PR 23 - Sustainability – what does it mean to engineers? – Exclusive article for Industrial Technology magazine - December 2009
Hardly a day goes by without someone mentioning the ‘S’ word but what exactly does sustainability mean to engineers? Peter Atterby, managing director of technical compounding and recycling specialist Luxus, offers his view.

PR 22 - Recycling scheme turns wheeled bins into cash for local authorities - November 2009
A wheeled bin recycling scheme offering cash for end of life bins and tax credit benefits is proving to be a hit with local authorities.

PR 21- Luxus goes pink for charity - November 2009
Employees at Luxus were well and truly in the pink when they participated in ‘Wear it pink’ day, October 30th, in support of breast cancer research...

PR 20 – High performance recycled content engineering compounds make the grade - Exclusive article for Industrial Technology October 2009
Plastics compounds with high levels of recycled plastics waste, tailored to meet demanding high performance specifications, are increasingly being used in engineering applications. Terry Burton, technical manager of integrated polymer solutions specialist Luxus Ltd who process over 18000 tonnes of recyclate per annum, explains...

PR 19 - National training recognition for local company - August 19th 2009
An enduring commitment to the training and development of its employees has achieved national recognition for Luxus, the technical compounding and recycling company based in Louth, Lincolnshire...

PR 18 - Clean sweep for Numatic at PDM - July 13, 2009
Congratulations to Mick Duffy, product development specialist at Numatic International, who won Luxus’ prize draw for a Husqvarna 210 Automower...

PR 17 – Luxus show how engineers can benefit the environment and stop the grass from growing under their feet – automatically - with a display of recycled and prime technical plastics compounds at PDM09. Visitors also offered the chance to win a robotic mower – May 2009
Recycled engineering compound technology is moving fast and Luxus offered visitors to its stand H22 at PDM2009 the opportunity to get up to speed with the latest developments and the chance to win a robotic mower.

PR 16 – Recycled content engineering compounds from Luxus tick all the environmental boxes at the PDM Show 19 -21 May 2009 Telford International Centre. Stand H22 – February 2009
The recycled plastics market in Europe is driven by a combination of legislation and an unremitting shift towards sustainability. EU rules suggest that 95% of cars must be recyclable by 2010 and many local authorities now insist that wheeled bins have to be manufactured from materials containing a minimum of 65% recyclate.

PR 15 – Luxus strengthens technical team – January 2009
Technical compounding and recycling specialist Luxus has strengthened its technical team with the appointment of Sarah Willis as laboratory manager. Willis has a degree in chemistry and was previously with titanium dioxide supplier Millennium Inorganic Chemicals.

PR 14 – Luxus invests additional £100,000 in technical centre to drive development of new compounds, increase efficiency and enhance customer service – November 2008
Luxus has enhanced the range of services available through its technical centre, adding £100,000 of new equipment, tooling and staff to further improve its capability to develop cost effective compounds. These extra resources will advance existing formulations and quality control standards as well as increase the speed of its response times to customers for new compounds and colour matched samples.

PR 13 – Recycling service offers revenue stream for local authorities – November 2008
Local authorities nationwide are showing increased interest in a closed loop recycling service that pays up to £100 per tonne for ‘end of life’ wheeled bins and kerbside collection boxes.

PR 12 – Exclusive article for British Plastics & Rubber Reclamation feature – Recycled engineering compounds enter main stream materials sector – November 2008
Eco friendliness and sustainability are now firmly established as key design criteria in the minds of engineers. The use of recycled content compounds, especially engineering plastics, is a focus area. Central to the development of successful recycled engineering compounds, is an understanding of what is achievable, given the material supply chain and manufacturing processes used to convert waste materials into usable products. Terry Burton, technical manager of integrated polymer solutions specialist Luxus Ltd who process over 18000 tonnes of recyclate per annum, explains.

PR 11 –Festival accommodation goes green with recyclable myhab made by JSC Rotational Ltd from recycled compound developed by Luxus. – September 2008
Each year several thousand tents are abandoned at festivals and end up as landfill but myhab, a new eco friendly, reusable and recyclable habitat manufactured from recycled plastics and waterproof cardboard, has pitched in to solve the problem.

PR 10 – ‘Life in Plastic is Fantastic’ T-shirt says it all…. – August 2008
Peter Laking, Recycling Factory Manager, at Luxus Limited and well known character of Louth, celebrated 40 years service with the business last month. 

PR No 09 – World first custom developed recycled content compounds penetrate European manufacturing sectors – August 2008
To meet cost, performance, environmental and legislation driven specification requirements in European automotive, packaging and wheeled bin manufacturing progressive companies are increasingly opting for innovative recycled content compounds developed by specialist compounder Luxus Ltd.

PR 08 – Luxus custom developed recycled content PP compounds for Honda Civic interior components – November 2008
Targeting environmental and cost efficiency benefits, Honda is using high recycled content PP copolymers; custom developed by specialist compounder Luxus Ltd, for interior parts on its cutting edge design Civic 3 and 5 door models. Luxus is one of a few companies in the world to have recycled content polypropylene material approved by Honda for use on colour matched interior components.

PR 06 – New flame retardant PP innovation announced by Luxus at PDM 2008 – 15th April 2008
Luxus announced the development of a new halogen free flame retardant polypropylene copolymer with VO rating. The compound has been formulated to retain more of the physical properties of the base material by using fewer additives compared to other VO halogen free systems.

PR 05 – Luxus focus on innovation and integrated polymer solutions at PDM 2008 – 15 February 2008
Innovative new materials, a recently launched website and corporate structure coupled with revitalized branding that combine to present integrated polymer solutions covering plastics compounding, recycling and technical support, will be the main focus on Luxus’ stand H22 at PDM 2008, 15-17 April, Telford.

PR 04 – Closed loop recycling of PP strapping reduces waste and cuts material costs – February 2008
An innovative ‘closed loop’ custom processing service to recycle post industrial scrap packaging strapping into reusable polymer is reducing landfill and saving raw material costs.

PR 03 – Recycled PP hats make lightweight kerbstones – November 2007
Following a major rebranding exercise Morgan Ashfield is recycling much of its equipment including bright yellow plastic hard hats. The polypropylene headgear is being collected and converted into other construction products, notably the revolutionary Durakerb kerbstone.

PR 02 – New business helps the construction industry go green – 11 September 2007
New contracts that raise the awareness of recycling possibilities in the construction and timber building industries were announced by polymer solutions group Luxus at the RWM show NEC, 11 – 13th September 2007.

PR 01 – Luxus unveils new structure with industry focus at RWM07 Stand 21 – July 27, 2007
Luxus, one of the UK's largest independent plastics recycling companies, producing 28,000+ tonnes of high-quality recycled compound per year, will use RWM07 to unveil a new structure designed to enable focus on its key market sectors and in-house technical support facility.