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The regular BPF newsletter is sent out to all members of the Federation.  If you are a member, please click on the links below to be taken to the newsletter.

16th March 2010

• Updated Polymer Prices now Available
• Polymer IRC Course Update 
• BPF Committed to Plastics Packaging Recycling    
• Date Set For BPF Annual Dinner 
• Chancellor Urged to Cut Public Spending     
• PVC Innovation Column 
• Plastics and Rubber Vietnam Updtes Via Twitter  
• Innovation Monthly Column 
• Governments Energy Management Strategy Released   
• BPF Rotational Moulding Seminar at PDM

 

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3rd March 2010

• Sign up to join BPF's Mission to China
• Signing of Memorandum of Understanding with Vietnamese Plastics Association
• Member Promotional Opportunity - Guardian Supplement
• Updated 2009 International Plastics Data Now Available!
• BPF Produces Factsheet About PVC-U Windows in Fires
• PVC AWARE Exhibiting at Ecobuild 2010
• HSE’s "Shattered Lives Campaign"
• World Cup Sides to Wear Shirts Made Entirely From Recycled Plastic Bottles
• Energy Management for Plastics Processors
• Deadline for Government Grant  for Exhibiting In Poland
• Major Names Sign Up to Exhibit at PDM10
• BACS Surfactants Formulation Group Meeting
• Free Legal Support Helpline

 

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18th February 2010

 

• BPF Packaging Newsletter - February 2010
• New BPF Windows Group Website
• Essential market Data for Members
• 2009 BPF Seminar Packs Available for Download
• Oldest Plastics Award in the World is Now Open For Entry
• BPF to participate in UltraFibre Project
• New Standard for Health & Safety is now published
• 'Beacon Company' sought
• Materials KTN Innovation Monthly
• Manufacturing Efficiency for Plastics Processors
• Catalogue Show at International Trade Fairs
• Materials Technologies for Energy Applications, a UK Showcase
• Advanced Engineering in China & India Roadshow
• Market Visit to Brazil
• Website of the Week

 

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3rd February 2010

• UK Plastics Industry Sees Some Positive Signs in 2010
• BPF Meets Conservative Energy and Climate Change spokesman Greg Clark MP
• BPF Publish Report on Turkey's Largest Plastics Trade Show 
• New Chairman for the BPF Vinyls Group
• BPF’s Members For 2009-2010
• Members Only: Catalogue Show at P&R Vietnam 2010
• PVC-U Recyclability and Fire Safety Key Messages at Ecobuild 2010
• Plastic Electronics:  A UK Strategy for Success
• PDM10 Announces Conference Line-up
• BPF’s Road Safety Seminar - 24th February 2010
• Manufacturing Efficiency For Plastics Processors - 10th March 2010
• Accommodation for K2010 With The BPF
• Exhibit With The BPF at Plastpol Aided by a £1,000 grant
• Join The BPF/Rapra Mission to China And See The Chinese Grand Prix
• Plastics 2020 Challenge Marine Litter Debate  
• Government to Support British Composites Industry
• Listgrove Reflects on 2009/2010 HR Trends   
• Take Part in Solvay's 4th Annual PVC Innovation Contest 

 

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20th January 2010

• New Year's Message From BPF Director General
• Let’s Make Climate Change an Opportunity!
• BPF Comments on Government's ‘Going for Growth’ Strategy
• Honours for BPF Vinyls Group Chairman
• Construction Industry Forecast: 2009 – 2013
• Exhibit at Plastpol 2010
• China Briefing Pre-Mission to Chinaplas
• iPolyCond Questionnaire
• Ener-Plast Releases Mould and Tool Guide
• EU Plast Voltage
• Member News
• Call for Speakers 

 

