Plastics Industry Awards Announce 2024 Finalists

A host of new names feature among the finalists who have been shortlisted for this year’s Plastics Industry Awards. The winners will be announced at a glamorous, black-tie gala awards ceremony with live entertainment at the five-star InterContinental London Park Lane on Friday 22nd November.

The five new categories for 2024, Sustainable Product Design, Recycler of the Year, Recycling Machinery Innovation, Supplier Partnership – Injection Moulding and Supplier Partnership – Auxiliary, have together attracted many of the new companies shortlisted this year.

No less than eight nominations have been shortlisted for the Sustainable Product Design award, which covers both industrial and consumer products.

Recycler of the Year has four finalists: Berry Circular Polymers, IPL Global, MBA Polymers UK and EREMA Group. A further four finalists have won through in the new Recycling Machinery Innovation category: Buhler UK, Coveris, Greyparrot and Hydramotion.

“We are delighted to see so many new companies feature on the shortlist for this Plastics Industry Awards along with many others who have been finalists and winners in our previous 23-year history,” said Matt Barber, Global Events Director at Crain Communications. “Congratulations to all our finalists and best wishes for success when the winners are announced in November.”

Five individuals have been shortlisted for the Apprentice or Trainee of the Year, which carries a prize of £500 donated by the Polymer Machinery Manufacturers and Distributors Association (PMMDA). They are Adam Kelk of Plastek UK; Ben Roberts-Renouf of Berry Norwich, Josh Swift of Go Tools, Lily Atkinson of IPL Global and Michael Curry of Nolato Jaycare.

The three finalists nominated for the Unsung Hero award are Andrew Jones of Fisher Plastics, James Goddard, TH Plastics and Johnathon Hutchinson, Fairgrieve Compression Moulding. The prestigious Plastics Industry Ambassador Award winner will also be announced on the evening of Friday 22nd November.

Ten organisations have been shortlisted in the Material Innovation Award this year, while three companies will fight it out for the prestigious Processor of the year trophy: MGS Technical Plastics, Plastek UK and Polystar Plastic.

Engel UK and Distrupol are Platinum sponsors of this year’s Plastics Industry Awards and Gold sponsors are Arburg Limited, Hasco, Meusburger, PlastikCity and Interplas. The awards also enjoy the support of industry associations including the BPF (British Plastics Federation), the GTMA (toolmakers’ trade association), the PMMDA, the SPRA (Scottish Plastics & Rubber Association) and the Sustainable Plastics magazine and website.

Tables for the gala dinner and awards ceremony are currently still available. Tickets include a champagne reception, four course dinner with wine, awards presentation and after-dinner entertainment featuring a charity casino sponsored by Arburg. More information and online table bookings: https://plasticsawards.com/plasticsindustryawards2024/en/page/book-now

Full list of Plastics Industry Awards 2024 Finalists:

Apprentice or Trainee Award

• Adam Kelk, Plastek UK
• Ben Roberts-Renouf, Berry Norwich
• Josh Swift, Go Tools
• Lily Atkinson, IPL Global
• Michael Curry, Nolato Jaycare

Best Business Initiative

• Imperial Polythene Products
• MGS Technical Plastics
• PlastikCity
• Polystar Plastics

Best Training & Development Programme

• Bespak
• Go Tools
• MGS Technical Plastics
• Plastek UK

Material Innovation Award

• Amphico and UK Extrusion
• Distrupol and G3ARED
• Floreon Technology
• Innovia Films
• Polymer Compounders
• Notpla and Plastek UK
• Matrix Medical Materials
• ReVentas
• Great Central Plastics
• Coveris

Processor Award

• MGS Technical Plastics
• Plastek UK
• Polystar Plastics

Recycler of the Year – New for 2024

• Berry Circular Polymers
• IPL Global
• MBA Polymers UK
• EREMA Group, Project Re:claim

Recycling Machinery Innovation – New for 2024

• Buhler UK
• Coveris
• Greyparrot
• Hydramotion

Supplier Partnership – Auxiliary – New for 2024

• Great Central Plastics, Heriot Watt University
• Plastech Solutions, Emballator Packaging
• Summit Systems, Fisher Plastics
• TH Plastics, Polypipe BHL

Supplier Partnership – Injection Moulding – New for 2024

• ARBURG, Hellermann Tyton Plymouth
• Bole Machinery, IPL Rotherham
• ENGEL UK, Loadhog
• KraussMaffei, Matrix Medical Materials
• STV Machinery, Burnetts Manufacturing
• Sumitomo (SHI) Demag, Nolato Jaycare
• Wittmann Battenfeld UK, Polymermedics

Supplier Partnership – Toolmaker

• Global Access Diagnostics, Adreco Plastics
• Petford Tools, JLR
• Ad-vance Engineering Lisburn, Plastics 2000

Sustainable Product Design – New for 2024

• AUTOBAG®, Distrupol
• Composite Cross Car Beam, JLR
• Fries Holder – Reusable Plastics are the answer!, Matrix Plastics
• Morph®, Morph Bricks
• Notpla Chip Fork, Plastek UK
• Rayoface CPE/WPE, Innovia Films
• ReZorce® Circular Packaging, Zotefoams
• Sustainable Lateral Flow Cassettes, Great Central Plastics

Unsung Hero Award

• Andrew Jones, Fisher Plastics
• James Goddard, TH Plastics
• Johnathon Hutchinson, Fairgrieve Compression Moulding

Read more from the Plastic Industry Awards here.