Plastic Processors

Tide Turns on Offshore Manufacturing: Reshoring Tooling to the UK

The reshoring of tooling and production back to the UK has been a steady trend over the last decade, and it shows no sign of slowing down. In the last month, BEC Group has received […]

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Plastek Launches Dedicated Sampling Suite

FMCG and Pharma producers in the UK and Europe will be delighted with the news that Plastek UK is making its Dedicated Sampling Suite available to all.

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BEC Group Blog | Post Moulding Assembly Services

As providers of plastic injection moulding turnkey solutions, BEC Group services don’t end once the moulding and tooling are complete.  As demonstrated for client Pacfinity, once the tool and first mouldings were produced, the job seamlessly […]

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Fairgrieve Compression Managing Director Wins Best Leadership Award

Fairgrieve Compression Moulding’s Managing Director, Barry Davidson, has been honoured with the Best Leadership award at the 2024 Manufacturing Awards. This achievement is part of the awards program facilitated by Business Awards UK, an initiative […]

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BEC Group Appoints New Directors to Continue Company Success Into the Future

After over four and a half decades at the helm of Hampshire-based BEC Group, managing director Geoff Elvy has appointed three directors from existing management to the board. Mike Tharme, Paul Holland, and Katie Reed […]

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Donite Plastics Achieve AS9100 Certification

The Saintfield-based thermoforming company, Donite Plastics has achieved the globally recognised AS9100 aerospace quality management standard for the design, manufacture and assembly of thermoformed products, further reinforcing the company’s commitment to manufacturing high-quality, reliable and […]

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Rutland Plastics Join Made Smarter to Strengthen its Commitment to Industry 4.0

In the realm of manufacturing, the term “Industry 4.0” has become ubiquitous, signalling a new era of industrial revolution through digitalisation, automation, and connectivity. While large corporations have been quick to adopt these transformative technologies, […]

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Gum for Good: Sustainable Testing Solutions by Great Central Plastics & HWU

Heriot-Watt University has teamed up with plastics manufacturer Great Central Plastics to develop innovative medical testing equipment from Gum-tec, a material created from chewing gum scraped from UK streets. The project has attracted national media […]

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Pentagon Plastics Puts Quality at the Heart of UK Manufacturing

Investing in mould tooling can be significant and the responsibility on the manufacturer to deliver high-quality mould tooling solutions within the quoted price is high. Given the nature, and at times complexity, of the precision […]

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Micro Systems Singapore Celebrates 15 Years of Mould Tooling Innovation and Excellence

Micro Systems Singapore, one of the market leaders in ultra-precision moulds and tooling, is pleased to celebrate the company’s 15 anniversary in Singapore, marking a major milestone of Micro Systems’ operations abroad.

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