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15th December 2009 

• BPF Grips Camberwell Fire Issue
• BPF Writes to Health Minister to Defend the  Safety of Bisphenol-A (BPA)
• BPF letter to support PVC - Printed in the Mail on Sunday.
• Peter Mandelson launches low carbon construction Innovation and Growth Team (IGT)
• Deadline approaching for applications on recycling processes
• Vinyls Group- Closer to RIBA
• Construction Market Statistics
• China Pre-Mission Briefing   
• Museum of the Week

 

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2nd December 2009

• BPF Responds to Campaign to Ban Bisphenol-A in Baby Bottles
• BPF ‘s Polymer Price Profile Download for FREE!!
• BPF Meet with Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) Waste Team
• BPF Meet Energy Minister Lord Hunt
• BPF Re-launches Rotational Moulding Buyer's Guide
• Plastics Packaging Seminar Delegate Pack Available to Download
• BPF President's Annual Dinner Speech
• Advertise Your Company on BPF's Plastipedia!
• HSE; Health and safety statistics 2008/09
• Youth Parliament' Debates Plastics BPF EPS Group Launch New Informational Website
• Exhibit at Vietnam Plastics Fair For FREE
• Visiting Chinaplas 2010
• Rotoflex Project Brochure
• Museum of the Week

 

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17th November 2009

• Phthalates and the Feminisation of Boys Allegation: BPF Responds to Press Coverage
• UK Plastics Industry Launches New Campaign to Tackle Marine and Beach Litter
• BPF’s 76th Annual Dinner a huge Success
• Special Feature: Market Information Reports   
• EPA Study Finds no Low-Dose Effects of BPA on Reproductive Function or Behaviour
• Time is Running Out for Downstream Users (DSU) to Provide Uses to Registrants With a 2010 Deadline for REACH
• Plastics in Sustainable Construction - A BPF Seminar
• UKTI Advanced Engineering Roadshow: UKTI Advanced Engineering Roadshow
• Energywise Plastics Project Kicks Off
• iPolyCond Project Kicks-Off
• P-REACH Project Commences
• EuPlastvoltage Project Questionnaire
• Museum of The Week
  

 

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4th November 2009

• BPF Announces 2010 Seminar Dates
• Eight Association Alliance Write to Chancellor Ahead of Pre-Budget Statement
• BPF Launches Plasticstandards.com
• Plastics in Politics
• BPF Announce Upcoming Plastics in Sustainable Construction Seminar
• BPF Respond to WRAP Courtauld Commitment II Carbon Methodology Consultation
• BPF Executives Present on Sustainability Credentials of PVC
• UK Packaging Recycling Market Doubles in Size
• Wall Street Journal Reports UK Manufacturing Booming
• UK T&I grants for 2010/2011 announced
• Youth Debate the Role of Plastics and Sustainability
• ELIPSO Report on Plastics Packaging in 2010
• European Plastics Industry Market Data and Waste Management Performance Published
• Overview of UK Business Conditions
• London 2012 Update Presentations
• Annual Dinner BPF Organise Mission to China 2010
• BPF Reports on the Recent Fakuma Show 2009  

 

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October 21st  2009

• BPF Launch Rotational Moulding Buyer's Guide
• Horners' Award for Plastics: Winner Annouunced
• BPF Offers Members Free Access to full Business Funding Information
• Technology Strategy Board, Chief Executive Iain Gray presents to BPF Council on R&D Support and Funding
• Materials Data on Export and Import Worldwide
• BPF Assists with RPA Study on Cadmium Levels in Recycled PVC
• BPF Welcomes Government Drive to Stop Waste being Landfilled
• Government to invest £2.5 million in innovation for industrial biotechnology
• European Week Of Health & Safety 19 25 Oct 09.
• BPF Annual Dinner - 5 November 2009
• PVC and the Low Carbon Future: A BPF Vinyl's Group Seminar Plastics Packaging: Meeting the Sustainability Challenge
• Two Weeks to go Until Opportunities in India Seminar
• BPF EVENTS & UPCOMING KEY DATES
• UPCOMING TRADE SHOWS WITH BRITISH PAVILIONS
• Newsletter Archive

 

