Taylor Engineering and Plastics Expands Production with Wittmann Investment

Rochdale-based Injection moulder and structural foam specialist Taylor Engineering & Plastics (TEP) has continued its investment and expansion programme with the purchase of a new 2200T injection moulding machine from Wittmann.

The 2025 investment – worth over £1 million – confirms TEP’s position as one of the leading lights in UK plastics and one of the UK’s leading suppliers of large moulded and painted components.

Ian Taylor, Technical Director at TEP, says that “current demand for our manufacturing services and large mouldings is high. Our order book is full and our new Wittmann machine, set for delivery in August 2025, is set to complement TEP’s existing machinery and will provide much-needed extra production capacity.”

Wittmann UK Area Sales Manager Orrin Smith says: “Selling the largest Wittmann MacroPower machine in the UK to date marks a very significant milestone and personal achievement for me – especially given Taylor’s rich history with Wittmann Battenfeld.”

Orrin added, “We collaborated closely with Ian Taylor on detailed technical discussions, and this greatly enhanced our understanding of TEP’s end requirements. This collaboration allowed us to navigate the quoting process seamlessly, and ensured we not only met but surpassed TEP’s expectations throughout the entire journey.”

TEP’s new 2200T MacroPower injection moulding machine (IMM) has a 33,000 injection unit and a shot weight over 20kg, with platen area sizes of 2.487m x 2.287m. The machine is complemented by a full material handling, drying and blending package which is also supplied by Wittmann as part of a full turnkey solution.

Ian Taylor comments that “the arrival of our new 2200T MacroPower will give all our customers the peace of mind that we as a company continue to invest in the very latest technology available.”

Dan Williams, Joint Managing Director of Wittmann UK, notes that “we are delighted to be working with TEP on this very important turnkey package. From my perspective this successful outcome is testimony to the long-lived historical partnership between the two companies”

TEP is one of the longest established businesses in UK plastics; founded in 1949 as Taylor Patterns – patternmakers and toolmakers to the automotive sector.

The evolution of the TEP business saw moulding and painting processes throughout the sixties and seventies in order to meet emerging demand for OEM products that required plastic enclosures. The relationship with Battenfeld – and now Wittmann – extends back over forty years.