Product category:
Industrial consultancy services
News Release from: Smithers Rapra | Subject: Rapra Technology
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 06 February 2003
Restructured polymer specialist broadens
out
Independent polymer specialist, Rapra Technology, has restructured and relaunched its membership schemes to open up industry access and to share its research research and information expertise.
Rapra Technology, Europe's leading independent polymer specialist, has restructured and relaunched its membership schemes in order to open up industry access to the company and to share its research and information expertise with a wider range of participating companies 'The successful Management Buy Out of last year has now enabled us to reset the scope of our membership and to provide enhanced services to companies at lower cost,' says Richard Walton, Rapra Technology Marketing Manger
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 4 Mar 2003 at 8.00am (UK)
Related stories
Funding won to refurbish moulder and set up IT
Six days' support funding was won for rubber and plastics moulding company to refurbish an injection moulder and establish IT and Web-based strategies.
Polymer analysis equipment investment implemented
Rapra Technology is investing GBP 600,000 in 'state of the art' polymer analysis equipment resources - the biggest ever made by the consultancy during its 80-year history.
Rapra's small business annual membership fee is now just GBP 600.00 a year, with GBP 200.00 of this money available immediately as a credit balance for the new Rapra member.
This grade of membership also entitles the company to access Rapra's free enquiry line; provides priority involvement in the various research programmes at Rapra Technology; offers free reciprocal web links to Rapra as well as free networking opportunities; priority email referrals and many other benefits.
A10% discount is available on all Rapra's technical consultancy and a 15% discount on all Rapra information products.
Additional benefits are available for the full company member (annual fee from GBP 1200.00) including access to fast-track testing and analytical services at Rapra.
And 40% of this member fee available as a credit balance to spend on any Rapra products and services.
The top grade of Rapra membership, which gives a 50% credit balance of the annual fee which starts at GBP 1600.00, provides 20% discount from information services and 15% discount from all of Rapra's technical and research services and consultancy.
This is in addition to all the benefits of the other grades of membership.
Rapra's new and existing members will also have exclusive access to those new polymer research projects that Rapra Technology is now developing with its own funds.
Details of the first research project - involving polymer melt technology and lower energy consumption -are currently being finalised and are expected to attract wide development interest from the membership.
• Smithers Rapra: contact details and other news
• Email this article to a colleague
• Register for the free Manufacturingtalk email newsletter
• Manufacturingtalk Home Page
Search the Pro-Talk network of sites
