Alex Roquero and Olivia Alexander, winners of the Horners’ Student Design and Innovation in Plastic were invited by our lead sponsor, Covestro to visit them in Leverkusen, Germany. There they visited the Bayer Bee Care Centre. Gillian Mansfield, who hosted them at the bee centre, has posted a report of their visit on the bee centre website. To read it, click on ‘Read More’ then click the link. https://beecare.bayer.com/media-center/news/detail/awardees-create-a-buzz-with-novel-designs
As the Livery Company supporting the Plastics Industry, we are all too aware of the negative publicity the the Industry is receiving on the subject of plastic waste and pollution. The Chairman of the Polymer Committee, Honorary Court Assistant Malcolm Wilkinson, has written an article on the subject which has been posted in the Polymer Committee Page of this website. We have also posted three other articles on the subject…
The Horners have a strong association with the BPF, working together within the Plastics and Composites industry. The Horners were featured in the BPF’s Annual Review
We once again attended the Livery Showcase event at The Guildhall, where over 800 students attended from 30 schools. Great interest was shown in the demonstrations given by the Horners. In particular, our Upper Warden was able to ‘High-Five’ students for their great interest in his plastics knowledge !