Weedon PSC Sponsors Local Schools Using Corrugated Board as a Teaching Tool

Hednesford-based Weedon PSC, the UK’s top independent producer of Retail Ready Packaging (RRP) and Point of Sale (POS) displays, is sponsoring a new initiative which will see corrugated board used as a tool in the teaching of science and engineering in local schools.

The company is sponsoring the cost of education kits for the six primary schools in Lichfield which will be taking part in the Build To The Line programme in their efforts to promote Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) to their students. Weedon PSC has also offered the schools the services of its structural design team, as well as a supply of corrugated board manufactured by its sister company, Weedon Corrugated Products in Manchester.

Build To The Line is a new programme from the Learning Partnership, which got underway in January and aims to inspire and educate young people in the basics of problem-solving in design, construction and engineering. Working in teams, children will learn to apply these skills to the design and build of construction and engineering models, using cardboard as the primary building material. Build To The Line offers a range of team-based engineering challenges and teams pit their skills against students all across the world.

Managing Director John Weedon comments:
“With the world’s natural resources rapidly diminishing, we know that we need to apply new approaches to construction, design and engineering that embody the key principles of sustainability and low environmental impact. Engineers need to rethink the materials they choose to use, their sources and how they use these materials.

“One of our top priorities at Weedon PSC is preserving the future of our planet by making good use of raw materials. For example, through innovative design, we actively seek to minimise the amount of unnecessary packaging that is produced. So we are delighted to have this opportunity to help introduce these important concepts to the children in our local schools – one day they will be the engineers and packaging designers of our future.”

For further information:

John Weedon, Managing Director of the Weedon Group, on 01543 423838.