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8 ROLL OF HONOUR 0001 V3.indd 1 05/10/2018 11:03 This year’s Plastics Industry Awards once again acknowledged the superheroes of the sector’s innovation, collaborative eff orts and excellent service during the past 12 months at a Rat-Packed, sensational Swing 8 A night of great celebration themed gala at London’s Hilton on Park Lane, hosted by past Strictly Come Dancing champion, Brendan Cole. 8 Paul Bowles (centre) from Boddington Plastics was the winner of the Heads and Tails competition sponsored by Arburg. His prize is a luxury trip to Paris. 2 Plastics Industry Awards Plastics Industry Awards 3 02 & 3.indd 1 05/10/2018 11:06 02 & 3.indd 2 08/10/2018 12:22 This year’s Plastics Industry Awards once again acknowledged the superheroes of the sector’s innovation, collaborative eff orts and excellent service during the past 12 months at a Rat-Packed, sensational Swing themed gala at London’s Hilton on Park Lane, hosted by past Strictly Come Dancing champion, Brendan Cole. 8 Paul Bowles (centre) from Boddington Plastics was the winner of the Heads and Tails competition sponsored by Arburg. His prize is a luxury trip to Paris. Plastics Industry Awards 3 02 & 3.indd 2 08/10/2018 12:22 Sponsored by www.plastechsolutions.co.uk Consumer Product 8 Design of the Year Winner 2018 FutureNova – The FlipPad The FlipPad, a medical grade case for the iPad designed by FutureNova in Chelmsford and manufactured in a factory near Oldham, is used by clinical staff when they need to keep the iPad protected and cleanable with harsh infection control chemicals. Surgical staff can use it with surgical gloves on, as well as with the Apple pen. Apple have provided consistent support to bring the FlipPad Your standard to their enterprise healthcare market. The company is exploring other Apple Jack Baker, sales manager accessories for healthcare with the potential at Plastech Solutions, to enhance the ability of clinical teams to sponsor of this category, collect patient vital signs. on stage with the team The judges praised the FlipPad as a Solutions from FutureNova. On the rugged and user-friendly solution in clean far right, presenter of the room and sterile settings. The FlipPad is also evening Brendan Cole. venturing into new vertical markets, including food preparation, oil and gas and government sectors. Provider... Finalists 2018 Big Bear Plastic Products - RoofaRack RoofaRack, a lightweight roof box designed for the transportation of large sheet building, weighs 43kg, fi ts on all vans with a simple U-bolt system, and is ISO crash tested. • Moulds • Automation • Robots • Delivering Happiness Ltd T/A Garçon Wines – 100% recycled PET, fl at wine bottle The fi rst full-size wine bottle able to be delivered through a UK letterbox in a 75cl pack format is made of • Vision Inspection • Data Analytics • 100% recycled PET and manufactured in the UK by RPC M&H Plastics. RPC Group - Westland Even-Flo Container Designed and produced by 3 companies within the RPC Group, the new Even-Flo pack from Westland Horticulture is lightweight and, with 3 instead of 9 components, easy to assemble. RPC Massmould – Secure Flip Sports Closure The Secure Flip sports closure from RPC Massmould off ers intuitive one-handed opening via an ergonomic Thumb Tab. Both parts of the closure’s tamper-evident band are retained within the closure after opening, preventing littering. 4 Plastics Industry Awards 04.indd 1 08/10/2018 11:44 PIA brochure template 2018.indd 1 18/09/2018 07:07 www.plastechsolutions.co.uk Your Solutions Provider... • Moulds • Automation • Robots • • Vision Inspection • Data Analytics • PIA brochure template 2018.indd 1 18/09/2018 07:07 Sponsored by Industrial Product 8 Design of the Year Winner 2018 Smallfry Industrial Design & Innovation Strategy – Quanta SC+ Haemodialysis The jury applauded the improvement in quality of life for dialysis patients delivered by the Quanta SC+ Haemodialysis. It is the fi rst and only high performance, portable, compact haemodialysis system with the clinical effi ciency and high fl ow rates of traditional in-centre machines. It uses a unique plastic Richard Orme, business cartridge that is disposed of after each use director Distrupol, - a disruptive breakthrough enabling the sponsor of this award elimination of a cleaning cycle required for category (left), stands conventional machines. next to Smallfry CEO The internal layout is separated into wet Steve May-Russell, Dave Spurling and John E.Milad and dry areas within the enclosure, with from Quanta Dialysis electronics one side and fl uid processing on Technology. On the right the other. Due to the fl uid processing the is Brendan Cole, the enclosure must be double insulated with no presenter of the evening. through-hole fi xings into the chassis. The new design incorporated a larger, high resolution screen and a new membrane keypad. Dialysis patients were consulted at every stage of the design process and user groups reviewed the Design, Develop & Deliver iterative concepts prior to productionising. Award Winning Solutions from Distrupol