Rubber & Plastics

The British Plastics Federation has praised Coca-Cola's 'leadership', after an announcement from the drinks giant on upping rPET to half its bottles..

Students at the University of Huddersfield have won an award for giving a 3D Printed ‘bionic’ hand to a ten-year-old girl from North Wales..

Dow and DuPont have announced that the merger of the two companies is still on track to close in August 2017 and that a comprehensive review of their respective portfolios has commenced..

The British Plastics Federation has released details from its latest Business Conditions Survey which shows 80 per cent of companies are confident turnover will increase this year..

BRC Certification group continues AA grade for Kingsmoor's packaging..

Peak bodies for the chemicals and manufacturing industries have called for consultation with business, and more time for Parliament to assess the proposed transfer of European laws to Britain..

RJG Technologies, based in Peterborough, has achieved two new certifications, from the Internationals Standards Organisation, and PAA for quality control and training respectively..

Skymark, a packaging extrusion firm based in Scunthorpe, is working to compete a project with the Spanish research centre AIMPLAS to recycle printed films..

The ten-pound note designed by BOPP film specialist Innovia has been revealed by the Bank of England at a ceremony on the bicentenery of Jane Austen's death..

Plastics innovators put on your thinking caps – Motan has opened its Innovation Awards..

The UK finals of the European Youth Debating Competition 2017 were held on July 17, with 50 students arguing about petrochemistry and plastics at Imperial College, London..

Bunting Magnetics is celebrating certification in two new ISO standard for magnets manufacturing and environmental protection..

A project to develop a black pigment that is Near-Infrared compatible has won £1.29million for Sweden’s Polykemi and Britain’s Luxus..

Plastic garden products firm the Stewart Company hosted a visit from the British Plastics Federation for members to learn about its business transition..

Machinery and facilities at Proto Labs Shropshire and German sites will be overhauled after the prototyping firm announced a multimillion inward investment..

Five biomaterials researchers have started a project with Lucideon in Stoke-on-Trent, moving from its twin town of Erlangen to develop anti-microbial materials..

RECOUP, the British Plastics Federation and VEKA Recycling hosted the South Korea Plastic Production and Recycling Federation on a tour of Britain’s recycling facilities..

An innovation accelerator has been set up by the Department for Business and the Carbon Trust to speed up adoption of energy efficient technologies..

BMW, the owner of the Mini marque, has confirmed it will assemble the electric version of the three door Mini at its plant in Cowley, near Oxford..

Italian plastics machinery supplier Moretto has opened global sales offices in Moscow, Shanghai and India..