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Timeless moulding methods: Blending past, present and future

Timeless moulding methods: Blending past, present and future

For close to a century now, two plastic moulding techniques have been the mainstay of the manufacturing world. Today, injection and compression moulding remain the most common methods to rapidly manufacture quality plastic parts using minimal resources.  While...
Lean leader takes fresh look at Quality Control

Lean leader takes fresh look at Quality Control

Sanka Ranasinghe joined Broanmain Plastics six months ago. Drawing upon his 10+ years’ expertise in manufacturing and quality management, as well as polymer and extrusion processing, Sanka and the management team have swiftly moved from policing quality to instilling...
Making Kanban work for you

Making Kanban work for you

As a specialist business offering an array of plastics moulding technologies to a diverse manufacturing customer base, Broanmain first applied a Kanban system to stock management over 17 years ago. This was initially at the specific request of one customer, Siemens,...
Investing more in tooling capabilities

Investing more in tooling capabilities

Our Broanmain tool shop continues to invest in precision machinery to support new projects, test customer prototypes and take on high quality, repeat technical mouldings. New technology recently added include a precision CMM machine, a profile projector for advanced...
Moulding sustainably

Moulding sustainably

The lightweight nature of polymers not only has a positive impact on energy consumption, improved performance, functionality and safety of plastic components also directly affects the long-term sustainability of manufactured parts. Today, injection and compression...
British Tooling Teamworking at its Best

British Tooling Teamworking at its Best

Using its newly equipped state-of-the-art tool room, the Broanmain Plastics team has developed a true cross-departmental collaborative approach to tool design and delivery. Led by Kamil Stec and Thomas Catinat, the team now has capacity to complete tool design and...