Horners' Award for Plastics Innovation and Design.

 
The Horners Award is an annual award for an imaginative or innovative contribution to the plastics industry. The Worshipful Company of Horners was founded to set and maintain standards in the ancient craft of the Horner.

After it had 'adopted' plastics, the company introduced an award to encourage good design in plastics, these materials being the logical successor to the horn.
 
The Horners Award is an annual award for an imaginative or innovative contribution to the plastics industry. The Worshipful Company of Horners was founded to set and maintain standards in the ancient craft of the Horner.

Could you win the Horners Award?

Any outstanding product, machine or process could be eligible to win the prestigious Horners Award. Entries are judged from the viewpoint of their significance in the United Kingdom through the imagination and appropriate use of plastics. The Rt.Hon. The Lord Mayor of London is Patron of the Award and presents it to the winners at the Horners' Annual Banquet in The Mansion House

The Award is promoted in conjunction with the British Plastics Federation.

The Competition for The Horners’ Award for Plastics Innovation & Design 2013 is now open and entry forms are available to download from www.hornersaward.co.uk .
 
The 2012 Awards
 
The 2012 Awards were judged on 13th September and the clear winner this year was a highly innovative obstetric training device called The Birthing Baby, developed jointly by Brightworks Ltd and Limbs and Things Ltd. 
 
The Birthing Baby is a new born baby mannequin which is having a growing role in the training of doctors, midwives and nurses and helps to prevent adverse outcomes in childbirth. Training using The Birthing Baby helps eliminate confusion in roles and responsibilities, provides better structure and coordination to the performance of key clinical tasks and improves organization and support.
The head, body and limbs are made from RTV Silicone rubber, ABS and water blown polyurethane foam. It includes several realistic, key anatomical features. The head is suitable to practice forceps and suction deliveries and the arms, legs and head articulate realistically. The flexibility, hardness, density and weight distribution of the skin, limbs and joints closely replicate those of a real baby.
 
The judges were also delighted to nominate the Kibosh Emergency Pipe Repair Unit developed by Kibosh Ltd for the BPF’s Highly Commended Certificate. This is an instant and simple temporary repair system for burst and accidentally perforated water pipes.