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Tool life extension tips

Tool life extension tips

Broanmain tool manager Kamil Stec explains how we go about extending the life of customers’ precision mould tools. The cost of creating an injection moulding tool can run into thousands of pounds. One of the key considerations for product engineers has to be the...
Ready for Reshore Reversal

Ready for Reshore Reversal

Trade wars, closed borders, shipment delays, ongoing tariff negotiations, currency fluctuations and Brexit are just a number of factors prompting UK manufacturers to assess their supply chain vulnerabilities. Many Broanmain customers have done it. Managing Director Jo...
Making new GTMA connections

Making new GTMA connections

In June 2020, Broanmain Plastics joined the Gauge & Toolmakers Association (GTMA) to showcase our toolmaking expertise, how we design and uphold British engineering standards and manufacture master tools that are fit for purpose. Having managed well-over 200...
Art and science of injection moulding

Art and science of injection moulding

Injection moulding is one of the most cost effective and precise ways to mass-produce plastic components. A plastics processing engineering graduate from the Institut Superieur de Plasturgie d’Alencon (ISPA) in France, Broanmain’s operations manager Thomas Catinat...

From military to manufacturing

Broanmain Plastics has appointed an ex-military employee through a partnership with socially responsible recruiter CareerForces. The venture forms part of Broanmain’s strategic plan to develop a more diverse workforce from shop floor to boardroom by investing in...

Meet Broanmain’s new MD

Broanmain Plastics appointed Jo Davis as its new Managing Director at the start of 2020. Wilf Davis moves into the role of Chair, maintaining his strategic interest our company’s direction and governance, which his family founded more than 60 years ago. Jo’s...