The ‘e-GO’ light aircraft — weighing in at less than 115 kg — used Trelleborg’s tooling blocks for all of the composite parts and patterns.
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John Ellis, Segment Manager Polycarbonate, Bayer MaterialScience
Clive Maier, Owner and Director, Econology Ltd.
Aerospace Biopolymers
Alex Collins, Director, Vannplastics Ltd.
Sourcing & Manufacturing
Andrew McArthur, Engineering Manager, IKO
Nigel Brown, Founding MD, Frontier Aerospace
Dr Martin Kay, Chief Consultant, Pira International
Jan Herring, Strategic Sourcing Leader, Nokia
Charmaine Bowers, Operations Manager, Polymer Training & Innovation Centre
Pipe Extrusion Recycling Micro Manufacturing
Jonathon Short, MD, ECO Plastics Ltd.
Home Appliances
Automotives & Compounds
Mark Bonifacio, President, Bonifacio Consulting Services
Andy Bone, Sales Director, Formaplex
Andrew Smith, Head of Manufacturing, Numatic International
Wire & Cable
Simon Chidgey, Director, M&H Plastics
James Goddard, Honorary Lifetime Member, Plastics Pipe Institute
Jon Herbert, Director, FS Cables
Biopolymers/Materials Science
Paul Maley, Senior Mechanical Engineer, Selex Elsag
General Industry Insight
Film & Sheet Extrusion Recycling
Martin Marron, MD, Biffa Polymers
Graeme Diston, Senior Injection Moulding Engineer, Bausch + Lomb
Education in the UK & Ireland
Construction
Nike performance apparel — made from recycled bottles! National football team kits are being made using polyester from 13 recycled bottles.
Graham Pickwell, Technical Adviser, Polymer Training & Innovation Centre
Dr Terence A. Cooper, CEO, ARGO Group International
Ken Braney, 2010-2011 President, Society of Plastics Engineers
Advisor for the German & Scandinavian Speaking Countries
Barry Assheton, Sales Director, CRDM
Mould Making
John Bunker, Member, Worshipful Company of Horners
Packaging
Blow Moulding
Omer Kutluoglu, CEO, 2K Manufacturing
Andrew Feilden, Principle Consultant, Smithers Rapra
ZiPP Mannequino — these flatpack mannequins have been designed by UKbased Systematique. Made of sheet PP, the mannequins have a low carbon footprint compared to traditional models.
General Industry Insight
In-ear monitoring systems from Advanced Communication Solutions — moulded from medical grade 40 shore silicon, the earpieces contain SteriTouch antimicrobials. According to ACS, the earphones are endorsed by musicians including U2 and the BBC Orchestra.
John Sturgess, Director, MG Stuma
Medical
Rapid Prototyping
The ‘IC01’ chair — an award-winning contemporary chair, combining elegant geometry with simple processing. The chair is made of Ticona’s Celstran PP LFT.
Plastics for the Environment
Welcome to the June/July issue of EPPM magazine. You’ll be pleased to know that this editorial is missing a lot of the usual waffle, to be replaced with some of the very best in recent plastics innovations. EPPM is, and always has been, a product tabloid — looking almost exclusively at the latest in machinery and materials developments, with some industry news for an informative backdrop. But what we rarely look at — or at least not very often — are the actual innovations that come from the machines and materials that we profile every issue. So here’s just a handful — if you’ve been to the major events this year, you may have seen some of these already, but I thought it was important, before we enter the second half of the year, to ‘inject’ some innovation into EPPM (pardon the pun).
Recycling
Injecting innovation
Medical
Injection Moulding
from the editor
Wood Plastic Composites
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Our Editorial Advisory Board is compiled of a cross-section of the plastics industry, including processors, consultants, technicians and key industry figures.
Dr Gerd Schmaucks, Independent Consultant