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N.D. PRECISION PRODUCTS
Braunton Road
Barnstaple
Devon EX31 1GE
Managing Director: Nick Squire
Accreditations: ISO9001:2008
T 01271 345 496
W www.ndprecisionproducts.co.uk
Based in Barnstaple, Devon, ND Precision
Products is marking its 40th Anniversary
with a number of positive actions. Having
taken on three new staff from nearby TE
Connectivity (formally Tyco Electronics)
to cope with the demand for its precision
engineering services, the company
has also invested in PSL Datatrack
advanced production control MRP
software, and additional CNC machining
technology is being assessed to further
enhance efficiencies.
A hands-on, family-owned business, ND
Precision Products now has the third
generation of the Squire family working
under its roof. Managing Director, Nick
Squire, recalls: “When my father
established the company in 1973, there
were just two employees equipped with a
milling machine and a lathe, providing
tooling and engineering support for an
automotive component manufacturer.”
Today, ND Precision Products provides a
far broader service. Having invested in
CNC turning, milling and high speed
machining centres, wire and die sink EDM
machine tools, and surface and cylindrical
grinding, its services have expanded to
cater for almost every industry sector. It
provides injection and compression
mould tools, multistage progression press
tooling, complex fixtures and precision
machined components, for demanding
customers in the aerospace, defence,
pharmaceutical and medical, automotive
and motorsport, metrology, food and
beverage, subsea oil and gas sectors, as
well as providing support for general
precision engineering companies.
“From a complex multi cavity mould tool to
a simple punch and die set, every enquiry
we receive is given a thorough review, and
we will often go the extra mile to ensure we
offer the customer an effective solution
at the right price. We have even invested
in laser marking and heat treatment
equipment to address customers’
requirements,” Nick Squire explains.
A further example of the company’s
foresight is evidenced by its investment in
advanced laser etching and welding
technology. The first large subcontract
machine in the South West, the laser
welder can accept workpieces up to
350kg and is operated by staff with
almost a decade of experience, which is
essential to getting any repair or
modification work right first time.
Expanding into new markets has been one
of ND Precision Products’ keys to success,
and it was the first UK toolmaker to
exhibit in Russia, as Nick Squire says: “We
took the opportunity to exhibit at a
Russian mould and tool show, where we
presented examples of the solutions we
had developed for a number of our
customers. It was extremely well received
and we have quoted on a number of
projects of various sizes since the event.”
Accredited to ISO 9001, ND Precision
Products is a member of the GTMA and
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THIS COMPANY HAS
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
ON THE GTMA WEBSITE
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WEAF (West of England Aerospace
Forum). The company offers a full service
package, which includes 3D CAD/CAM
software to design and develop tools and
components, precision machining with
raw material procurement when required,
gauge manufacture, heat treatment, and
tool repairs and modifications.
Nick Squire concludes: “Our door is always
open to existing and potential customers,
and we are keen to show our capabilities and
provide advice on any aspect of the precision
engineering services we offer. Of course we
are all proud to celebrate 40 successful years
in business, and we are looking forward to
further successes in the future.”
Products and Services
Jigs & Fixtures
Aerospace Jigs and Fixtures
Jigs and Fixtures
CNC Precision Machining
High Speed Hard Metal
Machining
Micro EDM Machining
Wire Erosion
Mould & Die - Manufacture
Compression Mould
Mould Manufacture
Orthopaedic Mould Tools
Over Moulding
Plastic Injection Mould
Prototype Mould Tool
PVC Mould
Rubber Mould
Vacuum Forming Mould
Miscellaneous
Crimping Tools
Medical Device Manufacture
Pharmaceutical Packaging
Machine Spares
Spline Gauges and
Manufacture
Tooling Technologies &
Materials
Laser Marking
Laser Welding
Workholding, Cutting And
Ancillary Equipment
Micro Machining
Micro Milling
Mould & Die - Services
Mould and Die Services
Mould Tool Design
Special Purpose Equipment
Pharmaceutical Line Tooling
Press Tools - Services
Press Tool Design
Press Tool Services
Progression Tool Design
Press Tools - Manufacture
Press Tool Manufacture
Press Tool Modification
Press Tool Repair
Progression Press Tools
Prototype Press Tool
Toolmakers
Precision Machining -
Conventional
Wire Erosion
Plant/Equipment
ND Precision Machinery
Injection Moulding
XS Boy Injection Moulder
with Rubber Plasticising
Unit Laser
Alw Vario Laser Welder
Rofin Laser Marker
Grinding
Wide Range of Jones &
Shipman Surface &
Cylindrical Grinders
Milling
Bridgeport VMC 500
XYZ 3000 Vertical
XYZ 2000 Vertical
Mikron Hsm Graphite Master
EDM
Agietron Hyperspark 2
Agietron Innovation 2
4 Charmilles E110/P25
Wedm
2 Agie Excellence 2F
Agie Vertex Sf
Agie Edm Drill 0.2 -3.0mm
Inspection
Wide Range Of Inspection &
Measuring Equipment
Hardness Testing
System 3R Macro Setting
Ancillaries
Selection Of Drilling And
Sawing Machinery
Material Handling
Equipment
Fly Presses
CAD/CAM
Camtek Peps V5
Vero Visi Machining
Onecnc XR Mill Expert
Onecnc XR Lathe Expert
Cimatron E10 Electrode
Design
Solid Edge ST4

