Plastics and Rubber Equipment

BUYERS’ GUIDE

British Federation Aqua Cooling Solutions Ltd Buhler Sortex Ltd

Leading specialist in process cooling Plastics optical sorting solutions from and associated products and services. the world's leading manufacturer.

Cinpres Gas Injection C R Clarke & Co (UK) Ltd

Providerof equipment, technology and Designers and Manufacturers of a wide support Gas Assisted Moulding. range of fabricating equipment.

Filton Ltd Formech International Ltd

Rotary unions, Swivel joints and Air Manufacturer of vacuum forming, breathers. and packaging machines.

Gough & Co (Engineering) Ltd Hi Tech Automation Ltd

Manufacturer of machinery for the Manufacturers of robotic sytems, Plastics and Rubber Industry. automation and end-of-arm tooling.

Lloyd Instruments Ltd Mattec Ltd

Manufacturer of testing machines and Real-time Scheduling, Production software. and/or Process Monitoring Systems.

Meech International MSA Engineering Systems Ltd

Static control and webcleaning Patented wire laying systems for technology. manufacturing electrofusion fittings.

NDC Infrared Engineering Ltd Next-tec Ltd

Specialist manufacturers of fully PolyCycle from Next-tec is the worlds automated and semi-automatic coiling leading polymer recycling equipment equipment. for expanded polymers.

Oerlikon Balzers Coating UK Pipe Coil Technology Ltd Ltd The leaders in continous web process PVD Wear protection coatings. measurement and control.

Plasweld Ltd Triton Technology Ltd

Plastic welding tools & accessories Plastics Quality Assurance for sheets, pipes & linings. devices.

Xtrutech Ltd

Supplier of screws, , engineers & process optimisation for Twin Screw Compounders.

Plastics & Rubber Equipment Group

The BPF's Plastics and Rubber Equipment Group represents plastics and rubber equipment suppliers in the UK. The Plastics Machinery sector in the UK is made up of approximately 150 small and medium sized companies, typically focused on niche markets. These companies manufacture around €200m worth of machinery per year. UK Plastics Machinery manufacturers are well regarded for their innovative designs, adherence to specification and emphasis on customer support.

This sector focuses heavily on International Trade with these companies exporting to all corners of the globe. Aqua Cooling Solutions Ltd www.aquacooling.co.uk

Link House, Tower Industrial Estate, Tower Lane, Eastleigh, Hampshire, SO50 6NZ, UK Contact: Sue Davis | T: +44(0)2380641800 | F: +44(0)2380641801 E: [email protected] | [email protected]

Standard units have cooling capacities from 1 – 1,600 kW and we offer bespoke, built to order systems for operating ranges from -45°C to +120°C, with an emphasis on energy saving.

Buhler Sortex Ltd www.buhlergroup.com

20 Atlantis Avenue, London E16 2BF, UK T: +44(0)2070557777 | F: +44(0)2070557700 E: [email protected]

The SORTEX Z+, with its high resolution visible and infra red cameras, ensures that it is the most efficient sorter for all types of recycled and virgin plastic applications such as uPVC window regrind, PET, HDPE, PVB, PP, ABS and plastic pellets. Its camera power, combined with PROfile shape recognition, delivers outstanding performance in removing unwanted coloured plastics, misshaped pellets and foreign material such as rubber seal, metal and aluminium pieces.

Cinpres Gas Injection Ltd www.cinpres.com

Units 1-4 Prosperity Court, Prosperity Way, Midpoint 18, Middlewich Cheshire, CW10 0GD, UK Contact: Mr Jon Butler | T: +44(0)1606839800 | F: +44(0)1606839801 E: [email protected] | [email protected] Leading worldwide provider of equipment, technology and support for Gas Assisted Moulding, and the only company worldwide licensed to sell Plastic Expulsion Process (PEP) and External Gas Moulding (EGM).

C.R Clarke and Co (UK) Limited www.crclarke.co.uk

Betws Industrial Park, Foundry Road, Ammanford, Carmarthenshire, SA18 2LS, UK Contact: David Harry | T: +44 (0)1269 590530 F | +44 (0)1269 590540 E: [email protected] Manufacturers of a wide range of plastics fabricating equipment for Line Bending, Vacuum Forming & Diamond Polishing. The range now includes the all new 1575 100mm capacity bevel polisher plus much more. Filton Ltd www.filtonltd.co.uk

Caswell Road, Sydenham Farm Ind Est, Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, CV31 1QF, UK T : +44(0)1926423191 | F : +44(0)1926450610 E : [email protected]

Filton manufactures rotary unions which are a device that can be connected to a rotating shaft and allow the leakproof transfer of fluids to and from the stationery services.

Formech International Ltd www.formech.com

Unit 4 Thrales End Business Park Thrales End Lane, Harpenden, AL5 3NS, UK T: +44(0)1582469797 | F : +44(0)1582469646 E: [email protected] | [email protected]

From simple manual vacuum forming machines through to larger, PLC controlled automatic machines. For R&D, prototyping, packaging, automotive, aeronautics, chocolate confectionery, security, and sanitary ware, Formech can offer solutions.

Gough & Co (Engineering) Ltd www.goughengineering.com

Newstead Industrial Estate Stoke On Trent, Staffs, ST4 8GE, UK T: +44(0)1782654796 | F: +44(0)1782654770 E: [email protected]

Specialist producer of Sieving equipment in the . The Pellet Screener is to remove long ends oversize and fines from Plastic Granulate.

