Rubber & Plastics

UK plastic training provider has celebrated another year of success with a special graduation ceremony for its Polymer apprentices..

Collaborative robotics pioneer Enrico Krog Iversen and the Danish growth fund reveal new ambitious end-of-arm tooling venture..

McDonald’s restaurants in the UK and Ireland will complete transition to paper straws in 2019..

European Plastics and Rubber Machinery Manufacturers celebrate the next record year and new board appointments..

ALBIS plastic introduces the ALCOM MED product line portfolio and invests in the Hamburg site..

BASF plc’s UK site in Alfreton, Derbyshire, has picked up two accolades at this year’s Chemical Industry Awards..

Tamworth-based plastics ancillaries supplier, Summit Systems, has launched a new-look website dedicated to improving usability for its customers..

Plastic Recyclers Europe and VKC-CENTEXBEL are collaborating on the characterisation of recycled PE-LD pellets..

Franz Huelle has been welcomed as the new Chair of BPF Pipes Group and British Standards Institute Committee..

Ban on the sale of products containing microbeads has come into effect in England and Scotland..

Sumitomo (SHI) Demag’s Training Academy has been awarded Skills Partner status by Cogent..

WACKER signs up intertronics for silicone distribution..

Loadhog achieves a record £9.6 million turnover, representing a 26 per cent growth in 2017..

Dior chooses KRAIBURG TPE for its new Diorshow Pump’N’Volume Mascara packaging..

Wales will follow England and Scotland in banning the sale and production of products containing plastic microbeads following a vote by Assembly Members this week..

Innovia Films is launching a new Biaxially Oriented Polypropylene (BOPP) Rayoface facestock film specifically designed for reclosable applications..

EcoVyn installs two Bunting drawer filter magnets reducing waste by 94 per cent..

Plastics has lost a great champion for sustainability as Covestro has announced the sad and unexpected passing of its Chief Sustainability Officer Richard Northcote..

Following the sad passing of Peter Jackson – an injection moulding industry veteran – a few weeks ago, Carl Futcher, a former colleague and protégé of Peter’s, has written a personal tribute that we’ve chosen to share with the readers who knew him..

S Norton & Co Ltd has purchased the entire share capital of Axion Recycling Ltd on the same day as its Marketing Director, Keith Freegard, announced his resignation..