N J METROLOGY LTD
PO Box 413
Bedford, Bedfordshire
MK41 8WE
Managing Director: Neil Marriott
T 07831 207 506
W www.njmetrology.com
Established in 1998 as a service company
for measuring machine users, N.J.Metrology
quickly became known as the Co-ordinate
Measuring Machine Specialist company.
With a wealth of knowledge and experience
in manufacturing, service and support of
CMM’s, N.J.Metrology are able to offer their
services to users of any type of CMM. We are
ISO 17025 registered and UKAS accredited
to calibrate CMM’s to ISO 10360-2 and
surface tables to BS 817. N.J.Metrology are
based in a Hi-Tech temperature controlled
laboratory, which houses our precision
calibrated measuring equipment.
Metrology - Services
CMM Calibration
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NATIONAL PHYSICAL
LABORATORY (NPL)
Hampton Road,
Teddington
Middlesex TW11 0LW
T 07738 894 855
W www.npl.co.uk
Contact: Andy Morris
www.npl.co.uk/commercial-services/sectors/measurement-solutions
www.npl.co.uk/training | www.npl.co.uk/huddersfield
The National Physical Laboratory (NPL) is
the UK’s National Measurement Institute,
and is a world-leading centre of
excellence in developing and applying the
most accurate measurement standards,
science and technology available.
NPL’s world-class capabilities provide
support to industry to meet demanding
manufacturing requirements and to help instil
best practices in measurement processes.
Our measurement and inspection services
are built on over 100 years of leadership
in accuracy, innovation and scientific
research. Experienced scientists,
engineers and project managers draw
upon a unique combination of industry
know-how and world-leading scientific
discovery to deliver real-world business
solutions, help companies innovate and
secure competitive advantage.
NPL’s inspection and calibration services
are ISO 17025 (UKAS) accredited. Services
include accurate measurement of complex
parts, gauges, assemblies and freeform
surfaces; Independent instrument and
inspection process evaluations: and
Verification of measurement instruments.
We also have capability in design and
calibration of bespoke reference and check
standards. Our CMM, non-contact scanning
and first principles measurement and CMM
programming and programme validation
services are designed to support and
enhance in-house inspection processes.
NPL’s Training Framework encourages
learners to make a difference in their
workplaces, giving them the opportunity to
generate a return on investment for their
employer whilst simultaneously improving
corporate measurement capability. The
courses focus on developing an
understanding of the basic principles of
measurement; instilling a questioning culture
and identification of false impressions of
accuracy and consistency that automation
gives will now be reduced. This results in
saving time and money for companies
through more effective decision-making.
3D Laser Scanning
Articulated Arm Calibration
Calibration Service
CMM Programming
Contract Measurement
Gauge Block Calibration
Interferometry
Laser Scanning
Measurement Services
Metrology Services
Metrology Training
Portable Arm Verification
Scanning and Digitising
Sub-contract measurement
Sub-contract Measurement Services
UKAS Calibration
UKAS Laboratory
Accreditations:
ISO 17020 UKAS Inspection Body No
5105ISO 17023 UKAS Proficiency Testing
Provider No 0016, ISO 17025, ISO 17025
UKAS Calibration Laboratory No 0478,
ISO 17025 UKAS Reference Material
Producer No 4002, ISO 17025 UKAS
Testing Laboratory No 0002, ISO 9001
and ISO9001:2008

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NIKON METROLOGY UK LTD
EMA, Argosy Road
Castle Donington
Derby
Derbyshire DE74 2SA
Contact: Martin Bishop
T 01332 811 349
W www.nikonmetrology.com
Nikon Metrology offers
the most complete and
innovative metrology product
portfolio, including state-of-
the-art vision measuring
systems complemented with
optical and mechanical 3D
metrology solutions.
Nikon Metrology solutions
respond to the advanced
inspection requirements of
manufacturers active in consumer,
automotive, aerospace, electronics,
medical and other industries. Systems are
available in both fixed and portable
configurations, equipped with single or
multiple sensors.
The product range includes Coordinate
Measuring Machines (CMMs), Optical CMMs,
3D laser scanners, handheld laser line
probes, X-ray and Computed Tomography
(CT), Optical CNC measuring systems,
measuring microscopes, Laser Radar, iGPS
/ iSpace systems, and metrology software
for 3D scanning, 3D digitizing, 3D
inspection and reverse engineering.
The company has a strong commitment
to Research and Development to meet
both the market’s rapid technological
progress and customer’s increasing
standards. Being able to offer its
customers the most advanced and high
quality products is a prerequisite to
increasing market share and R&D
programmes play an important role in the
development of innovative products and
upgrades of existing products.
Among current R&D initiatives it is
involved in is the EU-funded COMET
project, involving development of Plug-
and-produce Components
and METhods for adaptive
control of industrial robots to
bring cost effective, high
precision manufacturing in
factories of the future.
The Nikon Metrology website
includes a host of information
on application areas and case
studies across its main
industrial sectors. On
Automotive alone, for example, it shows
how it has helped in areas including
Automotive component inspection, pilot
plant metrology, die and mould
applications, sheet metal metrology, 3D
inspection of powertrain components,
assembly plant set up, flush and gap
inspection, and full vehicle inspection.
Other industry areas on the site include
aerospace, energy, medical, white goods,
telecommunications, satellites, universities,
research, and materials.
Metrology Equipment
3D Laser Scanning Systems
CMM
CMM Scanner
Coordinate Measuring Machine
Measurement Equipment
Measuring Microscope
Metrology Equipment
Metrology Software
Optical Measuring Systems
Portable Measuring Systems
Scanning Electron Microscope
X-Ray Tomography System
Software
Metrology Software

