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Members Newsletter 22nd October 2014


BPF MEMBERS' NEWSLETTER
22 Oct 2014 - Issue 263


BPF President’s Speech Cites Greg Hammond as BPF Gold Medal Winner 2014 BPF President, Mike Boswell announced that  Greg Hammond of Gabriel Chemie has been awarded the BPF's Gold Medal for services to the industry at the BPF's Annual Dinner on 16th October 2014. Greg Hammond was the major force behind the creation of the BPF’s Masterbatch and Technical Compounds Group and has been its Chairman, with unanimous support from the Group members, for over 8 years… click here
BPF News
Rt Hon Jack Straw MP Meets with the EU Commission to Discuss Azodicarbonamide (ADCA)
On the 15th September, 2014 Rt Hon Jack Straw MP headed a delegation of British Industry to meet with senior representatives from the EU Commission to discuss the legislative process of REACH and the potential implications faced by users and downstream industry... click here
BPF Complains to Education Secretary over Biased Information on Plastics in Schools
Philip Law, BPF Director General has written to the Education Secretary, Nicky Morgan MP, to call for a review of the guidelines available to headteachers  to ensure the presentation of balanced information on materials in schools... click here
Events News
Over 460 attendees join the BPF for its 2014 Annual Dinner
The BPF Annual Dinner 2014 took place on 16th October with over 460 attendees joining the BPF for this auspicious occasion. The evening featured a formal dinner as well as music, dancing, a well frequented bar and an after dinner speech delivered by journalist and ex MP Matthew Parris. Photos of the evening can be found here... click here

The BPF has also just launched a Halloween discounted rate for our 2015 dinner... click here
BPF Seminar to Explore the Current State of the Automotive Industry in the UK
The BPF 'Plastics in Automotive Applications' seminar, taking place at the BPF offices on 13th November 2014 will feature an examination of the 'Current State of the Automotive Industry' in the UK by Rob Morbin of the SMMT as well as presentations on bioplastics, lightweighting and future technologies... click here
Industry News
Launch of the Consultation on Environment Agency Charges for 2015/16
The Environment Agency invites you to comment on our charging proposals for 2015 in respect of our Environmental Permitting Regulation (EPR) and Abstraction charging schemes... click here
PVC Cables Workshop 2014
With its first PVC Cables workshop, the European PVC industry intends to present the state of the art on PVC cables (technical and environmental performance, regulatory framework, recycling technologies) and their beneficial properties to the European cables producers. The workshop also aims at stimulating a proactive discussion on how PVC resin, additives, compounds and cables producers could work together to promote PVC cables... click here
EUROMAP Showcases Lego's approach to Energy Efficiency
Lego have placed energy efficiency at the heart of their manufacturing policy as illustrated by EUROMAP, the European Plastics Machinery Makers Association of which the BPF is a member... click here
Resources Of The Week
Employer Ownership Fund: Developing Women Engineers
The Engineering Skills Fund is still open for Employers to bid into. Government provides a 50% cash match for employers' training. This is for training which does not fit into mainstream funding channels (so it excludes apprenticeships and Degree courses)... click here
Finance Birmingham - National Tooling Funding Programme
The £24m Tooling Funding Programme has been created to help toolmakers and component manufacturer. It is open to manufacturing companies seeking a loan of £50,000 to £1m, although funding requests in excess of this will be considered by exception... click here
Seminars
Chemicals in Plastics
(23 Oct 2014 - The BPF Offices, London)

REPLAST 2014
(6 Nov 2014 - 1 Carlton House Terrace, London)

Plastics in Automotive
(13 Nov 2014 - The BPF Offices, London)



Trade Shows

Plastimagen  
(18 - 21 Nov 2014 - Mexico City, Mexico)

PlastEurasia
(04 - 07 Dec 2014 - Istanbul, Turkey)

PlastIndia
(05 - 10 Feb 2015 -  India)



Industry Events
Plastics Recycling Conference Europe
(29 Oct - 30 Oct 2014 - Milan Marriott Hotel, Italy)


Advanced Engineering UK 2014
(11 Nov - 12 Nov 2014 - NEC, Birmingham)



BPF Annual Dinner 2015
BPF Annual Dinner
(29 Oct 2015 - Lancaster London Hotel, London)
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