Harpreet Singh

NA TS&D Director, Packaging and Specialty Plastics

Speaker Biography:

Harpreet Singh serves as the North America Technical Service & Development (TS&D) Director for the Packaging, Specialty Plastics & Hydrocarbons business at Dow Chemical. With over 20 years of experience in the materials industry, he has expertise in process, product, and application development across various markets including packaging, industrial, consumer, health & hygiene, W&C, infrastructure and transportation.

In his tenure, Harpreet has held numerous leadership roles at Dow, both in North America and Europe, leading high-performance teams that span a range of specialties from base hydrocarbons and comonomers to Polyethylene, Elastomers, High Pressure, and Wire & Cable polymers. Harpreet's journey with Dow began in 2010. Prior to this, he gained valuable experience at GE Plastics (now SABIC), USA and ThyssenKrupp Uhde, India.

Harpreet is an alumnus of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, USA, where he earned both his M.S. and Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering. He also holds a bachelor's degree in chemical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India. His contributions to the field are marked by 19 granted patents and 5 journal publications.

Presentation Description:

Achieving sustainable, low-carbon products at a commercial scale requires more than incremental improvements; it demands a comprehensive systems approach that integrates multiple interdependent levers across the value chain. This presentation will outline a strategic roadmap for the polymer and materials industry to deliver on sustainability ambitions while maintaining performance, processability, and economic viability. 

The pathway to scale is built on three core interdependent pillars: transitioning to low-carbon and circular feedstocks, advancing production decarbonization through process innovation and energy transformation, and ensuring material safety through the elimination of substances of concern. These efforts are not isolated; they must work in concert.

Circularity and carbon reduction are highly interdependent, requiring coordinated action across catalyst discovery, product design, feedstock diversification, mechanical and advanced recycling, and post-consumer integration. 

This talk will provide a technology framework and practical roadmap that can serve as a template for the industry, demonstrating that sustainability is not a trade-off but a catalyst for growth, innovation, and long-term competitive advantage