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Starpack school pupil entry continues towards clinical testing in NHS
IOM3
29 Jan 2020
A previous winner of the IOM3 Schools Starpack Awards has undertaken various design and development iterations with healthcare specialists from both the NHS (Healthy London Partnership – who run a large Asthma Campaign across London) and AIR, (an asthma charity run by Doctors and respiratory specialists) to take the design to full application, driven by the Designing Our Tomorrow (DOT) Team at the University of Cambridge, who set the initial challenge.
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UK supermarkets give insight into plastic plans in Green Alliance report
Materials World magazine
29 Jan 2020
Green Alliance reveals information on what the UK grocery industry is doing about plastic and the potential pitfalls of using alternatives. Idha Valeur reports.
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Packaging company implements fully-traceable polymers in sugar packaging
Materials World magazine
6 Jan 2020
Tetra Pak says new packaging is the first in the food industry to be made with fully traceable plant-based polymers. Shardell Joseph reports.
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IOM3 launches 3-year business plan
IOM3
2 Jan 2020
Following on from November’s changeover to the new governance scheme with the last meeting of the old Council and the first meetings of the new Advisory Council and Executive Board, Trustees have now adopted a new strategy and business plan for 2020-2022.
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Nominations invited for IOM3 2020 Awards in the Polymer and Elastomer Disciplines
The Polymer Society
30 Dec 2019
The Institute makes a number of prestigious awards for people in the polymer and elastomer sectors and nominations are always encouraged
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IOM3 responds to Queen's Speech for the next Government
IOM3
19 Dec 2019
The Monarch has today set out the Government’s plan following the General Election held on 12 December 2019.
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An open letter to the Prime Minister signed by IOM3
IOM3
19 Dec 2019
Following last week’s general election result, the National Engineering Policy Centre, which represents the voice of 39 of the UK’s leading professional engineering bodies including IOM3, has published an open letter to Prime Minister Boris Johnson setting out its key priorities for the new government and Parliament.
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IOM3 digital transformation update
IOM3
9 Dec 2019
As Materials World goes to press, the new IOM3 system for managing our member and contacts data is in the process of being configured and a new Member Portal is being set up. The new integrated system will replace the current legacy membership database. We are due to make the changeover at the end of January after a period of intensive testing when we return after the Christmas break.
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Entries invited for Starpack Students and Schools
Starpack
9 Dec 2019
Nominations for the Student and Schools Starpack Awards for 2020 are open. The awards encourage young people to take up careers in the exciting world of consumer packaging design.
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A year as IOM3 President by Professor Serena Best CBE FREng CEng FIMMM
IOM3
9 Dec 2019
Our 150th Anniversary year is drawing to a close and, looking back over the months, it is clear that 2019 has been an extremely busy and productive time for IOM3. These activities have been captured in a short video which can be viewed on IOM3 TV. There have also been a variety of important changes and developments that mark a new start for us.
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