Nigel Flowers is the Managing Director of Sumitomo (SHI) Demag Plastics Machinery UK, he has held this position since 2006. Nigel has been in the plastics Industry for over 35 years, initially with Hozelock Ltd before joining Sumitomo SHI Demag as a Service Engineer in 1984. Since then he has had a variety of roles within the organization, including Service Manager and Technical Director before becoming Managing Director.

He has continued to be a strong supporter of Education & Skills, he was a Trustee of Aylesbury Training Group from 2012 to 2016 and more recently a member of the British Plastics Federation Council and Education & Skills Committee and an Enterprise Advisor to a local secondary school, linking education to work.

He continues to represent BSi on both CEN and ISO Committees, developing technical safety standards for manufacturing plastics production equipment. He is a past Chairman and is currently the President of the Polymer Machinery Manufacturers & Distributors Association, the trade body for Polymer machinery suppliers in the UK and Ireland.

He is a member of Institute of Directors, Institute of Engineering & Technology and Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineering.

Experience:

Managing Director – Sumitomo (SHI) Demag Plastics Machinery UK Ltd.
Chair – CEN/TC145 UK Shadow Committee
Chair – CEN/ISO/TC270 UK Shadow Committee
Chair – BPF Productivity Committee
Member – CEN/ISO/TC270 WG1 – Plastic Injection Moulding Machinery
Member – CEN/ISO/TC270 WG3 – Mould Clamping Systems
President – Polymer Machinery Manufacturers & Distributors Association (PMMDA)
Chair – PMMDA Service Managers Group

Vice President – British Plastics Federation
Council Member – British Plastics Federation

Committee Member – BPF Industrial Health and Safety Committee
Committee Member – BPF Education and Skills Committee
Member – Euromap Technical Committee OPC-UA
Member – BSi Industry Advisor Forum

EAN – Enterprise Adviser Network Member

Member – Institute of Directors
Member – Institute of Engineering & Technology (IET)
Member – Institute of Electrical & Electronic Engineers
Member – Bucks Business First