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Welcome to the weekly British Plastics Federation Members' Newsletter.
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12th December 2008
Issue 125
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BPF NEWS
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PlastEurasia 2008 Report
PlastEuarsia took place 27th - 30th November 2008 in Istanbul, Turkey and the British Plastics Federation coordinated an eight strong group at the show. The show attracted 30,410 visitors (nearly 4,000 more than the previous year) with 1,018 exhibiting companies from 38 countries.
To read the full report please click here
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BPF Attends Manufacturing Summit
On Tuesday 9th December the BPF's Director General Peter Davis raised industry issues at a Manufacturing Summit called by Conservative Party Leader David Cameron MP.
For more information please click here
BPF Form Team to Fight Recession
During a speech held at a reception for the 75th Anniversary of the BPF in the EuPC Centre in Brussels, BPF President said BPF President says European Plastics Associations must help companies threatened by recession. Also present at the reception were senior figures from European Plastics Associations and Commission officials.
For more information click here
Exporters Toolbox - The Largest Online Resource For Plastics Exporters
Exclusively for BPF Members - the BPF Exports toolbox offers:
- Plastics trade data on 72 countries
- Global Plastics Market Report 1995-2015
- Lists of 350+ Plastics Agents and Distributors gathered by the BPF
With Detailed lists of:
- 170 international plastics trade magazines
- 181 trade shows, up to 2011
- 312 plastics Trade Associations
To access the Exporters Toolbox simply CLICK HERE
For more information contact Justyna Jaworska at the BPF on jjaworska@bpf.co.uk or call 0207 457 5001 |
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New Criteria For UKTI Grants Enables More Companies to Apply For Financial Support at Chinaplas and Plastpol
From April 2009 UK Trade and Investment will waive all grants claimed by UK exhibitors (previously set to a maximum of 3). This will mean all companies meeting UKTI Criteria can claim 6 more grants of upto £1,800 per exhibition. Grants are available for upcoming BPF run British Pavilions at Chinaplas (Guangzhou, China, 18 - 21 May 2009) and Plastpol (Kielce, Poland, 26-29 May 2009)
Visit www.bpfevents.co.uk for more information
BPF Comment on Queen's Speech
Local Authorities new power to increase business rates is bad news for plastics' companies says BPF. Not mentioned in the Queen's Speech is the Business Rates Supplements Bill. This gives Local Authorities from April 2010 the power to levy a local supplement up to 2p per pound of rateable value to the nationally determined Uniform Business Rate, and retain the proceeds for 'economic development'.
For more information please click here
Climate Change Agreement Update
As you may already know the BPF has applied to DEFRA for a Climate Change Agreement (CCA) for plastics processing. For the latest update please follow the page linked below. This page will be updated with more information about the Climate Change Agreement as it is released to us.
For more information please click here
Free Public Relations Opportunity For Your Company
In order to raise the profile of the UK Plastics Industry to customer sectors we have arranged for a special plastics feature to be included in the forthcoming issues of 'Manufacturing Executive'; an online magazine that is sent to over 150,000 top level decision makers in the UK.
For more information please click here
BPF Responds to Coverage of ChemTrust Study on 'Gender-Bending' Chemicals
On the 8th December the ChemTrust issued a study entitled 'Effects of Pollutants on the Reproductive Health of Male Vertebrate Wildlife - Males Under Threat'. The report claims that wildlife is being 'feminised' by man-made chemicals in the environment which have hormone disrupting properties. In the attached document you can read the response from the BPF on the issue.
To read the full article and the response from the BPF please click here
REACH Update: Over 2 million Pre-Registrations submitted by the deadline
The pre-registration phase of REACH officially closed at midnight on 1 December 2008. Over two million pre-registrations were submitted covering more than 100,000 substances. The list of pre-registered substances will be published on the ECHA website by 1 January 2009 and will include the final number of pre-registrations received before the deadline.
For more information please click here
Liverpool makes PVC the must have fasion accessory
Liverpool, the European Capital of Culture for 2008, is making innovative use of their old PVC-Banners; recycling them into fashionable new bags! Not only is PVC useful for a variety of applications, it is now proving to be this year's must have fashion accessory.
To check some of the items that have come through the transformation click here
MEMBERS IN THE NEWS
Willis - Flood Preperation
Barclays - Manufacturing Newsletter
LINPAC - LINPAC make convenience easy
Cogent - £50mil Training Fund
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This newsletter editions website to visit is the Euromap , which includes the European buyers guide, technical recommendations, a world market directory and the Euromap Exhibition Calendar.
Visit http://www.euromap.org to find out more.
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BPF EVENTS & UPCOMING KEY DATES
2009 events are now live! Please visit www.bpfevents.co.uk for more details
UPCOMING TRADE SHOWS WITH BRITISH PAVILIONS
27th-30th November 2008 Istanbul, Turkey
PlastEurasia 2008
11th-14th January 2009 Dubai
Arabplast 2009
4th-9th February 2009 New Delhi, India
Plastindia 2009
BPF INNOVATION PROJECTS
To find out more on innovative projects the BPF are involved in CLICK HERE
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Editor: Phillip Batten, pbatten @bpf.co.uk
British Plastics Federation, 6 Bath Place, Rivington Street, London, EC2A 3JE
Tel: 020 7457 5000, Fax: 020 7457 5045, www.bpf.co.uk
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