SERVICES

The Hackwell Group was formed in 2001 to provide market analysis, technical and environmental consultancy services to the wood plastics composite industry.

• Technical Analysis

 

º Availability of Technology, Licensing, Specifications, Standards

º Technologies for Applications

 

• Marketing Strategy - Market Analysis - International Marketing

 

º Market Entry Strategy, Competitor Analysis, Understanding of Market Dynamics, Optimal Routes to Market

º International Market Analysis, Multilingual Capabilities

º Sources of Supply, Supply Chain Dynamics

 

• Environmental Services

 

º Life-Cycle Assessment to value the environmental benefits of wood plastics composite products

º Environmental Product Declarations that allow you to present these benefits to environmentally-aware customers

º And a wide range of other environmental services provided by our environmental partner, EuGeos Limited

CONSULTANTS

The Hackwell Group consultants have a combined total of 125 years experience in plastics, market analysis and environmental affairs. They have come together to provide a range of advisory services to the WPC industry.

• Dick Mann

of Dick Mann Associates, has wide experience of published, multi-client and single-client studies. He has authored or contributed to over 150 market reports on plastics, chemicals, construction and related subjects.

 

• Professor Geoff Pritchard

has researched the technical properties of composites for 30 years, advising multinational companies and defence organisations.
Prof. Pritchard has organised the technical programmes for Rapra’s additives conferences for several years and was formerly editor of Rapra’s additives newsletter. He has written market reports on fillers, PVC and additives. His latest report, "Plastics Additives" (ISBN1-85957-499-8) was released in March 2005 and is available from Rapra Bookstore.

 

• Chris Foster

of EuGeos Limited has wide experience in environmental affairs. He has worked on a range of projects studying the influence of environmental factors on innovations and markets.

 

• Brian Hackwell

has over 20 years of commercial and technical experience in polymers and related materials. As a consultant to these industries he has written numerous international reports, articles and conference papers.