YEAR-ENDER: PLASTICS INDUSTRY UK

Government´s economic policies, recycling woes, global uncertainty rule the roost in 2024 / Industry prospects in 2025 overshadowed by possible trade war

PLASTIC FANTASTIC

Plastribution's Mike Boswell hits the highpoints of England / Trekking effort raises thousands for charities

YEAR-ENDER: BREXIT

British voice displeasure with exodus / Plastics firms see UK-EU trade conditions slowly improve

PLASTRIBUTION

Distributor warns of imitators / Scammers try to get resin / CEO calls for vigilance

PLASTRIBUTION

British distributor buys domestic plastic sheet maker / PIE talks to CEO Mike Boswell: “Move is part of UK growth strategy – Brexit brought complexity and opportunity”

BREXIT

Outcome of UK-EU trade negotiations remains uncertain / Time is running out / Plastics industry prepares / Coronavirus pandemic and supply bottlenecks add to problems

BREXIT

British Plastics Federation unveils online tool to help firms cope with Brexit

UNITED KINGDOM

Brexit deal suffers heavy defeat / Plastics companies concerned about no deal / Cefic asks for solution to avoid supply chain disruptions / BPF survey

UK PLASTICS INDUSTRY

Experts assess what domestic plastics sector might face upon leaving the EU / BPF Brexit seminar in London

UNITED KINGDOM

"Brexit" and plastics industry / BPF fears high trade costs with the EU / Priorities include access to skills / European chemical industry signs joint statement / Plastics exports to UK particularly important for Ireland

INTERVIEW

Mike Boswell, BPF's chairman of the “Brexit Task Force” / No-trade deal with EU could raise plastics trade costs by EUR 990m / UK companies more cautious about investing

BRITISH PLASTICS FEDERATION

Recent study shows high reliance of UK plastics industry on EU workers / Some companies consider extensive automation on factory floors

PLASTRIBUTION

Deal to supply Ethydco product range proving a hit with customers / Progress helped by quality of product, says UK firm

UNITED KINGDOM

UK plastics industry seeks clarity over Brexit / Concerns surrounding free market access continue / Skills, supply chain and workforce issues unlikely to go away soon

KI GROUP POLYMER SUMMIT K 2016

Between fear and opportunity / Key industry stakeholders comment on raw material market shifts and impacts on the plastics industry / Second session of KI Group's exclusive summit during “K 2016”

UK PLASTICS INDUSTRY

British Plastics Federation outlines priorities for Brexit talks / Single market access “crucial” / Converters depend on EU for polymer / Some 40% of plastics firms foreign-owned

PLASTRIBUTION

Exclusive distribution deal for Ethydco's PE portfolio in UK and Ireland

UNITED KINGDOM

More than 50% of respondents to PIE poll say “Brexit” will not impact their business / More than a third fear negative repercussions / “Not the decision our sector wanted,” says UK chemicals association / Linpac does not expect any change

ASSOCIATIONS

Mike Boswell becomes chairman of BPF Polymer Distributors & Compounders Group

ASSOCIATIONS

Polypipe CEO David Hall elected BPF president

ASSOCIATIONS

BPF president reports “positive news” for UK construction sector in 2014 / Reiterates his commitment to issues of building, skills, energy and finance

PEOPLE

Philip Law named BPF director general

ASSOCIATIONS

BPF announces Mike Boswell as new president

ASSOCIATIONS

Mike Boswell elected new vice president of the British Plastics Federation

PLASTRIBUTION

Takeover of UK distribution for KWH packaging films / New brand strategy unveiled at Interplas