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In an unprecedented ‘first’ for the Design Innovation in Plastics (DIP) competition, the judging panel has awarded top prize to joint winners for 2026, reflecting the high quality and very distinct products they created. They are Brunel University’s Isaac Faruque with his ‘Cross Connect’ game, and Aston University’s Maya Pai, for her ‘Honeycomb Havoc’ game, both of which offered outstanding solutions to the original brief. Isaac’s entry was recognised for…
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This year, at the Installation Court, held at Painter Stainer’s Hall, Dr. Michael O’Brien was installed as Master, David Chitty as Upper Warden and Keith Davis as Renter Warden. Our outgoing Master, Rebecca Joyce, was installed as Deputy Master. Prior to this, Group Captain Alexander Bone and Robert Pearce were admitted as a Freemen. We install our new Master every year on Candlemas Day, the day in the Church Calendar…
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Our Annual Banquet is the highlight of the Company’s year and by kind permission of the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor, it was once again held in the magnificent Mansion House in the heart of the City of London. This year, on Friday 3rd October, it was our pleasure to welcome the Lord Mayor’s Alderman Representative, Alderman Dr Sir Andrew Parmley who was the 689th Lord Mayor of the City…
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A student from De Montfort University has won top prize in DIP 2025 with a simple but brilliant device which could save lives. Harry Wragg was awarded a trophy and £1000 cash for winning Design Innovation in Plastics 2025, the longest running plastics design competition of its kind for university undergraduates in Europe, supported by The Worshipful Company of Horners, the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (IOM3) and headline…
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