Winkler Thomas

Biography

Mr Winkler has been in the textile industry for almost 30 years, working for a variety of German textile companies before joining Sandoz, later Clariant, in 1987 as Head Product Management Textile Chemicals. In 1992, he was appointed Business Unit Head Textile Chemicals Germany from which he transferred to Business Unit Head, Textile Chemicals for the East Asia Region in 1996. In 2005, he served as Global Head Product Management and Marketing Textile. In January 2006, he was appointed Head of the Business Unit Textile Chemicals. Mr Winkler became President Textile Specialties and Asia at Archroma after Clariant’s textile business transferred to Archroma in October 2013, and he is President Brand & Performance Textile Specialties and Innovation since August 2015.

Research Interest

chemical industry