THE biggest issues facing the plastics sector will be debated at the annual Plastics Design & Moulding exhibition and conference, taking place at Telford International Centre from June 19-20.
The latest innovations, manufacturing and recycling solutions are set to be showcased at the event, featuring over 90 exhibitors including rotational and blow moulding machinery suppliers, toolmakers, 3D printing and rapid prototyping specialists, moulders and mouldmakers, masterbatch specialists, software suppliers and materials testing specialists.
The conference content includes speakers from across the UK plastics sector. Keith Freegard, director at Axion Consulting, will show how sustainable product design puts materials together into recyclable products that can be recovered at end of life. The British Plastics Federation (BPF) Recycling Group will explain how to design a product to maximise resource efficiency, while Logoplaste will look at the future of recycled materials.
Sumitomo (SHI) Demag UK will run injection moulding workshops for process technicians and engineers over both days. MD Nigel Flowers said, “There is a serious skills shortage in the UK injection moulding industry and the easiest way to address it is to upskill our existing moulders to work with the latest equipment and techniques.”
The Plastics Consultancy Network (PCN) will be running a Plastics’ Surgery, where visitors are invited to ask questions relating to plastics design and moulding.