T 0191 482 2455 W www.ntg-ltd.co.uk
Accreditations: GTMA World Class, ISO 14001, ISO 9001 and ISO9001:2008
NEWCASTLE TOOL
& GAUGE LIMITED
1 Queens Court, Earlsway Team Valley Trading Estate
Gateshead, Tyne And Wear NE11 0BP
Managing Director: Brian Bates Works Director: Charlie Sampy
Established in 1979 as a toolroom for
local business needs, we have achieved
an unrivalled reputation as a preferential
supplier, providing engineering solutions
to a variety of industries
With over 30 years of serving the regions
tooling requirements we have progressed
and developed into a premier supplier to
a variety of markets across the country.
Our new facility with modern equipment
and sophisticated 5 axis machines, highly
skilled and time served personnel, is able
to supply the high
expectations demanded
by our customers.
Jigs & Fixtures
Assembly Jig
CNC Turning
CNC Vertical Milling
CNC Wire Erosion
OELHELD (UK) LTD
Unit 16
Colomendy Business Park
Erw Las, Denbigh
Denbighshire LL16 5TA
Managing Director: Paul Hayter Sales Director: Pete Mangan
Accreditations: ISO 9000
T 01745 814 777
W www.oelheld.co.uk
Originally established by our parent
company Oelheld GMBH in 1998 to
provide high quality EDM oil and Grinding
ﬂuids to the UK manufacturing base,
Oelheld UK have expanded their product
range to include Filtration systems and
the associated consumable products.
Our complete portfolio has one common
goal – to enhance the performance of our
customer’s capital investments by reducing
down time, reducing consumable costs and
increasing the amount of hours that are
available for productive manufacturing.
Miscellaneous
Filtration System
Workholding, Cutting &
Ancillary Equipment
Lubricants

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OMEGA PLASTICS
2 Coniston Court
Coniston Road
Riverside Business Park
Blyth, Tyne and Wear
NE24 4RP
Group Managing Director: Dave Crone
T 01670 541 890
E enquiries@omega-plastics.co.uk
W www.omega-plastics.co.uk
Omega Plastics was acquired by two
experienced British Engineers, Dave Crone and
Chris Thompson. Collectively, both stakeholders
have a goal to make Omega Plastics the most
advanced, and technically competent rapid
tooling and low volume plastic injection
moulding company in the world.
“Our message to customers is simple –
we make rapid cut injection mould
tools and mould components,
we do it well, and we do it very quickly.”
Using a unique ‘one-man one-mould’ approach:
our experienced engineers can help take your
product from concept and design through
development, tooling, moulding and assembly.
Our ‘master mould-makers’ will personally
handle your project through design
rationalisation; rapid prototyping, CADCAM,
CNC, EDM, fitting, finishing and proofing. All
tooling and moulded products manufactured
by Omega is 100% customer owned.
As we operate across a range of
sectors from FMCG to medical
devices, we use only the best
technology & machinery with the
additions of all electric injection
moulding machines inside a class 8
cleanroom facility. Across two
10,000sqf facilities we offer a number
of assembly areas including FDA
approval for food contact products.
With a range of plastic injection moulding
machines from 30 to 330 tonnes, a wealth of
experience and relevant credentials – we’re
confident we can help you take your product
to market. To find out more visit our website
or to discuss your options, simply get in touch
via phone or email.
Omega Plastics – “Make it, Mould it.”
Contact: Dave Crone
Group Managing Director
enquiries@omega-plastics.co.uk
3D Machining
Automotive Tool
Bolsters Special Machining
CAD Design
Die for Plastic
Injection Mould
Medical Tool
Moldflow
Moldflow Analysis
Mould and Die
Mould and Die Manufacture
Mould Maker
Mould Manufacture
Moulds with Hot Runner
Systems
Multi Cavity Mould
Over Moulding
Packaging Tool
Production Moulding
Rapid Prototypes
Unscrewing Mould
3D Machining
Analysis and Design Services
Bolsters Special Machining
Die Sets Special Machining
Electrodes Manufacture
Mould and Die Services
Mould Design
Mould Engraving
Mould Polishing
Mould Surface Repairs
Mould Tool Design
Production Moulding
Repairs and Modifications
Tool Trials
Tool Validation
Tooling Repairs
Moulders Directory
Assembly
Assembly / Finishing
Operations
Automation
Clean Room Facility
Cycle Time / Optimal Data
Finishing Operations
Hot Foiling
Injection Moulding
Insert Moulding
Material Selection Advice
Modern Machines
Mould design
Moulder
Multi-cavity / Thin Wall
Multi-Sector experience
Over Moulding
Plastic Injection Moulding
Printing
Product Design
Project Management
Prototypes
Rubber Mould Manufacture
Silk Screening
SPC
Tight Tolerance specialist
Tool Trials
Toolmaking facilities
UK Moulder
Welding (Ultrasonic)

OMNIA
314 Midsummer Court
Milton Keynes
Bedfordshire MK9 2UB
UK Sales Manager: David Southwell
T 01908 847 494
W www.omnia-group.co.uk
OMNIA have been providing global
multilingual translation and localization
solutions for over 30 years. From local
industry to multinational organizations,
OMNIA have enabled their clients to reach
global markets in over 150 languages.
Miscellaneous
Translation Services

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ORLIN TECHNOLOGIES LTD
50 Station Road,
Ridgmont
Bedfordshire MK43 0UH
Director: Martin Bell
T 01525 306 100
W www.orlin.co.uk
Orlin Technologies has a range of
automated dimensional gauging and quality
control products for use in applications
where 100% accuracy is needed.
It specialises in precision motion control,
micro/nano-positioning solutions and
related products. Orlins’ SMAC automated
gauging and inspection solutions give:
- 100% “no defects” inspection
- Increased quality
- SPC data acquisition
- Process control feedback
- Increased throughput
- Micron or sub-micron accuracy
- Softland to prevent damage
to delicate or expensive parts
and tools
- “In-line CMM”
The applications are widespread including
in the manufacture of safety critical parts
in aerospace, automotive and medical – its
website has a downloadable Applications
Book with 60 application examples!
The company also offers a solution that
automates the tried and tested thread
gauge method of screw thread quality
inspection, based on the LAR series of
linear / rotary moving coil (voice coil)
actuators from SMAC. It is easily
incorporated into a production environment
for deﬁnitive pass/fail checks of thread
quality at high speed and low cost.
The method automatically checks for:
- Minor diameter out of spec
- Major diameter out of spec
- Pitch diameter out of spec
- Pitch
- Foreign objects
(e.g. broken tap, swarf etc)
- Double tapped thread
- Thread depth
- Missing threads
- Cylindericity
The system can be used with blind or
through holes, internal or external threads.
It has been designed for long life and
minimal maintenance, meaning complete
reliability even under 24/7 operation.
Metrology Equipment
Automated Gauging Equipment
Metrology Equipment

