Smithers Rapra Technology Ltd.

www.rapra.net | www.ismithers.net | info@rapra.net

Smithers Rapra provides services for the polymer industry and industries using plastics and rubber in any component, product or production process.

Its technical expertise include materials selection and applications support, product design and development, manufacturing process development, fault and failure diagnosis and testing and analysis. An extensive Polymer Information Centre, known as iSmithers, complements these technical resources. At the core is the 'Polymer Library', the world's largest information database dedicated to plastics and rubber. Rapra produces a range of publications including Journals, Industrial Analysis Reports and Technical 'Updates'. It runs an extensive programme of short technology-based training courses covering materials, product design, processing techniques and environmental considerations and organises regular international polymer conferences.

British Plastics Federation (BPF)

www.bpf.co.uk

The British Plastics Federation (BPF) is the leading trade association for the UK Plastics Industry. It has over 400 members and 1200 affiliated members encompassing the whole plastics supply chain including raw materials suppliers, processors, machinery suppliers and recyclers. BPF membership covers over 75% of the plastics industry by turnover.

Chemical Research Center - Hungarian Academy of Sciences

www.chemres.hu

The Chemical Research Center was established by the Hungarian Academy of Sciences in 1997 in order to concentrate chemical research activities within the Academy into a single organization.

VTT

www.vtt.fi

VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland is a globally networked multitechnological contract research organization. VTT provides high-end technology solutions and innovation services.

AIMPLAS

www.aimplas.es

AIMPLAS is a Centre for Innovation and Technology (CIT) recognized by the Spanish Ministry of Education and Science.

TBA Electro Conductive Products

www.tbaecp.co.uk

TBA Electro Conductive Products Ltd is a specialist manufacturer of high quality electro static protection (ESP) and electro magnetic interference (EMI) shielding products.

Faperin

www.faperin.com

FAPERIN is a Company dedicated to the production of plastic parts and sets. For this activity it relies on a technical and institutional team with more than 30 years of experience in the Sector. Its current staff is formed of young, professional and highly able team. They have ample experience in demanding sectors such as the automotive and electrical household appliances.

FAPERIN has been certified in standard ISO 9001-2000 for many years now. Their accumulated experience and the constant evolution of production processes has enabled their progress as a company. They are now further developing their quality system, with a view to obtaining the ISO-TS 16949 certification.

Promolding

www.promolding.nl

Promolding designs, develops, industrializes and produces your innovative idea into a successful product. We do not limit ourselves to the existing methods but look at the boundaries of what is possible with polymers and how we can support your success.

Betase

www.betase.nl

Betase is a small company, located in the East part of The Netherlands. Betase's mission is to 'explain difficult technical subjects in an easy way' by writing easily accessable texts and by making interactive digital media. In practice, this means that we are disseminating technical knowledge by means of scientific-journalistic products (booklets, articles in trade journals etc.), and doing technology transfer by making training materials (incl. e-learning), both in the Dutch and English language. Betase's field of work comprises chemical technology and materials science & technology.

EuPC

www.plasticsconverters.eu

EuPC is the leading EU-level Trade Association, based in Brussels, representing European Plastics Converters. Its powerful European Plastics Network exists to support the beneficial use of plastics worldwide, especially providing plastics converting companies with a voice in European legislation.

EuPC now totals about 51 European Plastics Converting national and European industry associations, it represents close to 50,000 companies, producing over 45 millions tonnes of plastic products every year.

The European plastics industry makes a significant contribution to the welfare in Europe by enabling innovation, creating quality of life to citizens and facilitating resource efficiency and climate protection. More than 1.6 million people are working in about 50,000 companies (mainly small and medium sized companies in the converting sector) to create a turnover in excess of 280 billion € per year.