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The BPF Vinyl’s Group represents the UK PVC industry to Government, customers and media. PVC faces specific issues in the market place and so representatives from forward-thinking PVC producers, converters, additives suppliers and recyclers finance this Group in a focussed programme of activity. For an explanation of PVC as a material, please click here For PVC in Construction Applications, please click here |
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Consumption of PVC and Vinyl products is approximately 33.6m tonnes world wide, with a wide variety of applications; from packaging to construction, to flooring to medical products such as blood-bags. Vinyl has a huge variety of applications, as can be seen by the table below. Rigid products – window profiles and pipes – make up more than half of the market in Western Europe. ![]() Source: CMAI The Group's activities are decided on by the Vinyl’s Group Steering Committee chaired by Alex Hay of Arkema UK.
A strategic communications programme including public relations campaigns and production of promotional resources is managed by the Vinyl’s Communications Committee chaired by Roger Mottram of Ineos Chlor Vinyls (UK) Ltd. |
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Day-to-day management of the PVC issues are managed by the BPF team and vital intelligence on the current state of regulation, political discussions including those in the UK Government and the European Commission, and swift responses to misinformation in the public domain, are all distributed to Vinyls Group sponsor companies. PVC, the environment and the Vinyl 2010 programme The Vinyl 2010 Voluntary Commitment was signed on the 7th March 2000, which brought together the European PVC industry supply chain to speak with one, united voice, whilst also developing key relations with descision makers within Government. Full details of the Vinyl 2010 Programme can be found at www.vinyl2010.org, but some of the highlights include:
The European PVC industry continues to work hard on Sustainable Development and is also recognised as a partner of the UN Partnership for Sustainable Development.
Download the Vinyl 2010 Voluntary Commitment and Annual Report below or via www.vinyl2010.org or for the latest information on PVC recycling www.recovinyl.com. |
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| Vinyl 2010 - The Voluntary Commitment of the PVC Industry | BPF Vinyls Group Resources and Downloads | VinylSUM - an initiative with IPTME, Loughborough, |
| Altro Floors | Arkema Group | BIPEA |
| Exxon Chemical | Hepworth Building Products | Ineos Vinyls UK |
| Marley Plumbing and Drainage | Polypipe plc | Renolit |
| Rohm & Haas | Solvay Polymers | Tarkett |
| UKRFA | Vinnolit | Wavin |
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Vinyls Group Chairman: Roger Mottram, INEOS ChlorVinyls |
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For more information on the Vinyls Group, please contact Sarah Plant, Industrial Issues Executive: Tel: 0207 457 5000 | Fax: 0207 457 5045 | click here to email |