Tarun Gupta

• Lead the polyurethane footwear systems business across international markets, covering sales, business development, and customer technical support. • Transitioned into this role through close collaboration with customers during product development, building long-term partnerships and expanding responsibilities from R&D into commercial leadership. • Established the Singapore R&D laboratory and developed multiple systems now commercialised across the region. • Work closely with key customers, distributors, and internal teams to align product development with market and application requirements. • Present business updates and strategic initiatives to senior management.

• Led product development activities for polyurethane footwear elastomers across the Asia-Pacific region. • Established COIM’s Singapore R&D laboratory to support regional product development and customer technical support. • Developed multiple polyurethane systems that are now commercialised across key markets in Asia. • Worked closely with customer's R&D and production teams to develop application-specific polymer solutions. • Supported customer production trials and troubleshooting to ensure successful commercial adoption of new systems. • Collaborated with sales teams and distributors across Asia-Pacific to translate technical requirements into commercially viable products.

• Led regional R&D and customer technical support for polyurethane footwear systems across South Asia, working closely with sales teams and global technical centres. • Provided on-site technical support to key manufacturing customers, troubleshooting production issues and identifying product improvement opportunities. • Coordinated with regional sales teams and global R&D centres to support product development and customer applications.

• Contributed to product development and application engineering projects at BASF’s Asia-Pacific R&D centre in Shanghai, supporting polyurethane elastomer and foam systems. • Conducted laboratory and production trials to develop new product formulations aligned with regional market requirements. • Collaborated with regional sales and technical teams across Asia-Pacific to translate customer requirements into commercially viable solutions. • Facilitated collaboration and knowledge transfer between Chinese and Indian development teams on regional R&D projects.

• Provided technical and after-sales support for catalysts used in refinery, hydrogen, and ammonia production plants. • Supported catalyst start-ups and loading activities at customer production facilities. • Evaluated plant performance for syngas and refinery applications and supported troubleshooting of catalyst performance. • Worked closely with customer engineering and operations teams to optimise catalyst performance and reactor efficiency.

• Supported production operations including planning, scheduling, and coordination with R&D, production, and quality control teams. • Assisted in the scale-up of chemical processes from pilot to full production, supporting process monitoring and operational coordination on the plant floor. • Monitored solvent recovery processes and maintained production and consumption records. • Prepared process documentation including PFDs, P&IDs, and daily and monthly production reports.