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In preparation for International Women in Engineering Day (23 June), London-based manufacturing specialist Get It Made has announced a new grant to encourage the growth of female employment within UK engineering, design and manufacturing industries. We caught up with Luke Smoothy, Director, and Aiza Sadirbayeva, Project Manager, to find out more about the grant, and learn about Aiza's experience of studying to be an engineer.  Listen and subscribe via the following channels: Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3t0iJPF Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3MLa10n Google Podcasts: https://bit.ly/3sZ1teF Samsung Podcast App: Open the app and search 'Interplas Insights' Amazon Music/Audible: https://amzn.to/3LLMJWD TuneIn + Alexa: https://bit.ly/3yXKxsh Podbean: https://bit.ly/3PFLpI4 iHeartRadio: https://bit.ly/3Gf1b8B Player FM: https://bit.ly/3NAipzH Listen Notes: https://bit.ly/3sX6ynh Podchaser: https://bit.ly/3yWlN3K

Plastic Free Mersey is an initiative which aims to bring together science, funding and education to help address the issue of plastic pollution in the River Mersey. Crucially, it involves some major players in the plastics industry in a collaborative partnership. In this episode, Dave Gray speaks to key stakeholders in the project: Chris Coode, Deputy Chief Executive at Thames21 Jason Leadbitter, Sustainability & Corporate Social Responsibility Manager at INOVYN. Jim Seward, Senior Vice President, Research & Development, Technology & Sustainability at LyondellBasell, and chairman of the Executive Committee of the World Plastics Council John Sanders, Strategic Planning Director at the Mersey Rivers Trust We covered a broad range of topics, including The importance of collaborative working between industry, government, NGOs, charities and the public. In particular, the importance of industry lending not only finance and advocacy, but also actively sharing science and expertise. The Global Plastics Treaty – key industry voices discuss the virtues of limiting production vs. design for circularity. How we can create value for waste. What do we really mean when we say ‘circular economy’? The lifecycle assessments of plastics (in certain industries) compared to alternative materials – why plastics have a sustainable role to play in society. Why the industry has a responsibility to prove that there are models that work – and deserve funding. The importance of training citizen scientists to truly understand problem plastics Sharing scientifically-sound information about problem plastics that exist in our rivers with local communities. The potential of chemical recycling. Listen to this episode via the player above, or listen and subscribe via the following channels: Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3t0iJPF Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3MLa10n Google Podcasts: https://bit.ly/3sZ1teF Samsung Podcast App: Open the app and search 'Interplas Insights' Amazon Music/Audible: https://amzn.to/3LLMJWD TuneIn + Alexa: https://bit.ly/3yXKxsh Podbean: https://bit.ly/3PFLpI4 iHeartRadio: https://bit.ly/3Gf1b8B Player FM: https://bit.ly/3NAipzH Listen Notes: https://bit.ly/3sX6ynh Podchaser: https://bit.ly/3yWlN3K

Recorded live at Greenplast 2022 at the Fiera Milano, Milan, Italy, this episode sees Dave Gray and Rob Coker interview exhibitors including Plasmac, Syncro, Arburg and Sirmax. Find out why Plasmac and Syncro are the Italian success stories on a rapid ascent to the top of the plastic machinery and equipment world. Plus, Arburg shows the AllRounder lives up to its name (and colour!), delivering on its green credentials. Finally, who knew a plastic trade show would feature so much art? Only in Italy…

Dave Gray speaks with Dr. Jan Sültemeyer, Sustainability Leader at Avient. Avient is a provider of speciality additives and polymers. As with all players along the plastics supply chain, Avient is looking at responsible solutions to increase the sustainability of plastics. Additives in particular can add many benefits to plastics, but they can also impact on recyclability. Dave spoke to Jan about a facility that the group opened in 2020 – Cycleworks – to find out what Jan and his colleagues have learned about the recyclability of polymer additives.  

In this episode, Dave Gray speaks to Dan Jordan, materials specialist at UK ancillaries distributor Summit Systems, and Kieran Kelly, founder at RIO Oceans Integrity.   This is a remarkable story about a partnership that was borne out of the COVID pandemic. Find out how a surplus of NHS aprons has taken Dan Jordan on a journey across the world with an environmental activist.   Dave caught up with Dan and Kieran, and heard Kieran’s fascinating story – from his beginnings as a commercial fisherman, the vision of plastics that made him sell his business, and his current role pioneering new technologies and strategies for dealing with the problem of ocean plastics.   To read more on the story, take a look here.

Interplas Insights Head of Content Dave Gray chats to Andrea Wilson, Director, Hone-All Precision Ltd. Andrea is the founder and driving force behind the UK manufacturing community's drive to establish a dedicated Minister or Commissioner for Manufacturing. Andrea explains why now is the time for this role to be created - and how COVID-19 has changed British manufacturing. To support the campaign, make sure you follow Andrea on LinkedIn where she'll be posting links to the new petition as mentioned in the interview. If you would prefer to watch the interview, you can do so here: https://youtu.be/QoI7zBlLCJc

Kicking off a new series, Dave Gray, Head of Content at Interplas Insights, speaks to Richard Brown, Chair of the Polymer Committee at the Worshipful Company of Horners. They discuss, among other things: the importance of the Horners Awards, and why they have long been a driver of innovation in the plastics industry; Richard's work to try and bridge the skills gap in engineering; and the impact of the pandemic upon training.  Stay up-to-date with Interplas Insights by subscribing for our free weekly e-newsletters at interplasinsights.com/subscribe. Qualifying readers can also subscribe for free to receive British Plastics & Rubber magazine in print. To stay up-to-date with Interplas 2023, head to interplasuk.com.  

In this, the second episode of Interplas Insights, Daniel O'Connor speaks to some key players at the upcoming Interplas 2021.  Including interviews with Editorial Content Producer, Grace Nolan, who talks to us about what to expect at the Interplas 2021 Conference, UK Extrusion, BMB Spa, Intouch Monitoring and Aspire Machinery. For more visit: www.interplasinsights.com

In this, the first episode of Interplas Insights, Daniel O'Connor speaks to some key players at the upcoming Interplas 2021.  Including interviews with Rapid News Group CEO and show organiser Duncan Wood, Arburg, Sepro Group and Summit Systems. 

Interplas Insights is the audio home of intelligence on the plastics industry, steered by the expert editorial team behind interplasinsights.com, and British Plastics and Rubber Magazine.  Listen and subscribe via the following channels: Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3t0iJPF Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3MLa10n Google Podcasts: https://bit.ly/3sZ1teF Samsung Podcast App: Open the app and search 'Interplas Insights' Amazon Music/Audible: https://amzn.to/3LLMJWD TuneIn + Alexa: https://bit.ly/3yXKxsh Podbean: https://bit.ly/3PFLpI4 iHeartRadio: https://bit.ly/3Gf1b8B Player FM: https://bit.ly/3NAipzH Listen Notes: https://bit.ly/3sX6ynh Podchaser: https://bit.ly/3yWlN3K