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19 June 2013

BPF announces plastic recycling conference
The British Plastics Federation (BPF) has launched Replast 2013, its sixth annual plastics recycling conference. 19 June 2013

£20m green tech fund for West Midlands SMEs
A £20m funding programme to help SME supply chain companies develop, grow and diversify their businesses within the ‘green’ sector in the West Midlands has launched. 19 June 2013

18 June 2013

Government offers £25m to aerospace research
UK aerospace businesses are set to benefit from £25m of Government funding for collaborative research and technology projects. 18 June 2013

Teesside plant benefits from reliable manufacturing
Sabic’s ethylene liquefaction plant on Teesside has witnessed a “dramatic turnaround” and is on track to make productivity gains of more than £10m a year following intervention from change management consultancy, Reliable Manufacturing. 18 June 2013

La Seda de Barcelona files for insolvency
Spanish packaging group La Seda de Barcelona (LSB) has announced that it will begin insolvency proceedings. 18 June 2013

Waste mussels in on marine fauna
Toxic substances contained in micro-plastic waste can enter the food chain through ingestion by marine fauna such as plankton and mussels, according to the Dutch government, which is calling on EU environment ministers to address the issue. 18 June 2013

UK inflation flouts Bank of England forecast
Inflation rose 0.3% in May, the result of increases in the cost of fuel and clothing. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said the Consumer Prices Index grew by 2.7% in the year to May, up from 2.4% in April. 18 June 2013

Flextronics buys Engel machines for new innovation centre
Flextronics International has ordered two 110-ton Engel injection moulding machines that will be placed with a manufacturing partner in Minnesota. 18 June 2013

Rutland Plastics makes the medical grade
Rutland Plastics has attained ISO13485 for the manufacture of non-sterile injection and flow moulded components for medical devices and the machining, finishing and sub-assembly of mouldings.  18 June 2013

17 June 2013

PolyOne teams up with France’s Matériautech
Focusing on metal replacement applications in Europe, US-based PolyOne has signed a cooperation agreement with French plastics resource organisation Matériautech. 17 June 2013

Czech petrochemical plants restart as floods subside
Czech chemical plants, closed down last week in the face of the devastating floods spreading across central Europe, are struggling to re-launch production as the flood waters recede. 17 June 2013

Recycle Week celebrates 10th birthday
Today (17 June) marks the start of the tenth annual Recycle Week, a decade that has seen the UK recycle 50 billion plastic bottles, according to Wrap. 17 June 2013

DuPont shows auto composite impact beam
DuPont has developed a composite technology based on its Zytel polyamide 66 material, which has passed crash tests performed by French car maker PSA Peugeot Citroen. 17 June 2013

Chemical engineering graduate offered Westminster placement
The Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE) is inviting applications for The Ashok Kumar Fellowship, which gives a chemical engineering graduate the opportunity to spend three months working at the UK Parliamentary Office for Science and Technology (Post). 17 June 2013

The UK's premier plastics event PDM13 starts tomorrow
Exhibitors are gearing up to show their latest products at the PDM13 conference and exhibition in Telford. 17 June 2013

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