The Horners’ Award for Plastics Innovation & Design 2016 Now Open

The competition for The Worshipful Company of Horners’ Award for Plastics Design and Innovation, run in conjunction with the British Plastics Federation (BPF), has been declared open and entries must be received by the deadline of 31st July 2016. 

“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 Raymond Layard, the Master of The Horners Company.

The Horners' Award for Plastics Innovation and Design encourages excellence in UK expertise and, as such, entries must have demonstrated that the product, machine, or process entered has significant UK content in design, materials or manufacture. As a further encouragement to UK entrepreneurship, entries must demonstrate their commercial potential or success. 

The Horners' Award is believed to be the longest running Plastics Design Award in the world, being instituted in 1947, and presents an opportunity for manufacturing companies and designers to join the distinguished ranks of winners. This includes the GUARDIAN Anti-Piracy Barrier, which impressed the judges with its relatively simple design that acts both as a visual and physical deterrent.

The winner of the competition is presented with their award at 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 6th October 2016 at The Mansion House. The runner up will be presented with the BPF President’s Award at the Federation's Annual Dinner, which will take place on 13th October 2016. 

Application forms for the Horners’ Award are available 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 standards and 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.