Tag: plastic manufacturing

What is Injection Moulding? A UK Buyer’s Guide

March 11, 2026 / Tom Clarke

Injection moulding is the manufacturing process behind most plastic parts produced in quantity. The keyboard you are typing on, the bottle caps in your kitchen, the casing of your TV remote, the dashboard of your car, the syringes used in your last hospital visit: all of these are almost certainly injection-moulded. The process is the workhorse of plastics manufacturing, and across the UK and Ireland it produces enormous quantities of parts every year in factories from Aberdeen to Cornwall.

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Top 9 UK Plastic Injection Mould Toolmakers

August 21, 2024 / Jess Clarke

Plastic injection mould toolmakers are specialists in designing and manufacturing precise mould tools used in the plastic injection moulding process. These moulds are crucial for producing high-quality plastic components with consistent accuracy and detail. Injection mould toolmakers work closely with engineers and designers to create custom tools that meet specific production requirements.

Choosing the right injection mould toolmaker is vital for successful plastic injection moulding. Precision and quality in toolmaking ensure high accuracy and minimal defects, while durable moulds reduce the need for repairs, saving time and costs. Efficient, well-designed moulds lower production costs by reducing cycle times and waste. Additionally, a reliable toolmaker provides ongoing support, optimising mould performance and ensuring consistent, high-quality production.

3 Reasons to Think Twice Before Purchasing Your Next Mould

June 1, 2018 / Guest

Traditional manufacturing methods such as injection moulding have been around for decades and remain a solid option for most projects once the market demand and product requirements have all been validated. However, there are times when considering other options can provide some major benefits.

The Positive Impact of Plastic

September 25, 2017 / Guest

Plastic is an incredibly versatile material with a huge range of applications due to the multiple forms, textures and strengths it can take. There are many positive impacts of plastic on the environment that are generally unrecognised, so here are a couple of benefits that you may be surprised to hear…

How Can Material Distribution Be Automated? | Mo’s Corner

February 16, 2017 / Guest

Mo explains fully automated material distribution systems…

Brexit – Should we Export, or Stop Importing?

February 2, 2017 / Guest

By Simon Anderson – MD of LVS Small Plastic Parts

Like most SME’s, the Brexit vote came as a shock to LVS Small Plastic Parts last year. As part of the larger business community, we felt that a status quo would be the best outcome for the manufacturing sector. Our own business being so heavily aligned to the automotive sector helped to reinforce this opinion.

Re-shoring, fact or fiction?

October 29, 2015 / Carl Futcher

We all know that in recent years there has been a ‘buzz’ in the general Manufacturing Sector about more product being sourced from within the UK, but what do the actual numbers tell us?

Was Billy Joel right? Why should you invest in higher quality kit?

June 22, 2015 / Carl Futcher

If you listen to Billy Joel and agree with his philosophy of, “Don’t waste your money on a new set of speakers, you get more mileage from a cheap pair of sneakers”, then we aren’t on the same page……….

We say we support UK manufacturing – our Moulders have shown their commitment – is it time for YOU to put money where your mouth is?

May 13, 2015 / Carl Futcher

USA manufacturing is booming and riding the crest of the Re-Shoring wave. But I’m fearful we’re losing steam in the UK………

Thank you China!

February 10, 2015 / Carl Futcher

Thank you China! You made us better, more efficient, improved lead-times, enabled us to make profit from poor quality tools and now it’s less competitive for the Far East to win more business – overseas competition was a good thing!

Challenges and opportunities of recent polymer price falls…keep calm & carry on?

January 27, 2015 / Carl Futcher

On behalf of PlastikCity, Plastribution’s Mike Boswell sheds some light on the recent material price falls within the industry…keep calm & carry on?

Subcontractors: where are you? Put your head above the pulpit your country needs you

January 15, 2015 / Carl Futcher

I’ve never known a time when sub contractors are in such huge demand. The manufacturing industry is hastily training new recruits and although slowly making progress, it has a lot of catching up to do.

Do we feel guilty to make a profit with our new found honesty?

December 8, 2014 / Carl Futcher

Have the true entrepreneurs gone? Have we forgot how to make money? Are we scared to put prices up for risk of losing business?

Is manufacturing benefitting from its new found honesty? Seems so in plastics

Is UK manufacturing benefitting from its new found honesty? Seems so in plastics.

November 19, 2014 / Carl Futcher

I recall, as young plastic machinery sales engineer in the 80’s, how manufacturing was a pretty unpopular word amongst my friends. I also recall how government grants were often abused by companies, ordering equipment, then running off with the money, or asking suppliers to inflate invoices then keeping the uplift.