Competition for The Horners’ Award for Plastics Innovation & Design 2013 Now Open

The competition for The Worshipful Company of Horners’ Award for Plastics Design and Innovation, in conjunction with the British Plastics Federation (BPF), is now declared open and entries must be received by the deadline of 27th July 2013.

“The Horners’ Award is a prestigious accolade with a number of valuable commercial benefits attached. Last year we again saw a record number of entrants all demonstrating high levels of innovation and exemplary creativity in design. The calibre of entrants year-after-year demonstrates its uniqueness and how vital it is to promote all that design in plastics stands for” said Keith Pinker, the Master of The Horners Company.

The Horners' Award for Plastics Innovation and Design encourages excellence in UK expertise. Entries will be polymer based products and they will be judged on their design innovation, commercial potential, environmental advantage and UK content. The scope of the award also includes polymer related machines or processes. As a further encouragement to UK entrepreneurship, entries must have a proven record of recent commercial success.

The Horners' Award is believed to be the oldest Plastics Design Award in the world, being instituted in 1945, and presents an opportunity for manufacturing companies and designers to join the distinguished ranks of winners, which include the 2012 winner, the highly innovative ‘Birthing Baby’, jointly developed by Brightworks Ltd and Limbs and Things Ltd.

Other noted products to have won the Award include the ‘Cycoloc’ in 2012, the ‘Beehaus’ in 2008 and the ‘Durakerb’ lightweight kerbing system which won a contract to supply the London 2012 Olympics.

The winner of the competition is presented with their Award at The Mansion House during the Annual Banquet of the Worshipful Company of Horners, one of the City of London's most progressive Livery Companies. This year's banquet will take place on 21st October 2013.

The runner up will be presented with the BPF President’s Award at the Federation's Annual Dinner. The BPF Annual Dinner will be held on October 11th 2013.

Application forms for the Horners’ Award are available to download from www.hornersaward.co.uk  

For further information contact Mike Birrell via email [email protected]  and for more information about the Worshipful Company of Horners, please visit www.horners.org.uk

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Notes to editor

The Horners’ Award is an annual award for an imaginative or innovative contribution to the plastics industry. The Worshipful Company of Horners’ was founded to set and maintain

standardsn the ancient craft of the Horner.
After it had 'adopted' plastics, the company introduced an award to encourage good design in plastics, these materials being the logical successor to the horn.

The Horners’ Award is jointly organised by the Worshipful Company of Horners', a City Livery Company, and The British Plastics Federation (BPF).

The British Plastics Federation (BPF) is the UK trade association for the plastics industry – representing the whole supply chain including polymer producers, distributors, additives suppliers, machinery manufacturers, processors and recyclers.