Sovrin Plastics - an injection moulder based in Slough turns
over £10 million (€15m) is ready to open a second
facility of 20'000 sq ft, which will add to its existing 50'000
sq ft factory. The investment is £2m (€3m)
The reason for this extention is that the
business has outgrown its current premises. It also allows
the company to separate the technical (trade moulding) parts
with the medical parts. The former will be made at the older
premises, while the medical parts will now be made at the
new building.
Much of the success of the 35 year old company
can be attributed to its long history of special ism in injection
moulding technically challenging parts rather than high volume
run of the mill products.
Today 50% of Sovrin's turnover is generated
from technical parts such as housing for central heating thermostatic
valves and optical products such as CCTV plastic domes. The
other half comes from medical products such as drug delivery
devices for pharmaceutical comapnies.
"The success of our business is due
to innovation and investment in technology. We are constantly
looking at ways in which we can improve a product," says
Andrew Rankin Sovrin's operational director. "We were
the first company in the UK to invest in micromoulding, to
make parts that are barely visible to the eye."
Sovrin bought a 5-tonne Battenfeld Microsystem
50 for £100'000 (€150'000) in October 2000. The
machine is a bespoke micromoulding manufacturing cell with
injection moulding, robotic handling, product documentation,
quality assurance and aligned packaging all in class 100 cleanroom
conditions.
James Joiner, projects manager at Sovrin,
says: "The inspection and handling on the machine is
a big part of the process. The checking of each part, measurement
and statistic analysis is very important in ensuring the customer
get 100% correct parts."
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