Plastics & Rubber World - July/August 2019 - 3

CONTENTS

COVER STORY: New Vivaro - Vauxhall Luton is a
specialist manufacturer of commercial vehicles

Training the next generation of
polymer specialists in Ireland

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Bagged up - Distributors play a vital
role in the plastics economy

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COVER STORY
AUTOMOTIVE - MATERIAL
MANAGEMENT
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Vauxhall Luton has produced
multiple generations of the
Vivaro LCV, based on the Renault
Traﬁc. It's likely this specialist
knowledge convinced new plant
owners PSA Group to invest
£100m to support production
of the all-new Vivaro, now based
on a PSA platform. Julian Buckley
visits the plant to see what's new
and speak with Mike Wright,
plant director, about how plastics
feature across the new light
commerical

FEATURES
PLASTICS IRELAND
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In this issue, we celebrate the
success of the Irish polymer
industry by taking an in-depth
look at a series of companies
and organisations involved in the
sector. The special supplement
includes exclusive stories
covering:
Companies: Cartamundi,
Synecco, Dave Barry Plastics
R&D: Applied Polymer
Technologies
Education: Ibec, First Polymer
Training Skillnet

DISTRIBUTION
28

PRW reports on how senior
executives at three top UK
polymer distributors are
planning to build on the
standard service model

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE:
NEWS
6

Including details of the acquisition
of RPC Group by Berry Global,
how BASF is planning to
streamline its global business,
the purchase of TDX (Europe)
by Italian plastics ﬁrm AMB, and
previews of what two companies
are planning to present at K Show
2019 in October

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INEOS Styrosolution will
introduce a
new styrenic
at the
upcoming
K Show

6

INDUSTRY COMMENT
12

Dr. Chris Williams says education
is key to supporting the circular
economy

CASE STUDY
36

Luxus covers how the company's
new glass-ﬁlled recycled PP
has supported development
of customer-focused product
solutions

INNOVATIONS
38

The latest products and hardware
for the UK plastics industry

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