Members Newsletter 17th February 2015

BPF Political Contact Programme Thriving: MP Visits to RPC Tedeco-Gizeh

The Rt Hon Dr Hywel Francis, MP for Aberavon, and Stephen Kinnock, Labour Party candidate for the seat at the next General Election, visited the RPC Tedeco-Gizeh factory at Kenfig Industrial Estate, Port Talbot on Friday 30th January as part of the BPF’s Political Contact Programme... click here

BPF Annual Accident Survey: Why is it so Important to Complete?

Completing the Accident Survey helps us to understand which area we, together with the HSE, should focus our attentions on. This enables us to provide you with effective tools to tackle common health and safety issues... click here

BPF Host 3rd Industry Forum on Azodicarbonamide (ADCA)

The 3rd Industry Forum on Azodicarbonamide (ADCA) was held on Tuesday 3rd February 2015 at the offices of BASF, Cheadle Hulme. Hosted by the BPF in conjunction with their Additives Suppliers Group, Steve Quinn (West & Senior Ltd) delivered a presentation highlighting the progress and developments of ongoing industry activity to avoid the proposal for ADCA to be added to the Authorisation List (Annex XIV) of the EU REACH legislation... click here

BPF Business Conditions Survey - Final Reminder!

The deadline for BPF Member firms to complete this bi-annual survey is this Friday 20th February. Taking only a short amount of time to complete, the data gathered provides a crucial sna[shot of the shape of our industry... click here

Russell Livesey Takes Over as BPF Masterbatch & Technical Compounds Group Chairman

Russell Livesey, Managing Director of  Colloids Ltd, has been confirmed as the new Chairman of the BPF’s Masterbatch & Technical Compounds Group, following the retirement of former Chairman, Greg Hammond of Gabriel-Chemie…... click here

Science Industry Skills Award – Apply Now!

Being held on Thursday 7th May 2015, at the Montcalm Hotel, London the awards will celebrate the achievements of individuals, employers, providers – colleges, universities and training providers across the science industries.  BPF Members can receive a reduced seat rate at the awards by quoting SISA15-BPF when booking your seats… click here

Help us to Inform the European Commission about the Impact of REACH – Survey Now Open!

BA team consisting of The Centre for Strategy and Evaluation Services (CSES), Risk & Policy Analysts (RPA) and Ökopol Institut für Ökologie und Politik GmbH (Ökopol) has been appointed by the European Commission’s Directorate General Enterprise and Industry to conduct a study looking at the impact of REACH on industry and downstream industries… click here

£1Million Funding Opportunity for Innovative Manufacturing Businesses

Innovate UK is seeking proposals for experimental development to address the ‘gap’ to market that can arise after a successful high-value manufacturing project... click here

BPF Announces Date For Highly Anticipated Health and Safety Seminar

The British Plastics Federation, in conjunction with the SIMPL initiative (Safety in Manufacturing Plastic), will play host to its annual Health and Safety seminar on 19th March at the Country Ground on Grace Road in Leicester... click here

What Plastic can Learn from Steel in a Circular Economy

Mike Biddel of MBA Polymers contributes to The Guardian, giving his opinion on what the Plastics Industry can learn from companies who recycle steel… click here