PR GREEN & SONS LTD
13 Wilton Road
Haine Industrial Park
Ramsgate, Kent
CT12 5HG
Contact: Robert Green
T 01843 595 298
W www.prgreen.co.uk
Last year saw PR Green & Sons 50th
anniversary and our toolmaking business
has built its reputation on its expertise in
the manufacture and repair of extrusion
dies and ancillary equipment plus
injection moulds up to 10 tonnes in
weight. We also offer large turning (up to
1,500mm) along with 3dimensional CNC
Milling interfaced with off-line CAD/CAM
systems, radial drilling, grinding & welding
We specialise in the manufacture of
tooling to produce all types of pipework
(up to 710mm diameter) associated with
the building and construction industry,
including drainage, soil and rainwater
systems with guttering of various proﬁles.
Mould And Die - Manufacture
Die for Plastic
Extrusion Die
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PARAGON DESIGN
SOLUTIONS LTD
Office 65, The Evron Centre
John Street, Filey, North Yorkshire YO14 9DW
T 01723 513 516
W www.paragondesignsolutions.co.uk
Director: Danny Lancaster
Innovative Solutions – Design Excellence
Designed by Toolmakers for Toolmakers
Total Design Solutions
Product Design
Tooling Design
Design for Manufacture
Consultancy
Surfacing
Solid Modelling
Design Improvement
Modifications
Technological Experience
Injection Moulding
Blow Moulding
Compression Moulding
Rapid Prototyping
CNC Machining
Auto Unscrewers
Locking Cylinders
Hot Runner Systems – Valved,
Sequential, Open
Wire Erosion
2 Stage Ejection
Sector Experience
Medical
Surgical
Pharmaceutical
Automotive
Military
Food & Drink
Packaging
White Goods
Building Products
Consumer Electronics
Thin Wall Containers & Lids
Lighting
Local Authorities
Based in modern offices
situated close to the
intersection of the M1 &
M62 motorways we are
ideally located to service
all areas of the UK.
Using specialised sector
leading design software on
full maintenance contracts our designs are
built in full 3d with 2d detail drawings cut
from the models, ensuring accuracy
throughout the job.
We work with some of the most
prestigious toolmaking and moulding
companies in the UK and offer solutions
to suit any size of toolroom.
We deliver quality, right first time designs in
a professional friendly manner.
Our flexible ‘can do’ attitude sets us apart
from other designers.
Our Design Engineers are time served
toolmakers with a combined knowledge
wealth of over 60 years toolmaking
experience. You can be assured that our
designs are engineered to work.
CAD Design
Tooling Technologies & Materials
CAD Design Service
Tool Design
Mould Design
Moulders Directory
Product Design

PARAGON RAPID
TECHNOLOGIES LTD
Aviation Way, Durham Tees Valley Airport, Darlington
County Durham, DL2 1NA
T 01325 333 141 W www.paragon-rt.com
Business Development Manager: Darren Webb Managing Director: Phill Adamson
Paragon Rapid Technology Ltd is one of
the UK’s leading rapid prototyping
specialists. Having invested extensively in
people and technology, Paragon offers
an unrivalled quality of service and
reliability of delivery.
Over the past ﬁve years the company has
become established as one of the market
leaders, and is now a 27-strong company
with an annual turnover of £1.5 million.
Miscellaneous
Product Design
Rapid Prototyping Services
Product Development
Selective Laser Sintering
Silicon Components
Silicon Tooling
SL Modelling
Stereolithography
Vacuum Casting

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PATTERSON AND
ROTHWELL LTD
Mount Pleasant Street
Mount Pleasant Ind Est
Oldham, Lancashire
OL4 1HH
Toolroom Manager: Trevor Mills
T 0161 621 5000
W www.patterson-rothwell.co.uk
Injection Moulders and Plastic Moulders
Patterson & Rothwell based in Oldham in
the North West offer state of the art
Injection Moulding and Injection Mould
Toolmaking facilities. Injection Mould
Toolmakers rarely of this calibre exist
within an Injection Mould company
however this superb in house tool room
commissions over 60 Injection Mould Tools
every year all covered by the companies
ground breaking 10 year warranty. From
our case studies you can begin to
appreciate our capabilities and understand
why we have a growing list of regular new
customers both small and large from all
kinds of industries. For this reason we
mould a wide choice of plastic materials
from the exotic to the more rudimentary.
With ISO 9001 and TS16949 accreditations
to our portfolio we are extremely quality
conscious and system focused. Inhouse
Injection Mould Design facility incorporates
Moldflow, the outstanding polymer
prediction software package that assists us
with injection mould tool design from the
very early stages. Far from formal our ethos
is to offer our customers a professional yet
flexible approach and of course provide
attention to detail at every stage. Should
you wish to contact us with any project
from a single tool to a complex removal of
multi tools from an existing moulder we can
help and guide you through out the Plastic
Injection Moulding process.
Injection Mould
Moldflow Analysis
Moulders Directory
Injection Moulding
Mould Design
Mould Tool Design
Project Management
Tooling Spark Erosion
Plastic Moulding and Mould Toolmakers
Patterson & Rothwell (P&R)

