Industry Overview
Material Processed million tonnes Plastics materials produced million tonnes Processor sales turnover - £13.1 billion Value of exports - £4.6 billion People employed - 186,000 (233,000 in 2001) Over 3,000 primary processors 7,430 companies in the plastics industry Plastics industry turnover £19 bn (£19.6bn in 2001) 25% of plastics products manufactured are exported The Plastics Processing Industry in the UK
Location of Polymer Companies
Polymer Companies Employe es Av. Employees Per Company North West North East Yorkshire and Humberside East Midlands West Midland East South East South West London Wales Scotland Northern Ireland Total Av = 25 Location of Plastics Companies
UK Application Split For All Plastics
BPF & BSN Overview
The British Plastics Federation Longest established plastics Trade Federation in the world Unique in Europe due to diverse membership –Including materials, machinery and processors Represent 75% of industry by turnover 400 direct members, 1600 including affiliates –Covering 140,000+ staff
Group Structure
BSN MEMEBRSHIP
Central Committees Affiliated Organisations
Harnessing Information, Exchanging Views & EU lobbying PlasticsEurope Polymer Industry Europe CEFIC Additive Industry Europe ECVM PVC Industry Europe EuPC Plastics Processing Europe EUROMAP Plastics Machinery Europe EUCIA Composite Industry Assoc. ARMO Alliance of Rotational Moulding Global Vinyl Council International Vinyl Council CIPAD World Plastics Forum
Arabplast 2009 Dubai, UAE, 10 th - 13 th January 2009 Plastindia 2009 New Delhi, India, 4 th - 9 th February 2009 Chinaplas 2009 Guangzhou, China, 18 th – 21 st May 2009 Plastpol 2009 Kielce, Poland 26 th – 29 th May 2009 Fakuma 2009 Friedrichshafen, Germany October 2009 Trade Shows With British Pavilions
BPF Seminars th February Credit Management 18th March Electrical Safety in the Plastics Workplace 14th April UK Plastics Companies in China 13th May Bio-based and Degradable Plastics 3rd June Manufacturing Excellence In Plastics 15 th July Advanced Processing Techniques (Injection Moulding) in conjunction with PTL 1st October Plastics Recycling 7th October Plastics in Automotive 11th November PVC Seminar 18th November Plastics in Packaging 24th November Health and Safety 9th December Plastics and Construction
BPF Online – 2008 Stats 300,000+ Page Views Per Month 350,337 Unique Visitors in 2008
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A History of Plastics A-Z of Additives A-Z of Polymers A-Z of Plastics Processors Plastics Translations Key Plastics Applications
PLASTBOOK Facebook for the plastics industry Over 1300 question already 900 registered users So far….
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Weekly Members Newsletter Keeps members informed on –Industry News –Changing Legislation –Plastics Market Information Reports –Technology updates
REACH Toolbox Downloadable REACH fact sheets and guidance documents Up to the minute REACH timeline Ask A REACH question Downloadable presentations from 4 BPF REACH seminars EuPC REACH preparation tool
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