A student from Brunel University has claimed top prize in the 2021 ‘Design Innovation in Plastics’ competition, with a product which will help reduce pesticide spray drift. Pol Blanch designed his product to help people in the developing world, after being inspired by his interest in agriculture and the rural issue of how to apply pesticides safely to vital crops. The product, ‘D-Shield’, is a semi-translucent, foldable shield that minimises…
Coinciding with national apprenticeship week, the winner of the Worshipful Company of Horners (Horners) and British Plastics Federation (BPF) Polymer Apprentice of the Year Award 2020 has been announced as Emily Harris of Plasgran (a division of Berry Global), who is completing a Mechatronics Maintenance Engineering Apprenticeship BTEC Level 3. To find out more SELECT AWARDS then POLYMER APPRENTICE. The Awards Ceremony can be viewed here…
The Annual Young Inter-Livery Quiz was held online on Thursday 11th February 2021 It was organised by the Guild of Young Freemen and hosted by Quiz Coconut Laptop ready; Mobile ready; WiFi broadband all good to go; G&T prepared… we were Zoomed into another world… The Young City Livery challengers metaphorically paraded their Company’s Colours across the screen, pounded their hooves and sharpened their focus for the battle ahead. The online…
INEOS and Liniar Awarded BPF and Horners COVID-19 Outstanding Achievement Award The Worshipful Company of Horners, and the British Plastics Federation (BPF), have today announced INEOS and Liniar as recipients of their COVID-19 Outstanding Achievement Award, in recognition of both companies’ excellent work in the fight against coronavirus. INEOS received the award in recognition of their extensive efforts to build hand sanitizer facilities in the UK, Germany and France and…
The Horners’ Covid-19 Outstanding Achievement Award The Horners, in conjunction with the BPF, launched a new award in recognition of outstanding achievement by companies or organisations in reaction to the Covid-19 pandemic. The first recipients of the award were Merchant Taylors’ School, Northwood, and Summit Systems. Merchant Taylors’ School Just as news of the lockdown was published, the 3D printing community responded. and a design for a 3D printed visor frame…