PDQ ENGINEERING LTD
Industrial Road
Hertburn Ind Est
Washington
Tyne and Wear NE37 2SA
Managing Director: Paul Jackson Sales Manager: Kevin Dickinson
Accreditations: ISO 9001: 2008
T 0191 4172 343
W www.pdqengineering.com
Founded in 1986 PDQ Engineering had
grown steadily in size until a management
buy out in 2004 which resulted in
substantial investment in the latest
advanced, high performance machine
tool technologies. Extensive development
of existing services and increased
machining capabilities have enabled PDQ
Engineering to offer a complete range of
specialist services to its customers.
PDQ Engineering is a dynamic company that
hasbuiltasolidreputationforquality,accuracy
and cost competitiveness able to manufacture
complex parts for a broad range of industries.
CNC Milling
CNC Sliding Head Turning
CNC Turning
PHOENIX ENGINEERING 2009 LTD
Unit 15
Blatchford Road
Horsham
West Sussex RH13 5QR
Commercial Director: Robin Rapley Managing Director: Tony Oliver
T 01403 269 005
W www.phoenixengineering2009.co.uk
Having been established in 2009 by a
dedicated group of toolmakers, Phoenix
Engineering 2009 Ltd has grown in both
capacity and staff to become a leading
U.K. mould manufacturer.
With our in – house design team and
mould trial facility we are able to produce
moulds to customers speciﬁcations from
start to ﬁnish. We also have machining
capabilities for small batch work and
production turning.

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PHYSICAL DIGITAL LTD
The Studio
Elmbridge House
Elmbridge Lane, Woking
Surrey GU22 9AF
Director: Tim Rapley
T 01483 750 200
W www.physicaldigital.com
Physical Digital are a provider of mobile,
high accuracy 3D NON-CONTACT
measurement services, with over twelve
years experience. We have the latest
generation GOM ATOS lle and TRITOP
photogrammetry systems along with the
latest software, complemented with the
new GOM tactile probe and adapter kits.
Physical Digital can measure small intricate
parts under 10mm, to large 25m+ industrial
engineering projects. Our customer
base includes Aerospace, Automotive,
Film, Marine, Motorsports, Pharmaceutical,
Renewable Energy and Tooling companies.
3D Measurement Applications
Quality Control –
Toolmaking, Sheet Metal, Aerospace,
Turbines, Injection Moulding, Consumer
Goods, Power Generation, Casting and
Forging. CAD Comparison, First Article
Inspection, Route Cause Analysis all
computed within the GOM software.
Reverse Engineering –
Fast Replication of Freeform
and Organic Products within Design,
Development, Product Enhancement,
Modelling, Rapid Prototyping,
Injection Moulding, Rapid Milling.
Digital Archives –
3D Digital Record for Conservation
of Art & Archaeology.
3D Deformation Applications
Motion Analysis –
Crash, Wind Tunnel, Car Body Testing,
Component Development,
Structural Testing.
Physical Digital have established third
party software partnerships to provide
a complete Reverse Engineering service
to complement the GOM data capture
and Inspection software. We offer a
“one stop- shop”, able to provide fully
surfaced “A” Class or Quick Surface
information, watertight STL meshes or
complete inspection reports.
Physical Digital offer an independent
bureau service, our fully mobile
equipment can be taken to site, to your
schedule, reducing down time and
transportation thus minimising losses.
3D CAD Modelling
Reverse Engineering
Digitising Systems
Measurement Services
Metrology Equipment
Optical Measuring Systems
Miscellaneous

PICCADILLY PRECISION
ENGINEERING CO
Unit H4/H5
Halesfield 19
Telford
Shropshire TF7 4QT
Managing Director: Malcolm Ryman Sales Contact: David Thomas
T 01952 582 113
W www.piccadillyprecision.co.uk
Piccadilly Precision Engineering Limited,
established since 1979 is a leading
manufacturer of Thread Caliper Gauges,
Screw Plug and Ring Gauges, Master
Worms, Plain Plug and Ring Gauges, Plate
Gauges (Gap, Depth etc.), Special Gauges
and Jigs and Fixtures to customers’
drawings; also, a Sub-Contract Thread
Grinding or regrinding and/or resetting
service is also available for all makes of
Screw Thread Calliper Gauges.
A new addition to the product range
is the Roller Thread Caliper which is
manufactured entirely at our Telford factory.
Years of single-minded dedication to
quality and reliability in the field of
precision gauging has put the company in
a class of its own.
By making use of Special Purpose
Machinery and utilising the finest expertise
available, we have brought unsurpassable
quality to a whole range of gauges and
whole meaning to customisation.
The company has a
fully equipped UKAS
Accredited Laboratory
offering a calibration
service on a wide range
of products for new and
existing customers’ gauges.
Piccadilly Precision Engineering Limited is
a wholly owned subsidiary of Apex Tool
Group (USA)
Calibration Service
Metrology Equipment
Plug Gauge
Ring Gauge
Screw Plug Gauge
Screw Ring Gauge
Screw Thread Gap Gauge
Thread Screw Gauge

