Corporate Body

Plastics Institute of Australia Inc. (PIA) (1944 - 1989)

From
9 August 1944
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
To
1989
St. Kilda, Victoria, Australia
Functions
Association, Society or Membership Organisation and Plastics Industries
Alternative Names
  • PIA (Abbreviation)

Summary

The Plastics Institute of Australia Inc was the association for the plastics industry in Australia for nearly half a century. During this period, plastics began to be used in electrical fittings and appliances, in furniture, in buildings, in recreational equipment and in cars, gradually replacing conventional materials such as timber, rubber, metal, glass and wool.

The original object of the institute was to promote the cause of the plastics and allied industries in Australia by bringing together all those interested in them, and helping to develop processes, standards and practices.

It provided a comprehensive range of services for its members - both corporate and individual - designed to promote plastics and the plastics industry. Its activities included government representation and economic development, public affairs, technical, education and training. It was established on an industry sector (division) and sectional / regional (state) basis.

The Institute organised "Know Your Plastics" lectures from the 1970s, and produced notes that became an associated text book Know your plastics (First published c1970). Several thousand people throughout Australia attended these successful courses.

In late 1989, the Plastics Institute of Australia Inc became the Plastics Industry Association Inc.

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Many meetings, conferences and publications were produced by the Institute, both at a national level and at a sectional level. Notable people and publications of the PIA are yet to be fully identified and added to this Encyclopedia.

Timeline

 1944 - 1989 Plastics Institute of Australia Inc. (PIA)
       1989 - 1994 Plastics Industry Association Inc. (PIA)
             1994 - 2017 Plastics and Chemicals Industries Association (PACIA)
                   2017 - Chemistry Australia

Related People

Published resources

Books

  • Plastics Institute of Australia Inc, Know your plastics (Melbourne: Plastics Institute of Australia Inc, 1970s). Details

Resources

Ken McInnes

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