Injection moulding is one of the most cost effective and precise ways to mass-produce plastic components. Some might say it’s a science. For Thomas Catinat, production manager at Broanmain Plastics, a good injection moulder combines art, chemical and applied...
Since our inception in the late 1950s, Broanmain Plastics has invested in its people. As a family-run business, upskilling and supporting staff in achieving their fullest potential and career goals, underpins our ongoing success. Our longest serving team member...
To enhance the quality of precision components manufactured on-site and meet customers’ budget and real-time delivery requirements, Broanmain Plastics has invested in a state-of-the-art vertical CNC milling machine. Combined with a new ZNC spark eroder system, the...
Broanmain Plastics has increased its volume of machines and factory footprint. With newly acquired 110, 220, 330 and 550-tonne injection moulding machines added to its fleet, Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) can now have components ranging from 0.1mm in size...
Plastic plays a practical, often life enhancing, role in our lives. The word plastic – derived from the Greek word plastikos (meaning to mould), shapes our everyday world. Plastic has come a long way from the Bakelite resin patented at the turn of the 20th...
A longstanding advocate for addressing skills shortages in the plastics sector, Jo Davis has joined the British Plastics Federation’s Education & Skills Committee. Additionally, Jo joined the plastic industry’s Trailblazer Group for the Level 4 Manufacturing...
