Child Safe Packaging Group

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Trevor Hopley, BSc. CEng. MI Mech.E. - Technical Consultant to the CSPG

Mr Hopley was educated at Queens University, Belfast, where he gained a Degree in Mechanical Engineering, and subsequently, after apprentice training at Rolls Royce, Derby, he was elected a member of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers; he is a Chartered Engineer.

At Rolls Royce Mr Hopley was involved in the preliminary design of the then emergent RB 211 engine and subsequently he joined BTR Industries as Senior Development engineer in the R & D department at Burton on Trent.

He joined United Closures & Plastics in 1968 as Chief Development engineer and has held a number of technical positions within the company where he is the Product Design Manager. In addition to his involvement with the Child-Safe Packaging Group he also represents the British Plastics Federation on a BSI Technical Panel dealing with Child Resistant Packaging.

Mr Hopley has been closely involved with the design, development and manufacture of Child Resistant Closures since their introduction to the UK in the early seventies and is keen to make a meaningful contribution to ensuring safe yet friendly packaging for hazardous substances.