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News
- Are manufacturers coping with polymer supply challenges?
- Rachel Presents at Interplas 2026: Sustainable Polymers
- Powered by Sales Geek: Matthew Crabbe
- Spotlighting reprocessed polymers at Interplas 2026
- Bartosz Komanski joins Help to Grow: Management Programme
- Strengthening supply chains for polymer security
- Is sustainability really sustainable? More questions than answers!
- New Shore hardness sample launch
- Max Kopka joins as Commercial Co-ordinator
- Five factors to consider when moulding PEEK
- The Future of Precision Engineering
- Southern Manufacturing & Electronics 2026: visit us at stand E310
- Why are PEEKs so resistant to friction and wear?
- Scottish Plastics Industry Reception at Holyrood
- Five amazing inventions
- Showcasing innovation and sustainability at Plastics Live Ireland 2025
- Celebrating a win at The Herald Top Employer Awards 2025
- What is Polyetheretherketone (PEEK)?
- Chris Simpson appointed as Chief Operating Officer
- We’re finalists: The Herald’s Top Employer Awards 2025
- Shining a light on Scotland’s plastics industry
- The importance of plastics and the injection moulding industry in Scotland
- Jack Ferguson named finalist at the 2025 Plastics Industry Awards
- From plastic to product: we’re showcasing polymers at Scotland Manufacturing Expo
- Plastics Live Ireland at the RDS Arena, Dublin
- Parliamentary Reception: Plastics and Rubber in the Circular Eonomy
- Scotland Manufacturing & Supply Chain Conference & Exhibition
- New Commercial Sales Administrator
- New Office Administrator
- Jack Graduates Help to Grow Programme
- Net Zero Nation Accelerator Foundation Certificate
- Investing in materials handling technology
- Picking the perfect thermoplastic: exploring the key factors for product success
- Help to Grow
- New addition to our reprocessed materials range
- Isy Joins the Growth Advantage Programme
- Exploring recycled polymers: a smart choice?
- Polymer Science Bursary at Sustainable Chemistry for Net Zero Conference
- The Future of Polymers: Game-Changing Innovations Transforming the Industry
- Customer account team expands
- Polymer Grade Selection: Key Factors for Performance, Compliance and Cost
- BP&R Thought Leadership Report 2025
- 2024 – our year in numbers
- Accelerating towards net zero
- Building expertise in polymer processing
- Operation Clean Sweep
- Hardie Polymers: 100 Years in Business
- The Hardie Polymers Team Welcomes New Talent
- The Hardie Polymers Net Zero Plan for Sustainable Growth
- Innovation and Productivity: Hardie’s at Demag Roadshow 2024
- Hardie Polymers Join the Sumitomo (SHI) Demag Roadshow 2024
- Connect with Hardie Polymers at Plastics Live 2024
- Raising the Bar: Rachel Upskills with Injection Moulding Training
- Empowering Youth: Hardie Polymers Sponsors Local Football Team
- Hardie Polymers Southern Manufacturing Update 2024
- Visit Southern Manufacturing 2024 for Hardie Polymers’ Innovations
- Hardie Polymers 2023: Expansion, Promotions and Accolades
- Merry Christmas from Hardie Polymers 🎄
- Hardie Polymers Training News: Jack Ferguson’s New Venture
- Navigating Seamless December Polymer Deliveries in the UK
- A Bold 12 Month Journey
- Hardie Polymers Exhibit Success at Interplas 2023
- Hardie Polymers Invite You to Interplas 2023 in One Week
- Hardie Polymers Excited to Exhibit at Interplas Show 2023
- Hardie Polymers and Sumitomo (SHI) Demag delighted to present their Productivity Morning
- 5 Great Reasons to Meet us at Plastics Live 2022
- PEEK Performance: Empowering Innovation with Hardie Polymers
- It really is time for people to start LOVING plastics!
- Supporting Customers and Holding our Highest Polymer Stock Levels
- One Rewarding Year in the Life of Hardie Polymers
- Hardie Polymers’ Management Buy Out Signals Future Growth
- Hardies delighted to be appointed UK’s Victrex Authorised Distributor
- Hardie’s in the Running for COVID Business Hero at the Plastics Industry Awards 2021
- 5 Great Reasons to Meet us at Interplas 2021
- How To Survive the Extraordinary Global Polymer Supply Challenge
- Tips & Tricks: Gain Advantages for Specifying Polymer for your Parts
- New brand identity & New website
- Hardies support drive to bring manufacturing back to the UK
- Excited to be Polymer Distributor of the Year again
- Hardie Polymers support for COVID-19 research in Glasgow
- PC/ABS – Your First Material of the Month
- Maip Group and Hardie’s Partnership – revealed for the first time
- Rely on more than one source for your materials
- What a wonderful year for Hardie Polymers
- K2019 – Reflections on the number 1 global plastics exhibition
- How to double-check the grade you buy is actually specified
- Team building and reward day on beautiful Loch Lomond
- The Hardie Polymers Cycle 300 Cancer Research challenge
- In the spotlight – Third generation to join Hardies
- Sourcing & distributing engineering & high performance polymers
- Isy Ferguson Promoted to Operations Director
- We’re delighted to be Polymer Distributor of the Year
- Announcing the launch of our new polymer sourcing video
- 10 Powerful Polymer Buying Tips to save you Money
- 2018 – That was the fantastic year that was
- Fergus Hardie in the Plastikcity hot seat
- Double polymer award success for Hardie Polymers in 2018
- Meet the Hardies Team: Danielle Thomson
- Why choose us as your polymer distributor?
