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News Release from: Smithers Rapra
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 07 February 2003
Membership has its benefits
Europe's leading independent polymer specialist has restructured and relaunched its membership schemes to share its research and information expertise with a wider range of participating companies.
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 buyout 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 Engineeringtalk on 4 Aug 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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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.
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