In the following article for Women in Plastics, guest writer Emma-Jane Batey interviews Elena Ralchenko, a technologist at RETAL, a global plastic packaging solutions manufacturer, about her life, work and career.
Joanne Liddle, Managing Director at IPC Mouldings, came from a family of engineers, initially joining IPC Mouldings in 2008 and in 2014 was appointed Managing Director.
Based in the Falkirk office, Alicia is the second apprentice Viridis has taken on from Forth Valley College, with Cameron Graham joining the growing team in 2019.
Olivia Alexander, who came third in the Design Innovation in Plastics competition in 2018, has found a great job in the design industry and believes that her success made her application stand out when she applied for jobs.
RECOUP, are well respected across the plastics recycling value chain, and in an industry, which is traditionally male dominated, the organisation has bucked the trend and employs a predominately female workforce.
It is perhaps no accident to find that nearly half of the company’s management board are women: The Linear Plastics business culture is distinctly familial, communicating responsibility and accountability in everything it does.
Women are involved in every level of the materials recycling industry and this is certainly the case at Axion Polymers where they hold key roles in a number of areas from management and finance to process engineering and laboratory research.
In the following article STEM writer, Megan Nichols, considers the health and safety advice that plastics processing facilities and other manufacturers should follow.
Lene Rambekk has an MSc in polymer chemistry and wide industrial experience from Trelleborg Viking and REC. In this exclusive interview she discusses her recent appointment as appointed Scientific Laboratory Manager at Norner.
In this interview Lola Palmero, a member of AIMPLAS’ Equality Committee, discusses the importance of gender parity in the organisation and how it is benefitting AIMPLAS as a company.
