Aaron Amstutz, NFW, Keynotes 30th Clean Water Celebration

Chief Technology Officer, NFW

Aaron Amstutz is a passionate material scientist and serial innovator redefining circular design.

As NFW’s chief technology officer, his favorite days are spent in the lab alongside his team—sharing their excitement, getting dirty, and pursuing the next breakthrough. With nearly two decades at Caterpillar designing new materials and exploring patents, he brings a wealth of practical experience and knowledge to NFW’s technical team.

Named IPOEF Inventor of the Year, Aaron specializes in tailoring the morphology of polymeric materials through novel formulations and groundbreaking processing methods. Amstutz leads R&D on MIRUM® and the rest of NFW’s breakthrough material platforms. With a deep belief in the importance of high-performance, bio-neutral materials, he is excellent at imagining categorically new approaches to material science and encouraging those around him to think outside the box.

As a triathlete in his spare time, he tests NFW’s performance textiles firsthand. Aaron is married and has four adult children. His infectious enthusiasm for NFW’s material breakthroughs has also brought one of his sons, a daughter, a son-in-law, and a nephew to NFW.