Finalist 2018 Our highly experienced sales and technical team will support you with mould design, polymer selection, testing, process optimisation and project development. We cover a large range of Multi-Channel Washroom Control System - Hillside Product Design industries from Medical and Automotive to Extrusion and Energy & Electrical. Hillside Product Design Limited (HPDL) developed a compact, durable and innovative design for the control box of the new Multi-Channel Washroom Controller from Dart Valley Systems (DVS), coming up Distrupol, your polymer solutions partner. with a solution that makes optimum use of injection moulding. A matrix of connectors behind a lift-out front panel provided the solution: this could be easily fi tted with the correct number of cable glands through which the wires are fed and then secured by their gland. HPDL and DVS were both able to sign off the product in under 12 months. 6 Plastics Industry Awards 06.indd 1 04/10/2018 13:29 10844PIA winners Distrupol brochure - Sponsorship template.indd advert 2- Plastics Awards Post Event - Q3 2018.indd 1 26/09/201827/09/2018 13:3219:43 Design, Develop & Deliver Award Winning Solutions from Distrupol Our highly experienced sales and technical team will support you with mould design, polymer selection, testing, process optimisation and project development. We cover a large range of industries from Medical and Automotive to Extrusion and Energy & Electrical. Distrupol, your polymer solutions partner. 10844PIA winners Distrupol brochure - Sponsorship template.indd advert 2- Plastics Awards Post Event - Q3 2018.indd 1 26/09/201827/09/2018 13:3219:43 Sponsored by Best Recycled Plastic 8 Product of the Year Winner 2018 RPC M&H Plastics – Garçon Wines’ rPET Flat Profi le Wine Bottle Commissioned by Garçon Wines to produce a wine bottle suitable for the mail-order market – wine for the ‘Amazon generation’ – RPC M&H Plastics came up with an innovative, lightweight bottle made from 100% recycled PET (rPET) with a glass-like fi nish featuring a fl at profi le, but with the classic shape expected by consumers. This enables the bottles to be packaged and delivered through a letterbox. Using rPET in the manufacture of these Tim Riley, general sales bottles has the potential to make a closed manager RPC M&H Plastics, accepts the loop, environmentally sustainable, production trophy for Best Recycled system as the bottles, once used, may be Plastic Product presented recycled and used to produce further bottles. by RECOUP Deputy In the age of online purchases and Chair of Trustees, Jim home delivery, with this development of Armstrong. Presenter of an unbreakable, lightweight plastic bottle, the evening Brendan Cole Garçon Wines and RPC M&H Plastics have is on the right. shown themselves to be completely in tune with the times, said the PIA judges. RECycling of Used Plastics Limited (RECOUP) is a charity Finalists 2018 and leading authority providing expertise and guidance Bloom-in-Box Ltd - Bloomie Floristry Box The Bloomie Floristry Box, made of 99% recycled polypropylene, eliminates the need for cellophane. across the plastics recycling value chain. The box is produced on a modifi able mould; diff erent exteriors are created with the help of in-mould labelling, using recycled PP labels. Built on a network of valued members, collaboration is Marmax Recycled Products - Rain Garden central to our activities, and we are committed to securing The Rain Garden water management system, made with a recycled plastic outer casing which saves sustainable, circular and practical solutions for plastic 1,487 plastic bottles from landfi ll, is a customisable, lower-cost alternative to other attenuation solutions on the market. resources both in the UK and world-wide. Straight Manufacturing Limited - Triple Stack System The Triple Stack System, which enables multiple waste streams to be easily recycled at kerbside in one user-friendly container, promotes resident recycling through its minimal manual handling design. Its CONTACT US TODAY ABOUT MEMBERSHIP ON: push fl ap apertures and lockable lid are convenient and prevent rubbish from escaping. 01733 390021 • www.recoup.org • [email protected] 8 Plastics Industry Awards 08.indd 1 04/10/2018 13:30 PIA brochure template 2018.indd 1 05/09/2018 14:28 RECycling of Used Plastics Limited (RECOUP) is a charity and leading authority providing expertise and guidance across the plastics recycling value chain. Built on a network of valued members, collaboration is central to our activities, and we are committed to securing sustainable, circular and practical solutions for plastic resources both in the UK and world-wide. CONTACT US TODAY ABOUT MEMBERSHIP ON: 01733 390021 • www.recoup.org • [email protected] PIA brochure template 2018.indd 1 05/09/2018 14:28 Sponsored by Young Designer 8 £1,000 of the Year prize Winner 2018 The smart way to dose pellets Sam Gutheridge – Brunel University The ICO System, which stands for Intelligent Clinical Observation System, was lauded by the judges as a timely solution for a healthcare service that is stretched to the brink.