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THE PLASTICOM GROUP
Hilton Road
Cobbs Wood Estate
Ashford
Kent TN23 1EW
Director: Edwin Simmonds Workshop Manager: Ken Fuller
Accreditations: ISO 9000 Series
T 01233 621 601
W www.ukplasticmouldings.co.uk
The Plasticom Group are a leading Plastic
Injection Moulding company specialising
in Plastic Moulding and Injection
Moulding offering a broad range of
services to the Plastic Industry.
With our experienced plastic moulding team
of designers, tool makers & injection moulding
engineers we can take your idea from
something as simple as a sketch and plan a
project to deliver a finalised working product.
Specialist Plastic Injection
Moulding Service
During our plastic injection moulding process,
our designers utilise the latest 3D Solid
Modelling CAD systems to create a
conceptual design, produce a working
prototype, manufacture a production injection
moulding tool, mould the plastic parts on one
of our many plastic injection moulding
machines and finally finish the product in our
assembly and packaging department
Enabling the Plasticom Group to carry out
your plastic moulding requirements we
employ the very best mould tool makers
to make us one of the best Injection
Moulding Companies!
By Ashford Mouldings – from
conception to moulding manufacture
Plastic Injection Tool Makers
By DG Mortimer – Design, tool makers &
manufacture + repairs
Packaging & Assembly
By Dover Packaging & Assembly
About The Plasticom Group
Plasticom Ltd was formed in 1993 by Edwin
and Sonia Simmonds to service the plastic
industry with a streamlined plastic injection
moulding solution. In 1994 the company
purchased the whole share capital of D.G.
Mortimer & Co Ltd (formed 1960) and
Ashford Mouldings Ltd (Formed 1971). In
2001 Plasticom started a new company
Dover Packaging & Assembly Ltd. Adding
this company to the group has allowed us to
offer a complete plastic injection moulding
solution from start to finish comprising of
highly experienced mould makers & tool
makers. Plasticom is certified to ISO:9001
and is now the holding company. With
continued investment in new machinery and
technology, along with an ongoing staff
training programme Plasticom is now at the
market forefront as one of the leading
injection moulding companies.
Injection Moulding Clients include:
Toyota, Saab, Atco-Qualcast, Hasbro,
Stanley Tools, Glaxo and the M.O.D.
Moulders Directory
Assembly
Auto-Unscrewing
Specialist
Automation
Clean Room Facility
Cycle Time
Cycle Time / Optimal
Data
Insert Moulding
Large Size Capability
Laser Welding Plastics
Material Selection
Advice
Modern Machines
Mould design
Multi-cavity / Thin Wall
Multi-shot Capability
Optimal Data
Over Moulding
Product Design
Project Management
Prototypes
Silk Screening
SPC
Thermoset Moulding
Tight Tolerance
specialist
Tool Trials
Transfer Moulding
Turnkey Solutions
Two Shot Capability
Jigs & Fixtures
Assembly Jig
Gauging Jig
Machining Jig
Testing Jig
Welding Jig
CNC Horizontal Milling
CNC Turning
Mould And Die -
Manufacture
Die for Metal
Die for Plastic
Injection Mould
Model Making
Moulds with Hot
Runner Systems
Multi Shot Mould
Pressure Die
Rubber Mould
Structural Foam Mould
Vacuum Forming Mould
Mould & Die -
Services
Mould Design
Production Moulding
Tool Trials

PLAYDEN TOOLS LTD
Elms Industrial Estate
Church Road
Harold Wood, Romford
Essex RM3 0JR
T 01708 343874
Managing Director: Martin Coole Sales Contact: Brian Coleman
Playden Tools Limited is a privately owned
company designing and manufacturing
injection mould tools and pressure die-
cast dies to a wide industry. Established in
1952 and employing 6 skilled personnel
we are able to offer our customers many
years of experience from design concept
through to finished product.
Our in-house design office using state-of-
the-art CAD/CAM equipment is able to
service the toolroom and supply
information to run the CNC machines.
The toolroom is equipped with modern
machinery headed by a high-speed twin
spindle Bostomatic machining centre
capable of finishing hardened dies to a
very high standard, a further two
machining centres and an EDM sink and
wire eroder complete the CNC section.
We have supplied tools to the Electrical,
Automotive, Pharmaceutical, Consumer,
Packaging and building trades covering
single and multi impressions, hot runner,
auto unscrewing, hydraulic and mechanical
moving cores and insert loading.
As a modern toolroom we are able to
offer competitive prices and short lead
times for any tooling project.
CNC High Speed Milling
CNC Solid Sink
CNC Wire Erosion
Compression Mould
Injection Mould
Moulds with Hot Runner Systems
Pressure Die
Mould Design
Machines/Equipment
Bostomatic 32 High Speed Mill
Hurco BMC 40/20
Hurco BMC 30
Charmilles Robofil 310
Charmilles Robofil 30
CAD/CAM
NCG Depocam CAD/CAM
Plant/Equipment
Capability Max. Size Handled
Die Sinking Up to ‘x’ 350mm, ‘y’ 250mm, ‘z’ 300mm
Milling Up to ‘x’ 1020mm, ‘y’ 510mm, ‘z’ 610mm
Wire Erosion Up to ‘x’ 40mm, ‘y’ 250mm, ‘z’ 400mm
(Spark Erosion)

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PORTWAY TOOL & GAUGE LTD
27 Dudley Road, Lye
Stourbridge
West Midlands DY9 8EX
Managing Director: Mike Dunn Sales Contact: Niel Stinton
Accreditations: GTMA World Class and ISO9001:2008
T 01384 892 458
W www.portwaytool.co.uk
Portway is situated within easy reach of all
the motorways that run through the West
Midlands, giving us easy access to deliver
our tooling throughout the UK and Europe.
Portway are renowned throughout the
industry for technical excellence in press
toolmaking. Our investment in technology
means we can offer what competitive
manufacturing industry demands today.
Our press toolmaking designs are produced
in our modern CAD/CAM design office with
all computers connected to the latest CNC
wire erosion and milling/boring machine
tools. Our technology allows us to compete
with the stringent requirements needed to
meet quality and delivery in today’s
competitive manufacturing environment.
We have in-house trial facilities of up to
200 tons and all tooling is fully sampled
and inspected on our co-ordinate
measuring machine. Reports are also
issued with samples to our customers.
Precision Progressive Press Tools are
manufactured for various industries –
Automotive, Electrical, Computer,
Household, Lock and Footwear. We are
also ISO 9001 approved.
For more information visit our website at
www.portwaytool.co.uk or please request
our brochure.
Combination Tool
Lamination Tool
Large Progression Tool
Medium Progression Tool
Small Progression Tool
Machines/Equipment
1 x Mikron WF51D
1 x MiKron WF71D/18
EDM Machining Centres – wire
2 x Charmilles
1 x Deckel Maho DMC
125 U Twin Pallet
Favretto Grinding Machine
CNC MD 160
2 x Charmilles Wire machines with Robotics
Inspection: Tesa MS 454 CMM
Minstrel CNC CMM
Model 10.07.05 Networked to CAD Design
CAD/CAM
Hardware: 1 x 486 DDX33
Software: PEPS, NC Graphics
Autocad 2000
Machining Strategist
Mechanical Desktop
Solid Works
Vero; Visi-Progress Professional
Plant/Equipment
Milling Up to “x” 800mm, “y” 1250mm, “z” 800mm
Wire Erosion Up to “x”630mm, “y” 450mm, “z” 300mm
(spark erosion)
Try Out Facilities Up to 200 tonnes

