Finalists 2023
5
Best Product Design of the Year
Boople, Kenneth Thornton
Holewise Medium Cover, FSW Design
Hoover HL5 Upright Vacuum Cleaner, Smallfry Industrial Design
JFC-IPL 97% Recycled Vertical Farming Tray, IPL Global
Link Vent 4000, Glazpart
6
Best Recycled Plastic Product of the Year
gomi speaker, gomi
iDry, Distrupol
JFC-IPL 97% Recycled Vertical Farming Tray, IPL Global
KI Postura+ 50% Recycled Chair, IPL Global
ReZorce® Circular Packaging, Zotefoams
SubTerra, Polypipe Civils & Green Urbanisation
4
Rising Star
Luke Brown MSc, IPL Global
Rowan Fletcher, IPL Global
Daniel Kelk, Plastek UK
Luke Parsons, Summit Systems
3
Materials Innovation Award
Ampacet
Denimolite
Nordic Plast
8
Supplier Partnership - Prime Machinery
ARBURG, Hymid
Bole Machinery UK, Wykamol
ENGEL UK, Sanko Gosei
ENGEL UK, WHS Plastics
Krauss Maffei Group UK, Matrix Medical
STV Machinery, Fenton Precision Engineering
UK Extrusion, Berry bpi Bromborough
UK Extrusion, Elite Plastics
4
Supplier Partnership - Ancillary Machinery
Boddingtons, InTouch
Plastech Solutions, Corona Packaging
Summit Systems, Advanced Plastics
TH Plastics, Harwin
4
Supplier Partnership - Toolmaker
Ad-Vance Engineering, Plastics 2000 (P2K)
Adreco Plastics, VENTETE
Andel Plastics, No Fuss Fill
Plastech Solutions and Abate, Corona Packaging
6
Apprentice or Trainee Award of the Year
Leah Ebbs, OGM
Cody Etchells, Complexa HPE
Youssef Hafid, Pentagon
Nathan Hensley, Reliance Worldwide Corporation
Rebekah Parsons, Tex Plastics and Sierra 57 Consult
Benjamin Smith, Berry Norwich
4
Best Technology Application of the Year
Ampacet
Greenback Recycling Technologies
Kabel.Consult.Ing
Microban
7
Sustainability Initiative of the Year
Adreco Plastics and CURIO Group
Elite Plastics
Greenback Recycling Technologies
Inoplas Technology
Matrix Plastics
Peerless Plastics & Coatings
Polystar Plastics
6
Best Business Initiative of the Year
Big Bear Plastic Products
IPL Global
Matrix Plastics
MGS Technical Plastics
Sierra 57 Consult
WHS Plastics
4
Best Training and Development Programme of the Year
Jaguar Land Rover with ENGEL UK, Resinex, Sumitomo Demag and WHS Plastics
MGS Technical Plastics
Samvardhana Motherson Reflectec and Sierra 57 Consult
Talisman Plastics and Sierra 57 Consult
6
Unsung Hero
Sally Bailey, Common Sense PR
Shaine Gill-Ohrt, Skymark Packaging International
Danielle Harkness, Plastek UK
Jenny Mackay, IPL Global
Carla Read, Summit Systems
Edwin Simmonds, Plasticom Group
5
Processor of the Year