1. Industry Overview

2. Material Processed - 4.8 million tonnes Plastics materials produced - 2.5 million tonnes Processor sales turnover - £13.1 billion Value of exports - £4.6 billion People employed - 186,000 (233,000 in 2001) Over 3,000 primary processors 7,430 companies in the plastics industry Plastics industry turnover £19 bn (£19.6bn in 2001) 25% of plastics products manufactured are exported The Plastics Processing Industry in the UK

4. Location of Polymer Companies

5. Polymer Companies Employe es Av. Employees Per Company North West9252650029 North East3351050031 Yorkshire and Humberside7351880026 East Midlands7502240030 West Midland8752100024 East7751910025 South East9151910021 South West6751370020 London390610016 Wales4451190027 Scotland345990029 Northern Ireland265700026 Total7430186000Av = 25 Location of Plastics Companies

6. UK Application Split For All Plastics

8. BPF & BSN Overview

9. The British Plastics Federation Longest established plastics Trade Federation in the world Unique in Europe due to diverse membership –Including materials, machinery and processors Represent 75% of industry by turnover 400 direct members, 1600 including affiliates –Covering 140,000+ staff

10. Group Structure

12. BSN MEMEBRSHIP

13. Central Committees Affiliated Organisations

14. Harnessing Information, Exchanging Views & EU lobbying PlasticsEurope Polymer Industry Europe CEFIC Additive Industry Europe ECVM PVC Industry Europe EuPC Plastics Processing Europe EUROMAP Plastics Machinery Europe EUCIA Composite Industry Assoc. ARMO Alliance of Rotational Moulding Global Vinyl Council International Vinyl Council CIPAD World Plastics Forum

15. Arabplast 2009 Dubai, UAE, 10 th - 13 th January 2009 Plastindia 2009 New Delhi, India, 4 th - 9 th February 2009 Chinaplas 2009 Guangzhou, China, 18 th – 21 st May 2009 Plastpol 2009 Kielce, Poland 26 th – 29 th May 2009 Fakuma 2009 Friedrichshafen, Germany 13 - 17 October 2009 Trade Shows With British Pavilions

16. BPF Seminars 2009 25th February Credit Management 18th March Electrical Safety in the Plastics Workplace 14th April UK Plastics Companies in China 13th May Bio-based and Degradable Plastics 3rd June Manufacturing Excellence In Plastics 15 th July Advanced Processing Techniques (Injection Moulding) in conjunction with PTL 1st October Plastics Recycling 7th October Plastics in Automotive 11th November PVC Seminar 18th November Plastics in Packaging 24th November Health and Safety 9th December Plastics and Construction

17. BPF Online www.bpf.co.ukwww.bpf.co.uk – 2008 Stats 300,000+ Page Views Per Month 350,337 Unique Visitors in 2008

18. High Ranking In Search Engines

19. A History of Plastics A-Z of Additives A-Z of Polymers A-Z of Plastics Processors Plastics Translations Key Plastics Applications

20. PLASTBOOK Facebook for the plastics industry Over 1300 question already 900 registered users So far….

25. Over 500 views per month

27. Weekly Members Newsletter Keeps members informed on –Industry News –Changing Legislation –Plastics Market Information Reports –Technology updates

29. REACH Toolbox Downloadable REACH fact sheets and guidance documents Up to the minute REACH timeline Ask A REACH question Downloadable presentations from 4 BPF REACH seminars EuPC REACH preparation tool

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