Constantia Flexibles names Dr Ibon Odriozola as head of innovation, laminates

Odriozola will direct Constantia Flexibles’ Laminates Product Excellence Center, a new research center for the design and development of innovative laminate concepts. Comprising three development engineers and six application engineers, his team is charged with developing technology driven, user-friendly products that help pharmaceutical manufacturers protect their products and ‘further their brand promises’, according to the company.

Prior to joining Constantia Flexibles, Odriozola was: head of polymers and composites at the IK4-CIDETEC Research Center in San Sebastian, Spain; a visiting researcher at the University of Leeds in the UK; a lecturer in organic chemistry at University of the Basque Country in San Sebastian, Spain; and a postdoctoral fellow at Universite Louis Pasteur in Strasbourg, France. 

Odriozola received a degree in Chemistry from Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland, and a Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry from University of the Basque Country in San Sebastian, Spain.