New NIPA Chairperson, John Irwin has issued a letter to members updating on the focus of NIPA activities. It is seen copied here: 8th July 2022 Dear Member, Since taking on the role of Chair I have been working with a small team of NIPA members to review and refresh our strategy, in order …
Crumlin Road Gaol was the venue for the NIPA Breakfast Seminar on Recycling and The Circular Economy held on the 27th April. Although an infamous venue in historical times, the Gaol is now a unique venue for hosting networking seminars. This was the first breakfast seminar since the outbreak of Covid 19 and a welcome …
CAFRE are hosting a webinar titled ‘FUTURE OF FOOD PACKAGING WEBINAR- GET READY FOR THE PLASTIC PACKAGING TAX’ on Friday 22nd October at 10:00. The Webinar can be accessed by registering here. The Northern Ireland Food and Packaging Industry is rapidly changing in response to consumer demand for more sustainable packaging. To meet this growing …
Richard Bovil, Engineering Director at Advanced Systems Group (Whale®), welcomed the NIPA Advanced Polymer Academy to the group’s Bangor facilities last Thursday. The company is a division of US based Brunswick Corporation and is an innovative market leader with a reputation for quality, service and innovation in boats and leisure. Whale® supplies into the Marine …
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NIPA have commenced the delivery of an Advanced Polymer Academy for member companies. The course was developed to enable companies in the NI polymer sector to become more familiar with the use of advanced polymer materials and enable the development of new expertise in how best to process these materials. This will enable the local …
NIPA have been awarded a Collaborative Growth Programme grant from InvestNI on behalf of member companies to investigate mixed polymer waste and its incorporation into civil engineering applications. Processing of mixed post consumer plastic waste is very technically challenging and has been aggressively avoided thus far due to a wide variety of processing temperatures and …
Greiner Packaging UK & Ireland has invested over £3,700,000 in a new PET decontamination and extrusion line to enable the use of more recycled materials in its market leading pot and tub range as well as continuing innovation with more sustainable materials. The investment will provide the ability to use PET flake recyclate from a …
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Canyon Europe Ltd., the global leader in the design and manufacture of dispensing solutions have an opening for an Operations Manager at their headquarters in Newtonabbey, Co.Antrim. Regarded as the home of trigger sprayers, Canyon Europe Ltd are seeking an enthusiastic individual to lead operations activities. To express an interest in the position, please send …
NIPA are delighted to launch a new website showcasing our Member’s and the services provided by the organisation. We worked with Aura Internet on this project to deliver a fresh, modern site and would like to extend our sincere thanks to them for their work. To join NIPA or to understand how NIPA can work …
NIPA and SERC have launched a Level 3 Apprenticeship in Polymer Processing and are hosting an online information event on Wednesday 14th April at 9am. The SERC apprenticeship will be available to any local business that is interested in registering candidates, with the cohort commencing in September 2021. This Polymer Processing apprenticeship is the result …
NIPA support and encourages innovation, competitiveness, exports and R&D by its Members and the broader Polymer Sector.
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