POWELL MANUFACTURING CO (COVENTRY)
Cromwell Street
Coventry
West Midlands
CV6 5EX
Contact: RW Powell
T 024 7668 5131
Powell Manufacturing Co (Coventry)
Limited is a family owned business
established in 1948.
They supply complete tooling packages or
machine individual components depending
on the customer’s requirements. They also
offer and extensive sub-contract service for
one off machining operations, such as jig
grinding, wire eroding and spark eroding.
Powell Manufacturing have a large
customer base which includes servicing the
aerospace, machine tool, automobile,
domestic appliance, defense, chemical and
allied industries.
Jigs & Fixtures
Precision Machining - Conventional
Ancillary Equipment
Metrology Equipment
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PP INJECTION MOULDS
& MOULDINGS LTD
Redman Road
Beversbrook Farm Ind Est
Calne
Wiltshire SN11 9EY
Operations Director: Gary Moore
T 01249 823 100
W www.avon-group.co.uk
Established in 1977 as a
toolmaking and trade
moulding company, we are
able to offer a one stop rapid
response solution to all of our
customers’ needs. PP offers
the full service from component and tool
design to tool manufacture and full
production of the final component.
We offer an independent sub-contract
toolmaking service with tool trialling facilities
up to 450 tonnes, with full CAD/CAM design
and manufacture. We can take information
as IGES, VDA, SAT and DXF. All systems are
networked with a DNC link to our state of the
art CNC machining centres and milling
machines. Our EDM machines incorporate
the latest CNC controllers and tool changers,
giving us the option for ‘lights out’
manufacture. All stages of tool production
are carefully monitored to ensure deliveries
are achieved. Tooling production plans and
ISIR service can be provided.
Our well equipped toolroom produces
precision mould tools, designed specifically
to meet customer needs from prototype
and low volume aluminium moulds up to
high volume multi-cavity hot
runner tools from 5kg to
2000kg.
PP has gained a reputation for
precision toolmaking and
moulding manufacture. Early
participation in projects and partnerships
with customers ensures a first class
product delivered on time.
MOULDERS DIRECTORY
P.P.’s moulding division has gained a
reputation for it’s ability to work in an
innovative way with traditionally
demanding engineering polymers and
specialist high temperature materials
where tight tolerances are required.
P.P. are ISO 9002 approved and have
developed their own shop floor monitoring
system to ensure consistent quality of
mouldings. The effectiveness of the system
is demonstrated by the fact that they are
graded as an “A” class or equivalent
supplier by all of their major customers.
Capabilities:
Up to 100 tonnes (22 ) 101-300
tonnes (5) 301-500 tonnes (2)
Moulders Directory
Assembly
Auto-Unscrewing Specialist
Insert Moulding
Low Cost Specialist
Low Volume
Modern Machines
Mould design
Over Moulding
Product Design
Project Management
Prototypes
Silk Screening
SPC
Tight Tolerance specialist
Tool Trials
CNC Solid Sink
CNC Turning
CNC Wire Erosion
Compression Mould
Gas Injection Mould
Injection Mould
Moulds with Hot Runner
Systems
Multi Shot Mould
Reaction Injection Mould
Rubber Mould
Mould Design
Tool Trials

PSL DATATRACK
(PROSPEC SYSTEMS LIMITED)
Director: Geoff Gartland
PSL is the manufacturing software
specialist, creator of market leading
Datatrack production management
software, allowing manufacturers to
significantly reduce overheads by
integrating administration and production
control in a single system. Manufacturers
and subcontractors requiring MRP/ERP
type systems find Datatrack’s simplicity
mirrors their true requirements in the
most flexible package available.
Datatrack deals with prototypes to
complex assemblies in all industries, e.g.
aerospace, fabrication, electronics, motor
sport, medical and construction supporting
approvals, where required, ranging from
ISO9000 to AS9100.
Supporting a wide range of quality
accreditations, material stock, component
stock, gauge calibration and production
process traceability is automatic and
effortless.
FEATURES:
- Quotations & Estimating
- Purchase and Sales Order Processing
- Production Scheduling
- Shop Floor Data Collection (SFDC)
- Time & Attendance
- Job Costing
- Tool Management & Kits
- Document Management
- Assemblies
- Bills Of Material (BOM)
- Inspection Records
- Non Conformance
IMPROVED:
- Setting time
- Delivery Performance
- Machine/Resource Utilisation
- Customer Satisfaction/Confidence
Datatrack’s modular software is subject to
constant progress plus development to
satisfy customer requests and ever-
changing certification requirements.
PSL Datatrack editions (Evolution, Precision,
Contract & Ultimate) can be specified to run
real-time Status Boards, connect to external
systems such as Sage, tool & material
storage and can provide EDI links. Whether
you buy, lease or rent it, Datatrack’s proven
products deliver increased profitability,
making it affordable from one-off jobshops
to major manufacturers.
Software
Job Managment Software
Job Planning Software
MRP Software
Production Control Software
Production Management Software
Quotation Software
Scheduling Software
Lily Hill House
Lily Hill Road, Bracknell
Berkshire RG12 2SJ
T 08456 345 931
W www.psldatatrack.com

