Mike Boswell

PLASTRIBUTION Distributor warns of imitators / Scammers try to get resin / CEO calls for vigilance	18.07.2023
PLASTRIBUTION British distributor buys domestic plastic sheet maker / PIE talks to CEO Mike Boswell: “Move is part of UK growth strategy – Brexit brought complexity and opportunity”	22.03.2023
BREXIT Outcome of UK-EU trade negotiations remains uncertain / Time is running out / Plastics industry prepares / Coronavirus pandemic and supply bottlenecks add to problems	01.12.2020
BREXIT British Plastics Federation unveils online tool to help firms cope with Brexit	02.11.2020
UNITED KINGDOM Brexit deal suffers heavy defeat / Plastics companies concerned about no deal / Cefic asks for solution to avoid supply chain disruptions / BPF survey	16.01.2019
UK PLASTICS INDUSTRY Experts assess what domestic plastics sector might face upon leaving the EU / BPF Brexit seminar in London	24.04.2018
UNITED KINGDOM "Brexit" and plastics industry / BPF fears high trade costs with the EU / Priorities include access to skills / European chemical industry signs joint statement / Plastics exports to UK particularly important for Ireland	21.11.2017
INTERVIEW Mike Boswell, BPF's chairman of the “Brexit Task Force” / No-trade deal with EU could raise plastics trade costs by EUR 990m / UK companies more cautious about investing	27.10.2017
BRITISH PLASTICS FEDERATION Recent study shows high reliance of UK plastics industry on EU workers / Some companies consider extensive automation on factory floors	17.07.2017
PLASTRIBUTION Deal to supply Ethydco product range proving a hit with customers / Progress helped by quality of product, says UK firm	23.02.2017
UNITED KINGDOM UK plastics industry seeks clarity over Brexit / Concerns surrounding free market access continue / Skills, supply chain and workforce issues unlikely to go away soon	22.02.2017
KI GROUP POLYMER SUMMIT K 2016 Between fear and opportunity / Key industry stakeholders comment on raw material market shifts and impacts on the plastics industry / Second session of KI Group's exclusive summit during “K 2016”	24.10.2016
UK PLASTICS INDUSTRY British Plastics Federation outlines priorities for Brexit talks / Single market access “crucial” / Converters depend on EU for polymer / Some 40% of plastics firms foreign-owned	13.10.2016
PLASTRIBUTION Exclusive distribution deal for Ethydco's PE portfolio in UK and Ireland	11.08.2016
UNITED KINGDOM More than 50% of respondents to PIE poll say “Brexit” will not impact their business / More than a third fear negative repercussions / “Not the decision our sector wanted,” says UK chemicals association / Linpac does not expect any change	29.06.2016
ASSOCIATIONS Mike Boswell becomes chairman of BPF Polymer Distributors & Compounders Group	18.03.2016
ASSOCIATIONS Polypipe CEO David Hall elected BPF president	10.06.2015
ASSOCIATIONS BPF president reports “positive news” for UK construction sector in 2014 / Reiterates his commitment to issues of building, skills, energy and finance	27.05.2014
PEOPLE Philip Law named BPF director general	17.10.2013
ASSOCIATIONS BPF announces Mike Boswell as new president	14.06.2013
ASSOCIATIONS Mike Boswell elected new vice president of the British Plastics Federation	31.05.2012
PLASTRIBUTION Takeover of UK distribution for KWH packaging films / New brand strategy unveiled at Interplas	10.11.2011