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The Horners Award 2007 for Plastics Innovation is now Open for Entries!

The Horners Award - the plastic industry's longest serving award is now open for entries. Don't miss the opportunity to enter this prestigious award.

Entering the competition is simple just Click Here to download the form and guidelines, fill it out (takes approx. 2 mins.) and email/fax/post it back to the details given.

  • Deadline Date for Entries: Friday 10th August

The prestigious Horners Award is run jointly with the BPF and the Worshipful Company Of Horners (an ancient guild and livery company of the City of London) and is awarded for innovation in plastics design and manufacture or in the processing of plastics.

The prestigious award is thought to be the oldest extant award for plastics in the world. It is a cornerstone of the Horners many activities supporting Design and Education in the Plastics Industry. The first competition was held in 1947, attracting some 14 entries. Since that point the award has gone from strength to strength.

Previous winners of the Horners Award have received distinct marketing advantages as a result of the accolade, gaining increased press coverage through BPF Online which attracts over 4000 visitors a day, as a highlight in BPF newsletters, and extensive trade press coverage.

Winners will have their details engraved on the imposing "Horners Trophy" which resides in the BPF offices but is also taken to exhibitions and events. The winner of the 1st price will also receive an invitation to the prestigious Horners Banquet at Mansion House where they will be presented with a certificate and The Award by Rt. Hon. The Lord Mayor of London.

The winner of the Horners Award 2006 was Sovrin Plastics for the 'Syclix' surgical instruments, for minimally invasive surgery. Peter Wigmore, Business Development Manager for Sovrin Plastics said:

"We are absolutely delighted to have won the Horners Award, which we have always held in the highest regard. The 'Syclix' is predominantly made of plastic with much of it made up of precision injection moulded components so to be recognised for innovation in this area is just fantastic."

The deadline for entries is Friday 10th August 2007.

For an application form and further details contact Philip Law at the BPF on 020 7457 5011 Fax: 0207 457 5045 or e-mail plaw@bpf.co.uk


How Can You Enter?

Applications forms are available from the British Plastics Federation (BPF), who administer the award. Please contact Philip Law at the BPF on 0207 457 5011 or email plaw@bpf.co.uk.


Who Has Won the Horners Award?


2006

The conception and design of the Syclix instruments was inspired by surgeon John Wickham for minimally invasive surgery. Sovrin Plastics were then recruited to tool, mould and assemble the product.

2005

The UltraCane is an inventive mobility aid for the blind and partially sighted. It works through emitting ultrasonic waves at all levels and these waves bounce off obstructions, causing a button within the handle to vibrate according to the proximity of the obstacle.

2004

Omlet Limited's highly innovative 'Chicken House', the 'EGLU' made of polyethylene which is more suitable than wood because the smooth surface can be cleaned very effectively, it requires no maintenance or chemical preservatives and can be efficiently recycled at the end of its life.

2003

Vent-Axia Ltd for their whole house heat recovery system: The Air Minder.The Air Minder lets your home breathe by removing polluted, stale air and replacing it with a constant supply of clean, filtered air with running costs at less than 20p a day.

2002

3M's revolutionary Paint Preparation System (PPS) - a disposable mixing and filtering paint system designed for use with gravity feed paint spray guns.

2001

The world's first single-piece, lever-lid PET (polyethylene terephthalate) can invented by Jonathan Britton and made exclusively by RPC Containers under licence from the PCC Group.

2000

'Inventa' - an innovative education aid entered by Valiant Technology Limited which makes extensive use of injection moulded Polystyrene and Polypropylene parts.

1999

A new concept design for a 60 litre Supermarket Shopping Trolley which was developed by a consortium including the Industrial Design Consultancy (based in Slough), Dupont Engineering Polymers (based in Hemel Hempstead), Plasto AS (Norway) and Carte 2000 (Australia).
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