News and events
Doing something of interest to the PCN Members and the outside
world?
Let us know and we will publish it here.
PDM Event - 2010
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A large stand and lots of visitors made PDM 2010
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Manchester Polymer Group
The ever-active MPG is holding their 4th Annual Rubber
Technical Seminar on 1st June 2009 at Lancashire Cricket Club.
Details from MPG here (pdf)
PDM Event - 2009
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PDM is now just over and the PCN again provided
the visitors with free advice in the Plastics Surgery.
The stand was sometimes awash with visitors
and their queries which ranged from advanced optical mouldings through to
pipe fittings.
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Advice was provided to all comers
for free by PCN members who not only advised on possible solutions but
also directed (and in some cases escorted) visitors to other stands to
ensure that they met the right suppliers and made the contacts that they
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The stand was manned by PCN members and a feature was the
new BPF Buyer's Guide for plastics consultants.
PS: Not many people in the photos because we wanted to
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Energy Management Training
Past chairman of the PCN, Dr Robin Kent, will be running an
Energy Management Masterclass on Thursday 4th June 2009 at the Oak
Tree Conference Centre, Coventry, UK.
Details from AMI Training here (pdf)
ARGO Group International appointed UK and Ireland Agents for
GEM-Chem books
ARGO Group International are the UK and Ireland
representatives for GEM-Chem books and articles on Polymer Science, Technology
and Marketing.
Chartered Environmentalist (CEnv)
Our very own Jan Czerski was one of the first people to
achieve the new status of Chartered Environmentalist (CEnv) from the IOM3. Jan
achieved CEnv status in January 2009.
Full details here (pdf)
Executive Forum '09
Past chairman of the PCN, Dr Robin Kent, will be running an
Energy Management Workshop as part of the Plastics News Executive Forum '09 in
Las Vegas during early March.
Plastics Historical Society (PHS), in conjunction with the
Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE): "The History of Co-extrusion and its
current applications"
Chairman Dr Peter Cox will present a lecture to the Plastics
Historical Society (PHS) on the history of co-extrusion at the IoMMM, 1
Carlton House Terrace, London SW1 5DB on Thursday 5 February 2009.
Further details.
Sustain '08
Past chairman of the PCN, Dr Robin Kent, ran an
Energy Management Workshop as part of the Sustain '08 Business Summit in
Chicago during early November. The plastics industry is starting to establish
the real environmental credentials of the industry.
"This is a Plastic Bag"
PCN Member John McLoughlin has started his quest to outlaw
"anti-science" and started with the
marvellous,
ever-so-smug, eco-friendly, let’s bash plastics “workshop” being held part of
Manchester Science Festival (
http://www.manchestersciencefestival.com/whatson/event.aspx?ID=329).
Plastics packaging has been
one of the great enabling technologies for the world and is being demonised by
uninformed criticism. The fight back starts here.
Interplas 2008
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The PCN
stand at "Interplas 2008" was consistently busy with processors and users
interested in solving problems and finding solutions. |
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Our Chairman was sometimes left on his own at the stand
but resolutely kept the faith.
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