Bitrez Ltd, the UK’s leading manufacturer of specialist polymers and chemicals, is celebrating after winning two innovation awards, one from Make UK (previously EEF) and the other from Made in the North West for two of their product ranges, Curaphen and Curamine. Both ceremonies were held virtually due to the pandemic.
Take a look at Managing Director Paul Jones’ article, which has been published in the latest edition of Reinforced Plastics magazine. In this article, Paul discusses our product FURACURE, a new generation of poly-furfural alcohol “PFA” bio-based polymers derived from biomass.
Take a look at this article from Dr Panagiotis Karagiannidis for Thermochimica Acta. Bitrez supplied their Epilok 60-566 epoxy resin/ Curamine 32-494 epoxy curing agent system in support of Dr Karagiannidis and his team at the University of Sunderland for the research.
Bitrez Ltd has been awarded the Manufacturing Innovation Award 2020 by Insider Media ‘Made in the North West Awards’ for their product Curaphen- a pioneering bisphenol A (BPA) -free phenolic resin. Launched in 2013, Curaphen is used for the internal coatings of food and drink packaging.
Bitrez Ltd, headquartered in Standish was given the Make UK North West Innovation Award, sponsored by HVM Catapult, at a ceremony held virtually.
Bitrez are pleased to back the wonderful Macmillan cancer support charity and have today held a Coffee Morning. After depositing an array of cakes, tea, and coffee at numerous locations about the Standish site whilst maintaining appropriate social distancing and compliance with site regulations, cake was eaten!
We are very pleased to announce the successful migration and qualification of our Health and Safety Management System from OHSAS 18001 to ISO 45001, the first international standard for Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems (OHSMS).
Paul Jones, Managing Director of Wigan-based Bitrez, has been elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, which is the highest level of membership. Paul joined Bitrez shortly after it was formed and consisted of a handful of staff.
Bitrez Ltd, the UK’s leading manufacturer of specialist polymers and chemicals, has launched a new service to provide customers with technical data on a broad portfolio of specialist resins used in the formulation of advanced coatings, adhesives and composites via the free, members only, section of their website, My Bitrez.
The Brick organisation distributes food parcels throughout the borough and from the later part of March through to the end of June they provided over 4000 food parcels to people facing hardship.
Bitrez Ltd, the UK’s leading manufacturer of specialist polymers and chemicals, has won the Chemicals Northwest International Trade Award 2020 for the product Curamine.
In the past 12 months, a team of judges has been researching CEOs who have demonstrated the ambition, skill and expertise to take their companies to new heights and deserve to be recognised as one of the top CEOs and we are pleased to report that Paul H. Jones of Bitrez Ltd is a 2020 award winner.