Hi-Tech Automation Ltd www.hitechautomation.com

Vernon Court, Henson Way, Telford Way Industrial Estate, Kettering NN16 8PX, UK T: +44(0)1536 312131 | F: +44(0)1536 312233 E: [email protected]

Hi-Tech Automation are experts in Automating the machine. We design/build six axis robotic systems to handle the moulded parts, pack and finish or place metal inserts into the injection mould tool. Lloyd Instruments www.lloyd-instruments.co.uk

12 Barnes Wallis Road, Segensworth East, Fareham, Hants, PO15 5TT, UK T: +44(0)1489486399 | F: +44(0)1489885118 E: [email protected]

Lloyd Instruments manufactures materials testing machines and software for tensile, compression, flexural and friction testing of materials and components. Our Davenport polymer test instrument range includes melt flow indexers and PET intrinsic viscosity measurement instruments.

Mattec Ltd www.mattec.com

Dinnington Business Centre, Outgang Lane, Dinnington, Sheffield, England S25 3QX, UK T: +44(0)1909561544 | F: +44(0)1909560675 E: [email protected] | [email protected] Mattec supply software and hardware solutions that simply and quickly provide all levels of personnel within a manufacturing plant with real-time scheduling/planning solutions and both real-time and historical production, process and quality data (including SPC/SQC) to assist in significantly improving manufacturing productivity and profitability.

Meech International www.meech.com

2 Network Point, Range Road, Witney ,Oxfordshire, OX29 0YN, UK T: +44(0)1993706700 | F: +44(0)1993776977 E: [email protected]

Meech International operates globally and offers an impressive portfolio of static control and cleaning systems that are designed to enable customers to improve their production processes and profitability.

MSA Engineering Systems Ltd www.msa-engineering.co.uk

3 Assured Drive, Thurmaston, Leicester, LE4 8BB T: +44(0) 1162608866 | F:+44(0)1162608861 E: [email protected]

Patented wire laying systems for the production of electrofusion fittings. Equipment available for manufacturing fittings from 20mm to 1200mm (typical). Also associated design consultancy services and innovative electrofusion control equipment. NDC Infrared Engineering Ltd www.ndcinfrared.com

Bates Road, Maldon, Essex, CM9 5FA, UK T: +44(0)1621852244 | F: +44(0)1621856180 E: [email protected]

NDC is a supplier of on-line thickness gauging and control systems for the continuous web industries. Applications include , coating, conversion, plastic and rubber calendaring textiles, nonwovens, and .

Next-tec Ltd www.next-tec-ltd.com

Halesfield 7, Telford Shropshire, TF7 4QL, UK T: +44(0)1952681828 | F:+44(0)1952684709 E: [email protected]

The polyCycle range of polymer recycling equipment from Next-tec Ltd in the U.K. uses cutting edge Specific Radiant Wavelength (SRW) technology to handle problematic polymer waste streams; converting them to a valuable resource.

Oerlikon Balzers Coating UK Ltd www.oerlikon.com/balzers/uk

Bradbourne Drive, Tilbrook, Milton Keynes Buckinghamshire, MK7 8AT, UK T: +44(0)1908 377277 | F: +44(0)1908361362 E: [email protected]

Oerlikon Balzers supply coatings that significantly improve the performance of tools and precision components. The coatings are extremely thin, harder than steel and lead to a decisive reduction in friction and wear.

Pipe Coil Technology Ltd www.pipecoil.co.uk

2nd Floor Pametrada Building, Oceana Business Park Davy Bank, Wallsend, Tyne & Wear, NE28 6UZ, UK T: +44(0)7852214114 | F: +44(0)1914061 179 E: [email protected] | [email protected]

Design and manufacture of high speed fully automatic pipe coiling and specifically for medical, plumbing, utility pipes & tubes plus bespoke ranges for 300+mm diameter umbilical's and cables. Plasweld Ltd www.plasweld.org.uk

1st Floor, 17 Sun Street, Isleham, Cambridgshire, CB7 5RT, UK T: +44(0)1638 781 165 | F: +44(0)1638 781 749 E: [email protected]

Specialist industrial plastic fabrications company offering welded plastic assemblies and vessels. Installation and repair contract work for welded plastic forms, pipes & linings. training and certification programmes to en 13067.

Triton Technology Ltd www.tritont.com

No 3 The Courtyard, Main Street, Keyworth Nottinghamshire, NG12 5AW, UK T: +44(0)1159375555 | F: +44(0) 1159376581 E: [email protected]

Triton produces a Quality Assurance device for Plastics, the identiPol-QA. This can rapidly assess any . Triton also produces Dynamic Mechanical and Dielectric Thermal Analysers for characterisation of polymers and plastics.

Xtrutech Ltd www.xtrutech.com

Lowfield Drive, Centre 500, Newcastle Under lyme, Staffordshire, ST5 0UU, UK T: +44(0)1782 621122 | F: +44(0)1782621133 E: [email protected]

Xtrutech offers a premier service for screw elements, shafts, barrels, service engineers and process optimisation for Twin Screw Compounders including W&P, APV / Baker Perkins, Theysohn, OMC, Leistritz and Prism machines.

About The British Plastics Federation

The British Plastics Federation (BPF) is the leading trade association of the UK Plastics Industry, with 400 direct members and over 1,600 affiliated members. The Federation is a platform for concerted industry action that exists to exploit common opportunities and resolve shared issues.

Visit www.bpf.co.uk for more information