News : BPI group

OHSAS 18001 for bpi.recycled products

9/1/2010 6:44 AM EST - Precision Marketing Solutions

bpi.recycled products has added to its growing list of internationally recognised accreditations. The business has just been awarded OHSAS 18001:2007 certification for operations at its Rhymney site which produces building films sold under the Visqueen Building Products brand name.

Jointly developed by some of the world’s leading standards and certification bodies, OHSAS 18001:2007 sets out to promote safe and...

BLiSP. The ultimate ‘bag’ for life...

8/19/2010 5:07 AM EST - Precision Marketing Solutions

A recent article in the Daily Mirror and a number of other national newspapers has highlighted the plight of premature babies and lent support to the case for using a bpi.healthcare product.

The story told how a now six month old baby girl was born prematurely in the back of an ambulance at the start of 2010.

With such preterm babies facing an increased risk of hypothermia due to their extreme sensitivity to low...

bpi.recycled products helps eco-conscious youngsters

7/29/2010 5:15 AM EST - Precision Marketing Solutions

A global gathering of some 6,000 scouts and girls guides has received a massive product donation from one of Europe’s largest manufacturers of refuse sacks.

bpi.recycled products - which operates from sites across the UK including a factory in Heanor, Derbyshire - has supplied 18,000 Green Sacks® completely free of charge for use at this year’s PEAK 2010 camp which runs for a week in late July at Chatsworth House,...

BPI’S ‘CORE’ STRATEGY PAYS OFF

7/29/2010 4:28 AM EST - Precision Marketing Solutions

Leading UK printer/converter bpi.consumer VMB recently extended its highly successful core re-use initiative to include a major customer, Greenvale AP, the UK’s leading supplier of fresh potatoes. Having successfully concluded a long term trial in-house as part of a strategy to reduce waste to landfill, the company approached Greenvale AP to share the substantial benefits of a 102 tonne reduction in cardboard waste...

Specification made simple

7/28/2010 5:32 AM EST - Precision Marketing Solutions

Visqueen Building Products is taking steps to reduce the demands on today’s busy architect or specifier. The leading manufacturer of building films has just launched a definitive new guide which makes it easier than ever to specify the right structural waterproofing or gas protection solution in line with a project’s parameters and the latest building regulations.

“As Europe’s largest manufacturer of high...

bpi.recycled products reveals RWM plans

7/21/2010 6:13 AM EST - Precision Marketing Solutions

As the 2010 RWM exhibition rapidly approaches, bpi.recycled products has revealed its plans for the annual show for the recycling and waste management sector.

At the event, which runs from the 14th to the 16th September at the NEC, the business will be promoting the impressive capabilities, knowledge and reassurance it can offer as Europe’s largest polythene waste recycler with a history in recycling extending...

BPI MAINTAINS PERFECT RECORD ON FTSE CSR INDEX

7/7/2010 6:45 AM EST - Precision Marketing Solutions

British Polythene Industries (BPI) plc has received recognition for the strength of its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) policies for a ninth consecutive year.

The business, which ranks as Europe’s largest manufacturer of polythene films, bags and sacks, has once again been awarded a Certificate of Inclusion for the prestigious FTSE4Good Index.

BPI has achieved a listing every year since the index was...

Prize draw success for Dumfries agricultural contractor

6/24/2010 10:58 AM EST - Precision Marketing Solutions

An agricultural contractor from Foremannock, Dumfries is celebrating his success after being announced as the winner of a pallet of premium quality silage balewrap.

George Shuttleworth scooped the bumper haul of Visqueen Poliwrap® after entering a free prize draw staged by bpi.agri - the leading manufacturer of silage balewrap and silage clamp sheeting - at this year’s Scotgrass exhibition.

George, who wraps as...

bpi.visqueen supports crop growth research

6/24/2010 7:18 AM EST - Precision Marketing Solutions

Leading manufacturer of horticultural films, bpi.visqueen is playing a key role in a ground breaking international research project. Through its continuing working relationship with Lancaster University, the business is one of only two commercial partners contributing to an EU COST (European Cooperation in the field of Scientific and Technical Research) project into the regulatory role of UV light on crop growth and...

GLASTONBURY GETS ON-BOARD WITH PLASWOOD

6/23/2010 7:07 AM EST - Precision Marketing Solutions

Aside from some of the biggest and best names in global music, this year's Glastonbury is set to play host to an unusual example of just how effective modern plastic recycling can be.

Located in the Green Kids Field, the Cadmus is a giant 40 foot long, 40 foot tall and 20 foot wide play ship constructed not out of wood but from an innovative recycled plastic alternative to wood known as Plaswood.

Plaswood is...

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