Interesting Web Sites for the Plastics and Rubber Industries.

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Information Databases
Organisations
Polymer Suppliers
Machinery, Ancillaries, Services

Products
Education and Training

 

Information Databases
   

www.bpf.co.uk/Plastipedia

The Web's Largest Plastics Encyclopedia
www.prw.com Plastics & Rubber Weekly
www.britishplastics.co.uk British Plastics & Rubber online
www.plasticsnet.com Data on commercial plastics (USA)
www.matweb.com Data on 16000 materials
www.businessmagnet.co.uk Business to Business Directory
www.campusplastics.com Property, processing and source data on grades of commercial plastics (European)
www.grantadesign.com Material selection software and data
www.ides.com Material selection software and data
www.ptonline.com Plastics Technology
Materials, machinery, tradenames (N America)
www.plastics.com Materials, machinery, tradenames (N America)
www.applegate.co.uk Company directory (Applegate)

www.environment-agency.gov.uk/netregs

Environmental regulations for SMEs
   

Organisations

www.iom3.org

Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining
www.bpf.co.uk British Plastics Federation
www.rapra.net Rapra Technology, abstracts , consultancy
www.polymerinnovate.com Polymer Innovation Network
ktn.innovateuk.org Materials Knowledge Transfer Network
www.plasticseurope.org Association of Plastics Manufacturers in Europe
www.4spe.org Society of Plastics Engineers
www.socplas.org Society of Plastics Industry (USA)
www.pira.co.uk Pira International, (packaging & printing)
www.pera.com PERA, polymers & composites consultancy
www.plasteurope.com Information platform for the European plastics industry
www.manchesterpolymergroup.com

Manchester Polymer Group

www.dur.ac.uk/northeast.polymers North East Polymer Association
www.the-tpa.org.uk Telford Polymer Association
www.plastiquarian.com Plastics Historical Society
www.gtma.co.uk Gauge & Tool Makers Association
www.scotent.co.uk Scottish Enterprise
www.ecvm.org European Council of Vinyl Manufacturers
www.euromap.org Technical specs on processing machinery
www.listgrove.com Listgrove Ltd, recruitment consultants
www.iod.co.uk

Institute of Directors

   
www.mining-scotland.org The Mining Institute of Scotland
www.patent.gov.uk British Patents Office
www.patents.ibm.com/ibm.html USA Patents
www.sepa.org.uk

Scottish Environmental Protection Agency

www.scottishmetals.org Scottish Association for Metals
www.scotland.gov.uk The Scottish Government
www.scottish-enterprise.com/css

Chemical Sciences Scotland

www.scottishmas.com Scottish Manufacturing Advisory Service
www.competitivescotland.com CompetitiveScotland.com
www.edtc.org.uk Electronic Design Support Centre in Scotland
www.learndirectscotland.com

LearndirectScotland

www.engineeringscotland.org Federation of Engineering Societies in Scotland
www.innovationcentre.org Innovative technology opportunities

Polymer Suppliers

www.sabic-ip.com

Sabic IP; engineering thermoplastics
www.dupont.com DuPont
www.basf.de BASF
www.ticona.co.uk Ticona (UK); engineering thermoplastics
www.ineospolyolefins.com INEOS Polyolefins, Grangemouth
www.victrex.com Victrex PEEK
www.ciba-araldite.com

Ciba Geigy epoxy resins

www.hardie-polymers.co.uk Polymer materials distributor
www.vinnolit.de Vinnolit (PVC)
www.dsm.nl DSM Ltd (thermoplastics and rubbers)
www.aestpe.com Advanced Elastomer Systems (TPE)
www.ineos.com/con_sty.html

INEOS Styrene polymers

www.polymerhouse.com small or large batch engineering and commodity polymers

Machinery, Ancillaries, Services
www.arburg.co.uk Injection Moulding machines from Arburg
www.demag-ergotech.com Injection Moulding machines from Demag
www.billion.fr Injection Moulding machines from Billion
www.engel.at Injection Moulding machines from Engel
www.netstal.com

Injection Moulding machines from Netstal

www.kraussmaffei.co.uk Injection Moulding, extrusion and reactive processing machines from Krauss Maffei
www.wittmann.co.uk materials handling and automation
www.davis-standard.com Extruders
www.moldflow.com Flow analysis & simulation for injection moulding
www.imtechdesign.com Flow analysis consultancy
www.zwick.co.uk Test equipment from Zwick Roell
www.rosand.com

Test equipment

www.fire-testing.com Fire test instrumentation
www.impact-labs.com

Test laboratory for drums, pipes, etc

www.ktechplastics.co.uk

ancillary equipment for injection moulding, extrusion and blow moulding

www.mactec-uk.com consultancy: product development; technology transfer

Products
   
www.arburg.co.uk Arburg Ltd plastics machinery
www.balmoral-group.com Balmoral Tanks tanks
www.billion.fr Billion (UK) plastics machinery
www.caledonian-group.co.uk Caledonian Industries packaging, fabrication

www.carclo-ctp.co.uk

Carclo trade mouldings
www.hoover.co.uk Hoover Floorcare floorcare products
www.plastechgroup.com Plastech Group packaging, mouldings
www.polaroideyewear.com Polaroid Eyewear sunglasses
www.rosti.com Rosti (Scotland) trade mouldings
www.vascutek.com Vascutek medical products

www.vtsroyalite.co.uk

VTS Royalite thermoplastic sheet|
www.zwick.com Zwick Roell testing equipment
www.engelglobal.com Engel UK plastics machinery
www.hardie-polymers.co.uk Hardie Polymers polymer materials
www.daysoft.co.uk Daysoft contact lenses
www.sarcostopper.com Sarco Stopper pipeline stopping
www.pwhall.co.uk P W Hall colour concentrates
www.safeglass.co.uk Safeglass (Europe)

breakglass products

     

Education and Training
   

 

www.napier.ac.uk Edinburgh Napier University
www.cogent-ssc.com Sector Skills Council for the polymer industry
www.impact-solutions.com

innovation consultancy

   

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