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October 9th 2009

• BPF Signs Historic Climate Change Agreement
• Mission to China 2010
• Seminar on Opportunities for UK Plastics Companies in India
• Downloadable Report on Indian Market
• Join the British Group at Plastpol 2010
• Visit the BPF Stand at Fakuma 2010
• Take Part in the BPF Member Accident Survey 2009
• Government announces Low Carbon Review of the Construction Industry
• Government Responds to BPF Request to Extend Car Scrappage Scheme
• BPF Seminar - Plastics Packaging: Meeting the Sustainability Challenge
• Carbon Trust Issues Low Carbon Innovation Challenge To Plastic Bottle Producers
• BPF Factsheet – PET Plastics Bottles: Facts not myths
• Ener-Plast Project to hold seminar at FAKUMA 2009
• Members in The News
• BPF EVENTS & UPCOMING KEY DATES 
  
  

 

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September 24th 2009

• BPF Member Guidance
• HSBC Group Chief Executive Addresses BPF Members
• HSE launches Risk Assessment and Policy Template
• WRAP Courtauld Commitment II Consultation
• 1 Week To Go Until The Start of the BPF Climate Change Agreement
• Exclusive BPF Members offer on Catalogue show at Fakuma
• Making the most of your Membership
• Over 200 tickets sold for the BPF Annual Dinner
• UKTI Defence and Security Organisation Offers to Assist BPF Members
• BPF Recruits Companies for British Pavilion at Asia's Largest Plastics Exhibition
• Members in The News
• Website of the Week

 

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September 8th 2009

• BPF Warning - Anti-Plastics Film Due for Imminent Release
• BPF Responds to Project Kaisei: Plastics in the North Pacific Gyre
• BPF to speak at Materials KTN event at FAKUMA
• BPF Annual Dinner
• Plastics Success in Toys and Game Markets
• Alternatives Wanted for the Beer Glass
• BPF Highlight Vietnam as a Market of Potential Opportunity
• Commercial Benefits of BPF Membership
• Pept-Flow Releases August Newsletter
• Exhibit at Plastics and Rubber Vietnam 2010 with the BPF
• K2010 - British Group is now complete!
• Seminar: Opportunities for UK Plastics Companies in India
• Petiton to Government for Grants
• Construction Products Association (CPA) release Summer Forecast / Market Trends Reports
• 'Future of Building Control: Implementation Plan' released by Communities and Local Government (CLG)
• Website of the Week  

 

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August 25th 2009

• Manufacturers Offered 0% Loans by the Carbon Trust
• BPF Announce Forthcoming Shows With British Pavilions
• Essential Market Data for Members
• BPF Seminar-Opportunities for UK Companies in India
• Remember Remember the 5th of November
• Lets Grow Plastics Recycling: Recycling Seminar
• President's Forum - 15 September 2009
• Important Changes to Trade Credit Insurance Top-Up Scheme
• ENER-Plast survey reveals low awareness of European Energy Legislation
• Commercial Benefits of BPF Membership
• Queen's Award for Enterprise 2010 Now Open to Plastics Companies
• Construction Products Association Release "Innovation and Achievement 2009" Brochure
• Website of the week
• Members in The News

 

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August 11th 2009

• BPF Leads in Heading off Slovakian PVC Ban
• Follow the BPF on Twitter
• BPF Tackles RIBA on Camberwell Fire
• BPF Energy To Host Free To Attend 'Surgeries' on the Climate Change Agreement
• One Month Left to Qualify for Earlybird Offer on Annual Dinner Tickets
• Chinaplas 2010 - BPF recruits for the British Group
• Have you Downloaded the BPF Buyers Guide?
• Opportunities for Paid Graduate Internships
• Plastics Peaks & Troughs
• ReHeat project technology exploitation
• Micromelt Project heads towards completion
• Websites of the Week
• Members in The News  

