The 2008 - 2009 events programme will be available online shortly. Lectures begin again in September.

 
           




TPA events - 2008
Feb 19th The transfer of New Product Technologies from University to Industry (Prof. Andrew Pollard (University of Wolverhampton)
Feb 01st TPA Winter Social Dinner @ The Hawkstone Restaurant
Jan 30th Oxobiodegradable plastic - A pragmatic approach to a difficult problem (Emyr Peregrine - Symphony Plastics)
 
TPA events - 2007
Nov 14th Vehicle Interior Air Quality (Dr. Geraint Williams - University of Warwick)
Oct 23rd A Recipe for Low Energy Processing (John Colbert - Smithers Rapra Technology Ltd)
Sep 25th Transforming Telford for Tomorrow (Claire Freeman - Transforming Telford)
May 23rd The Annual General Meeting of the TPA followed by a long service presentation & talk
Apr 24th A tour & beer tasting at the Salopian Brewery, Shrewsbury
Apr 17th Bonding Plastics and Rubbers with Cyanoacrylates and UV curing Adhesives
Feb 13th Flame Retarding Olefinic Polymers In The Green Era (Dr. Frank Agunloye - Polymer Tailoring)
Jan 16th Mines of Shropshire & Wales (Dr. Steve Holding - Shropshire Caving & Mining Club)
 
TPA events - 2006
Dec 6th Engineering Plastics Supply-Side Rationalisation in Europe (Dr. Mike Taylor - Excitim Ltd)
Nov 1st European Developments in Wood Plastic Composites (Prof. Geoffrey Pritchard - Hackwell Group)
Oct 12th Plastics recycling, past & present: how to survive the eco-politicians' embrace (Colin Williamson - Smile Plastics)
Sep 13th The Future of PTL (Charmaine Bowers - Polymer Training Ltd)
May 17th The Annual General Meeting of the TPA followed by: Developments in Technical Compounding (Paul Shipton - PCS)
Mar 23rd Towards The Accomodating Intraocular Lens (Kenn Hodd - Medical Polymers Ltd)
Feb 22th The Horsa Glider Project (S/ldr Martin Locke - RAF Shawbury)
Feb 17th The Telford Polymer Association Winter Social Event (The Saracens Restaurant - Hadnall)
Jan 24th Managing Waste and Environmental Law (Philip Charlesworth -Rapra Technology Ltd)
 
TPA events - 2005
Nov 16th Product Development - To The Datasheet And Beyond (Gary Howe - Independent Polymer Technology)
Oct 5th Vitrolite - A Novel Polymer Process Aid Based On Volcanic Ash (Steve Houlston - VitroCo)
Sep 6th A Tour and Wine Tasting at Wroxeter Roman Vineyard  
May 18th The Annual General Meeting of the TPA followed by: The Polymer Cluster: Project Update (Paul Hackney - Cluster Champion)
Mar 27th Electric Vs Hydraulic Injection Moulding (Ian Hyland - Engel)
Feb 16th Thermoplastic composites - Where are we in 2005? (Chris Price - Security Composites)
Jan 19th Development of the minimixer @ Bradford University (Martin Gale - Telford Polymer Association)
 
TPA events - 2004
Nov 24th Small Wonder! - An overview of Nanotechnology (Brian Murray - Rondol Technology Ltd)
Oct 27th Why plastics fail - An introduction to failure analysis - (Mike Hough - Polymer Problems)
May 19th The Annual General Meeting of the TPA was followed by a talk by David Arthur, head of membership - IoM3
Apr 13th Polymer Rheology: From tensor maths to practical benefits for processors & end users alike (Don Fleming - Fleming PTC)
Mar 4th The Horsa Glider Project (S/ldr Martin Locke - RAF Shawbury)
Feb 10th Mucell Injection Moulding Technology (Ian Hyland - Engel UK)
 

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