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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.

Farmers and agricultural contractors currently producing maize silage could be set for excellent results if they employ a new product. Launched earlier this year, Visqueen Clingseal is a new silage sheet from bpi.agri which has been proven to reduce top and shoulder losses in the clamp. bpi.agri believes the new product will prove especially beneficial to those now making maize silage because of the higher value of this crop and the therefore more costly nature of any clamp wastage.
 

British Polythene Industries PLC announces interim results for the six months ended 30 June 2010

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 and the associated drop in transit packaging figures in the Annual Return required by the Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Regulations 2007.

Demonstrating the strength of its continued commitment to British agriculture, leading manufacturer of Silotite balewrap and Visqueen silage sheeting bpi.agri has become a commercial sponsor of the Federation of Welsh Grassland Societies. This organisation - which consists of 21 separate grassland societies stretching from Anglesey to the Wye Valley - acts as a forum, bringing together researchers, farmers, advisors and technical experts in order to develop the science and practice of grassland production and utilisation.
 

Visqueen Building Products has launched their brand new website, complete with free download of the new Visqueen Specifier’s Guide.

As part of its commitment to facilitating higher standards across the construction industry, Visqueen Building Products is to be a sponsor of the national Brick Awards. The British-based business, which ranks as Europe’s largest manufacturer of building films, is backing the Specialist Brickwork Contractor category through its Zedex CPT High Performance DPC.

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.

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. 

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 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 back over 40 years.

Greenock based British Polythene Industries (BPI) welcomed Mervyn King, Governor of the Bank of England, during his two day visit to Glasgow and the surrounding areas. Mr King is Governor of the Bank of England and the Chairman of the Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee, which meets each month to decide on UK interest rates.

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.
 

Visitors to stand 64 at this year’s Procurex Scotland will be able to discover not one, but two brand new exhibitors.

bpi.recycled products and bpi.healthcare are both part of British Polythene Industries (BPI) plc, Europe’s largest manufacturers of polythene films, bags and sacks. Each specialises in a different area and offers products of particular benefit to the public sector.

Ahead of the Interim Results for the six months to 30 June 2010, to be announced on 31 August 2010, British Polythene Industries PLC is providing an update on current trading.

British Polythene Industries (BPI) PLC, leading European manufacturer of polythene films, bags and sacks, is celebrating a relatively rare achievement for British PLCs. The Greenock based company, which operates from sites across the UK, Europe, North America and China, has recently received its Centenary Certificate from Companies House.

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.

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.
 

BPI is pleased to announce that it has yesterday completed the sale of its Stockton on Tees site for a cash consideration of £6M.

Looking to create stunning gardens and landscaped areas whilst doing something beneficial for the environment at the same time? Then maybe recycled plastic ‘wood’ is the answer.