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July 28th 2009

• Results of Bi-Annual BPF Trade Survey
• BPF Receives Royal Assent for Climate Change Agreement
• BPF’s Assurances on PVC-U Fire Safety
• BPF Comments on the Government’s Low Carbon Industrial Strategy
• Greystone Financial Services joins the BPF’s Business Support Network
• The UK Renewable Energy Strategy
• Manufacturing, Our Future.
• Energy saving in the Plastics Processing Industry
• Plastic Industry Awards Finalists

 

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July 13th 2009

• Plastic Industry Launches Ground-Breaking Environmental Campaign
• BPF Features on BBC Radio
• BPF Director General, 21st Most Powerful Man in Packaging
• BPF asks Members to Commit to Addressing Marine Litter
  
• Submit Articles to Plastipedia
  
• BPF Director General Visits London Olympics 2012 Site
• Tell us where to go!
  
• New German Plastics Federation
• BPF Very Concerned by Government Borrowing
  
• Making Rotational Moulding More Efficient
  
• BPF 76th Annual Dinner
• President's Forum
• Government Housing Targets Will be Missed
• Recession hits construction especially hard
  
• Website of the Week: Manufacturing Advisory Service
• INEOS ChlorVinyls Runcorn Site Wins Low Carbon Award
  
• Listgrove assessment programme pays dividends for Teknor Apex
  

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June 30th 2009

• Register For An 80% Discount On Your Climate Change Levy
• BPF Director General Urges Industry to Take Action and Register For the BPF Climate Change Agreement
• BBC Approach BPF Seeking UK Companies For New Business Series
• BPF Reports Successful Plastpol 2009 Exhibition
• Opportunity to speak at Turkey's Plastics Industry Congress
• Key Developments in Composites Recycling
• BPF Members Asked to Submit Press Releases for Future Newsletters
• UK T&I Advanced Engineering Brazil showcase, 15th October 2009
• Advice From The Experts
• Construction News
• Opportunity for Plastics in Housing
• Export News
• The BPF Still has Eight Stands Available for UK Exhibitors at K2010
• Website of the Week: Enerplast
  
  

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June 15th 2009

• BPF Secures HSBC Group Chief Executive to Speak at Exclusive Event
• Operation Clean Sweep - Take the Pledge to Prevent Plastic Resin Loss
• BPF Welcomes the Release of Defra's Packaging Strategy
• Chinaplas 2009 - Show Report
• Budget Planning and Business Trends 2010 Seminar- 8 July 2009, BPF Offices
• Horners' Award For Plastics Innovation is Now Open
• ECHA Recommends Strict Control For Seven Substances of Very High Concern
• New Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
• HM Government Releases "New industry New jobs" Report
• Construction: Worst Fall in Output on Record
• CPA Credit Insurance Questionnaire
• Vinyl 2010 Progress Report
• EUPlastvoltage Project Kicks-Off
• Capscrap Project to Reduce In-Process Scrap Reaches First Anniversary
• UK Solids Handling Sector Visit
• Advanced Engineering Opportunities in the Indian Market
• Free BA Business Class Flights for Exhibitors Claiming TAP Grant for the First Time
• Grants available for Fakuma 2009
• Exhibit at PlastEurasia 2009
• EXHIBITOR ALERT: Misleading EXPO-GUIDE and FAIRGUIDE Offers
• Website of the Week

 

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 June 8th 2009

• New Recruit at the BPF
• Green Build Expo - BPF to speak on PVC windows
• Enerplast Mould Tool Survey
• Construction Products Association's Monthly Overview
• Peptflow project releases May 2009 newsletter
• Beijing Olympics Environmental Report
• Construction Products Association Spring 2009 Forecasts
• Bank of England May Report
• Vinyl Material Council & PVC Recycling
• EuCIA Composites Newsletter
• Carbon Reduction Commitment: Quarterly update
• Advanced Engineering CEE & Baltic's Roadshows Around the UK: 22-24 June 2009
• Website of the Week

 

