Andrew Jack, from Dow Corning, was named the winner of the R Stanton Avery Lifetime Achievement category at the FINAT World Congress in Berlin. He has a career spanning over 35 years in the silicone industry, firstly with Midland Silicones and then with Dow Corning. As a global account technical manager in the global business unit, he has for many years been at the forefront of Dow Corning's pioneering products in solventless silicones, water based silicones and, more recently, the provision of advanced cost effective products that offer improvements in applied silicone costs.