Colour Tone has been announced as a finalist in the Supplier Partnership – Masterbatch category for this year’s Plastics Industry Awards (PIAs). The event finale takes place on Friday, 24 October at the London Hilton on Park Lane.  

With 16 categories covering materials usage, product design, manufacturing, training and environmental performance, the PIAs’ highlight and recognise the best that the UK plastics industry has to offer.

“We were pleased to have been nominated for the PIAs for our work on developing materials technology that enables the sorting and mechanical recycling of black plastic packaging in partnership with Nextek Ltd and WRAP” said Tony Gaukroger, managing director of Colour Tone Masterbatch. “Innovations resulting from the project have the potential to create new business for plastics colourant and material suppliers, packaging manufacturers and recycling companies while delivering benefits over existing waste management options.”