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 27th May 2009

• Health and Safety Newsletter - Spring 2009
• BPF in Campaign to Grapple with UK Public Opinion
• New President aims for a level playing field for the Plastics Industry
• Retiring BPF President says the Plastics Industry and the BPF are 'Fit for the Future'
• Download Over 400 Presentations From BPF Seminars in 2007 and 2008
• European Commission Spring 2009 forecast
• The Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC)
• Website of the Week
  

 

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 7th May 2009

• BPF Welcomes 2009 Budget
• K 2010 registration deadline reminder- 31st of May 2009
• 'The Guardian' Supplement on Plastics
• BPF Hosts High-Level Packaging Forum
• Plastics Preventing Crime
• Manufacturing Efficiency: Reducing Costs and Increasing Profitability in Plastics Processing
• BPF To Launch New Buyers Guide at PDM 2009
• Opportunity for BPF Members to speak at Seminars in China and Poland
• Publication: The Quality Protocol for the manufacture of secondary raw materials from waste non-packaging plastics.
• The BPF has recently recruited a new member of the team.
• PVC Industry To Help London 2012 Olympic Games
• BPF Praises Building Industry for Increasing PVC Recycling
• Vinyl 2010 Progress Report Released
• Construction Products Association Press Release: Construction industry suffering
• BRE 'Green Guide' PVC Flooring Ratings
• Website of the Week
• BPF Events and Upcoming Dates
• Upcoming Trade Shows With British Pavilions

 

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 21st April 2009

• EuPC Report on Industry Performance across Europe
• BPF Seminar: Bio-based and Degradable Plastics - Wednesday 13th May
• BPF Writes to Chancellor Ahead of Budget
• BPF Requests Meetings With Key Ministers
• China Forum 2009
• British Pavilion at K 2010
• Plastics Industry Says Illegal Dumping and Bad Behaviour to Blame for Beach Litter
• Bank of England Business Conditions
• Exhibit with the British Group at Fakuma
• PVC 2011 Dates announced
• Slips and Trips E-Learning Package - NOW AVAILABLE
• HM Government release 'Real help now for people for business' Report
• Construction Products Association Spring 2009 Forecasts
• Conservative Party Housing Green Paper
• Consultation on the Energy Saving Trust guidance for domestic low and zero carbon technologies
  

 

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 31st March 2009

• Success in China for UK Plastics Companies
• EPS Group Promote the Benefits of EPS Insulation
• K 2010 - British Group Registration Open
• Latest Recovinyl Newsletter Released
• ENER-Plast: Reducing the Energy Consumption of the Polymer Industry
• BPF Members Receive a 50% Discount at IdentiPlast 2009
• Duty Suspension Scheme
• DuPont Briefs BPF on Innovation
• Bank Of England Summary of Business Conditions
• SPE Recycling Conference
• BPF 74th Annual General Meeting
• BPF at Eco-Build 2009
• Payment in the Construction Products Industry
• Questionnaire on Electromagnetic Fields
• Construction Products Association Parliamentary Event
• Cinpres - Cinpres helps manufacturers fight the recession at PDM 2009
• Zotefoams - New 'Healthcare Pink'
• Willis Commercial Network - The Corporate Manslaughter Act Website of the Week

 

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2nd March 2009

• PlastIndia exhibition hits a record numbers of visitors
• Two new International Plastics Market reports are now available on the BPF Exporters Toolbox
• Credit Crunch and Housing
• BPF Launch New 'Member Of' logo
• Resource Efficiency Campaign - Real Help for Business
• Latest CCA News
• BPF Attends Eco-Build Exhibition at Earl's Court
• UK Plastics Companies in China - A BPF Seminar
• Health and Safety Seminar: Electrical Safety in the Plastics Workplace - 18th March 2009
• BPF Mailing List Up-date
• BPF Innovation Projects Forge Ahead

 

