The British Plastics Federation (BPF, London; www.bpf.co.uk) has elected Mike Boswell, managing director of Plastribution (Ashby / UK; www.plastribution.co.uk), as its new president at the organisation's AGM on 13 June. He succeeds Philip Watkins who has held the post since 2011.

A BPF veteran, Mike has been a long-standing chairman of the federation's polymer distributors and compounders group. He has also served on both the BPF's council as well as its strategy and finance committee. During his career, he has achieved broad experience within the industry and the federation. He has been with Plastribution since 1988 when he came on board as a sales representative and has been the company's managing director since 2000.

On his new role, Boswell said he was "delighted and honoured to be elected to the presidency of such a vital organisation for the UK plastics industry. I will be striving to ensure that plastics manufacturing in the UK will have an even more effective voice in the future and that the BPF's work continues to be of direct benefit to its rapidly growing membership."