forecasting.
IntertechPira also provides a comprehensive membership service to the HPC sector. Member benefits include delegate places at key events, exclusive publications including state of the industry presentations and a personal researcher service.
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IntertechPira provides market research, strategic and technical consulting to niche, emerging and high growth industries. Market coverage includes lighting and displays, clean energy, home and personal care, industrial biotechnology, performance materials and chemicals. IntertechPira is a division of Pira International.