- Introducing the Knowledge Base Series of Polymer blogs
- Meet the Hardies Team: Monika Holowiecka
- Supplying engineering plastics since 1960
- Announcing the new expanded professional polymer team
- 3 Delighted Customer Testimonials you’ll want to read
- A 66 mile charity cycle challenge with beautiful scenery
- 7 reasons you should love plastic
- Save money when buying polymers
- A year in the life of an Award Winning Polymer Supplier
- Marine Litter: The Facts
- Long term deformation – Creepy!
- Interplas success for Hardies
- Supplying plastic raw materials to UK moulding companies since 1960
- Meet the Hardies Team: Robert Phair
- Materials Appreciation – Polymer Training
- Vuelta cycle challenge for Mary’s Meals
- Hardies appointed by NovaPET as joint UK Distributor
- Hardies finalist for Best Performing Business Award
- BPF visit to Hardie Polymers Offices
- What do Hardie Polymers customers say about us?
- Meet us at Interplas 2017
- Meet the Hardies Team: Linda Tonner
- New Polymer Website Launched
- Artificial Snow Acrylics like sodium polyacrylate
- Proud members of the British Plastics Federation
- Hardies sponsors young Basketball Scotland athlete
- New look for Hardie Polymers: Independent Polymer Supplier
- The Origins of Hardie Polymers
- The Soldiers’ Charity
- Meet the Hardies Team: Bartosz Komanski
- Meet the Hardies Team: Isy Ferguson
- Meet the Hardie Polymers team
- Paying too much for your specified grades of engineering polymers?
- Tribute to Dr Charlie Geddes
- Polymer Distributor of the Year at Plastics Industry Awards
- Hardie Polymers in BPF Strategic Discussion with MP
- The Unsung Heroes of the Plastics Industry
- Looking back over the plastic years…
Knowledge
- I want to use PP for a living hinge, what type of PP should I use?
- What polymers are suitable for a living hinge application?
- What is ISCC?
- What is the difference between SBS polymer and SBC polymer?
- What runs better: branched or unbranched polyolefin?
- What effect does branching have on polyolefin?
- Where would you use uHDPE v standard HDPE?
- What is the difference between injection moulding and extrusion?
- Engineering Polymers
- Designing with Plastics
- Polymer Manufacturing Processes
- Introduction to Polymers
- Coping with weld lines
- Will Styrenic thermoplastics evolve further to meet design demands ?
- Polypropylene: the Workhorse of the Plastics Industry
- Where is Wear….. and Why.
- What determines friction between thermoplastic components?
- Creepy things can happen with long term loading of thermoplastics.
- What makes medical grade plastics so special?
- The Long and the Short of Fibre Reinforcement of Thermoplastics
- What causes mouldings (and moulders) to be off-colour?
- Do your mouldings suffer from jet lag?
- Transparent ABS can be a clear winner
- How useful is Tensile Strength data ?
- Where are Engineering Thermoplastics Blends going ?
- Understanding the difference between SBS & SEBS thermoplastic elastomers?
- How do electrostatic dissipative (esd) thermoplastics work?
- Is MFR really much help to moulders these days ?
- What gives Moulders a Warped View on Life?
- How to A-Void that Sinking Feeling
- Why is Mould Shrinkage the Source of so many Disputes?
- Colour your thinking on the Optical Properties of Thermoplastics
- What are the properties of thermoplastic transparency?
- How can a thermoplastic elastomer be both thermoplastic and elastomer ?
- Understanding the causes of silvering in injection mouldings .
- Has PVC weathered the negative attitudes of Environmentalists ?
- Does FR imply fire resistance?
- Looking for colour stability in plastics for outdoor exposure ?
- What do Liquid Crystalline Polymers have to offer?
- What does a moulder understand by the term ‘diesel burning’
- What can imide links do that amide cannot?
- Hardie Polymers in BPF Strategic Discussion with MP
- Who needs formal polymer education?
- How to reduce your plastic raw material costs…
- Making the most of impact testing
- Do Izod and Charpy make the appropriate impact?
- Low cost Identification of plastics
- Thermoplastics and UV: Friend or Foe?
- Is Solvent Resistance Predictable ?
- How to crystallise your thoughts on selecting a thermoplastic.
- Sulphur: From the Underworld to Thermoplastics
- Can you modify a polymer grade safely ?
- What do we mean by the Heat Resistance of thermoplastics?
- Is PTFE a thermoset or a thermoplastic?
- A Polymer Data Sheet – Just how useful are they?
- Is Thermoplastic Polyester your PET Subject?
- See-through Kettles may not be a transparent material selection.
- Does POM stand for ‘Plastics Outperforming Metals’ ?
- Why does PPO have to be ‘Modified’ ?
- Let it snow, let it snow…
- Does the coding for Polyamides mean anything to designers and processors?
- The hidden attributes of polycarbonate
- Can environmental stress cracking be avoided?
- What is Environmental Stress Cracking?
- Just why would you choose ABS….
- What are Engineering Thermoplastics?