Pierre Knockaert attained his degree in Biochemistry in Ghent following which he spent 20 years across industries to become a skilled formulator and material scientist. In his former years, he worked for Arcelormittal in organic, inorganic, vitreous and metallic coatings for a wide range of applications namely, OEM, construction, home appliances and piping. Since he joined Eastman in 2017, he has been involved in the development and application of novel durable polyester polyols for food can coatings. Currently he is transitioning to adhesives where he is leveraging his polyester polyols formulating knowledge to reactive polyols used in PU hotmelts.