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 10th February 2009

• Plastics Industry Meets Bank of England
• BPF Warns MPs of Recession's Effects
• EPS Industry Representative Groups Join Forces
• EuPC urges EU support for Plastics Processors
• BPF Attends Eco Build
• European Court of Justice ruling on accrued holiday entitlement during sick leave 

 

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21st January 2009

• BPF Launch Media Channel
• BPF Online Business Conditions Survey
• BPF Stage Credit Management Seminar - 25th Feb 2009
• Government Financial Offers Support to BPF Members
• BPF has letter printed in the Independent on Sunday
• BPF Wins ASA Judgement Against Wood Window Alliance
• London Assembly Environment Committee: 'On the Go' Recycling
• Listgrove's Interim Management tackles 2009 business issues
• Construction Output Falling Faster Than at Any Time Since Early 80s
• Last chance to join a Trade Mission to PlastIndia 3rd-7th February 2009
• Upcoming International Trade Fairs with a British Pavilion

 

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12th December

• PlastEurasia 2008 Report BPF Attends Manufacturing Summit
• BPF Form Team to Fight Recession
• Exporters Toolbox - The Largest Online Resource For Plastics Exporters
• New Criteria For UKTI Grants Enables More Companies to Apply For Financial Support at Chinaplas and Plastpol
• BPF Comment on Queen's Speech
• Climate Change Agreement Update
• Free Public Relations Opportunity For Your Company
• BPF Responds to Coverage of ChemTrust Study on 'Gender-Bending' Chemicals
• REACH Update: Over 2 million Pre-Registrations submitted by the deadline
• Liverpool makes PVC the must have fasion accessory

 

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 26th November 2008  

• BPF Reaction to Pre-Budget Statement
• The BPF Member Benefits - Purchasing Cost Reductions
• Bank of England: Summary of Business Conditions, November 2008
• BPF Packaging Round-Up
• Construction Products Association (CPA) Market Trends (Oct 2008)
• Construction Products Associaton (CPA) Industry Forcasts 2008-2012
• Construction Products Association Construction Barometer; Barometer Hits New Low
• BPF Member Exclusive: CMAI's latest Global Plastics & Polymers Market Report
• Packaging: Perception and reality
• REACH Alert:
• Health and Safety Newsletter 2008
• Annual Accident survey 2008
• Polymer Innovation Network Day at the Emirates
• MEMBERS IN THE NEWS : LME Plastics | Barclays | Listgrove
• Website of the week - Supply2.gov.uk

 

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12th November 2009

• Miliband Asked to Explain Unfair Energy Cost Burden
• "REACH and the Plastics Industry: Guiding you through . . ." A BPF SEMINAR
• New Home Office Arrangements for Migrant & Temporary Workers
• Trade Mission to India 2009
• Polymer Innovation Network: Innovation Day
• EuPC Hosts Flowfree and Polycond training events
• P.I.G.S Wanted!  

 

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 14th October 2008 

• BPF Launch New Website
• Government Follows BPF Proposal
• Design Innovation In Plastics
• Health and Safety Newsletter 2008
• Annual Accident survey 2008
• Vinyl's Group Seminar - 5th November
• 2008 Horners Award Winner Announced
• Manufacturing Activity Report
• Polymer Innovation Day flagship Event at the Emirates
• PEPT-Flow reaches major Milestone
• Polymer Innovation Network call for Spark Awards
• Arabplast - deadline for registration reminder
• Cellular PVC Group Release Code of Practice
• UK Housing Start-Ups - Market Data
• RIBA Stirling Awards Dinner
• Construction Products Association release its Annual Innovations Review
• Benefits of PVC are clear to see
• Trade Mission to India 2009
• Polish-British Business Matching Event
• BPF Hold Successful Recycling Seminar 
   
  

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  BPF News - Interplas Special 25th September 2008  

  BPF Provide Key Feature at Interplas Show

  2008 is a historic landmark in the UK plastics industry's history.  Not only is it the 75th Anniversary of Polyethylene but also the 75th Anniversary of the British Plastics Federation - now the longest established plastics association in the world.

  
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