ARBURG Ltd are pleased to confirm that we have taken corporate membership of the Scottish Plastics and Rubber Association. The S.P.R.A as it is often referred to, has a number of common aims for the Scottish plastics industry, these include:

	1.		To promote the advancement of plastics, rubbers and related materials through education and training in the science, engineering and design associated with the manufacture, conversion and end-use of polymeric materials.
	2.		To provide a forum for discussion of topics of mutual benefit among organisations and individuals with interests in the manufacture, conversion and application of plastics, rubber and other polymer based materials.
	3.		To promote Continuing Professional Development of members and encourage progression to corporate membership of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining.
	4.		To organise social functions for the benefit of members.
	5.		To form links with groups operating in affiliation with the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining and other groups with similar interests.
	6.		To support the teaching of polymers in schools.

 
The Scottish Plastics and Rubber Association was formed in 1993 to continue the activities of the Scottish Section of the Plastics and Rubber Institute (PRI) after the merger of the PRI with the Institute of Metals and the Ceramics Institute to form the Institute of Materials (IoM). The PRI in turn had been formed by amalgamation of the Plastics Institute (PI) and the Institution of the Rubber Industry (IRI) in 1975. A Scottish Section of the Plastics Institute had been active since the early 1940s and the Scottish Section of the Institution of the Rubber Industry was established in 1927.
 
ARBURG have always had a big presence in Scotland and over the years have supplied many machines and associated systems into Scotland for a wide, diverse spectrum of the plastics industry.
 
This is one of the reasons we decided after many years of individual membership, to amend our membership to that of a corporate level. We want to actively support the industry in Scotland and in doing so indirectly our customers. We will be organising a technical presentations in the future, more details to follow.