Plastics News Europe - July/August 2019 - 3

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CONTENTS
Volume 46 * Number 5 * Incorporating European Plastics News * Price £22

Q&A INTERVIEW
26 Harry Prunk
Quality is a core value in manufacturing
today and literally has become
'everybody's business. 'It is absolutely
essential', says Harry Prunk, executive
board member at SIKORA, a
manufacturer of measurement, control
and inspection systems.

IN THIS ISSUE
6

Markets & Business
Country profile: Bulgaria. Export is at
the core of the Bulgarian plastics
industry's success. New EU regulations
are putting pressure on producers of
low-end, single use plastic products.

8

Plastics in construction
Bricks, reimagined. One solution for
plastic waste and unsafe slum
dwellings. Could it work?
11 Driving change with plastic. New roads
made from prefabricated plastic
elements are making an appearance in
the Dutch landscape. Two pilots are
already running.
14 Quality
Quality: measure it, manage it. 'The key
element to making quality
management work is top management
commitment,' says Robin Kent.

6

Markets & Business:
Bulgaria has built a
plastics industry based
on exports

8

Construction:
Safe and sustainable
do-it-yourself construction
with the UniBrick

16 A vision of quality. Intelligent machine
vision systems can boost quality.
20 Thermoforming
In good shape.
Thermoforming company swissplast:
'Customers are often surprised at the
possibilities.'
22 Creating more with less.
Multifunctional thermoformable skins
help trim weight from new cars.

16

Quality management:
Quality is what your
customers expect you to
deliver. Every time. It's
up to you to manage it

23 PVC - VinylPlus
The PVC sector's 10-year sustainability
programme VinylPlus is a success, yet
PVC issues - legacy additives, recycling
- are still cause for debate. A new
plasticiser from Perstorp looks to be a
step forward.

REGULARS
4

Reflection

5

Design Landmark
Apple iMac (revisited)

28 Polymer Prices
32 Products and Services
34 Events & Movers

JULY/AUGUST 2019

23

PVC - VinylPlus:
PVC is reinventing itself as a sustainable material
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