PTG WORKHOLDING LTD
73 High Street
Staple Hill
Bristol BS16 5HE
Technical Sales Manager: Neil Houghton
T 01179 701 101
W www.ptgworkholding.co.uk
PTG Workholding Ltd is a well established
company and leading supplier of
workholding. We have a wealth of
expertise and knowledge in the design
and manufacture of all types of
workholding equipment.
Our range of products includes modular
and special expanding mandrels and
sleeves, all types of ﬁxtures both
stationary and prismatic, and special
design chucks. We have the skills and
expertise to meet the most exacting and
demanding engineering tasks.
Jigs And Fixtures
Machining Jig
Ancillary Equipment
Specialist Mandrel Design
Specialist Mandrel Manufacture
Workholding Equipment

QTL MAPLE HOLDINGS LTD
Fitzherbert Road
Farlington
Portsmouth
Hampshire PO6 1RU
Managing Director: Mike Ireland
Accreditations: ISO 14001 and ISO 2001:2008
T 023 9237 5718
W www.qtlltd.co.uk
Jigs And Fixtures
Specialist Welding
Mould And Die - Manufacture
Special Purpose Equipment
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QUICKGRIND LTD
Unit 5701, Shannon Place
Shannon Way
Tewkesbury
Gloucestershire GL20 8SL
Sales Manager: Peter Malecki
T 01684 294 090
E contact@quickgrind.com
W www.quickgrind.com
Quickgrind has been at the forefront of
tool design and manufacture for almost
fifty years... engineering is in our blood.
We have an international reputation
for solid carbide and high speed steel
cutting tools for the extrusion die,
fabrication, die and mould, Formula One,
aerospace, automotive, medical and
general engineering industries.
Our objective is to help increase your
productivity by optimising metal removal
rates and tool life, by ensuring application
of the correct technology and by
specifying the right tool for the job. Very
often this involves producing tools which
are specific for your needs, at costs which
are little different to what you will be
paying for standard tooling.
This approach has become so successful
that it has become known as ‘total
solution engineering’ and includes a range
of compatible services such as design,
inventory control and remanufacture.
Quickgrind - carbide tooling
With 50 years’ experience supplying
customers around the world, supported
by exceptional investment in our custom-
built manufacturing facility in Tewkesbury,
our complete operation is geared to
service. We can supply just about any tool
of any design to almost zero tolerance,
with the flexibility to react to tight
deadlines and high volumes.
Quickcam - tooling design
With our Quickcam service we meet the
customer in order to learn what kind of CNC
machines are in production and what type
of CAM and parameters are in use. This data
is then elaborated with our software,
enabling us to design the perfect tool.
Total solution engineering. It’s in our DNA.

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Quicklab - tooling innovation
The Quicklab process analyses your
machining operations in order to
signiﬁcantly reduce your production
time, and cost, per component.
Using our specialists’ expertise
and hi-tech equipment we
can help identify areas for
improvement.
Quickvend -
tooling on demand
Quickvend are the
experts in secure point-of-
use delivery solutions for
the controlled issue and
tracking of high value, high
volume tooling, consumables
and PPE equipment. We have a total
understanding of today’s logistic needs,
eliminating stock outages and providing
concise consumption and usage trend
reporting.
Quickedge - tooling good as new
The Quickedge process can give you up
to 7x extra usage out of your carbide
tooling. And with material costs
continuing to increase you can’t
afford to ignore the beneﬁts that
remanufacture offers.
PRODUCTS/SERVICES
Carbide tooling
Tooling design
Tooling innovation
Tooling inventory
systems
Tooling remanufacture

QUICKVEND SYSTEMS LLP
Unit 66 Basepoint
Oakfield Close
Tewkesbury Business Park
Tewkesbury GL20 8SD
T 0800 285 1552
E sales@quickvendsystems.com
W www.quickvendsystems.com
QUICKVEND
Systems are
industrial inventory
control specialists providing
a range of hardware and software
solutions for a broad variety of
products from high value cutting tools,
tool-holders, collets, calibrated items,
gauges, PPE, and MRO items.
Advantages in cost savings and production
efficiencies are multi-layered and promote
the lean thinking approach for manufacturing
facilities, both large and small.
- Secure 24/7 availability
- Point-of-use convenience
- Eliminates unauthorised retrievals
- Value added service
- Increases stock accuracy
- Reduces stock-level admin
- Reporting by user, job,
cell or department
- Speed of issue reduces
production down-time
QUICKVEND hardware advantages
- High product visibility
- High security - single item issue
cannot be bypassed
- High density of product capability
within small footprint
- High versatility to suit broad
range of products
- Relatively low cost solutions
enable true point-of-use multiple
machine locations
- Easy to install and easily repositioned
(requires little site preparation)
- Easily reconfigured to suit new
or different products
- Instant FIFO (first in-first out)
optimises shelf life and
stock rotation
- Temperature control options;
ideal for aerosols or extending life of
products, i.e; adhesives, paints, etc
- No fractious on-board PC’s or easily
damaged touchscreens
- Fast replenishment as all locations
accessed by single door
- Ease of product access in case of
power failure, i.e; one key locked
door allows access to all products
- Concise reporting providing
who-where-what-when-how many
- Low installation and training costs
(included in machine price)
Business Manager: Finlay Grace

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PRODUCTS/SERVICES
Industrial vending and dispensing solutions: helix machines, lift machines, locker
systems, calibration control units, temperature controlled machines
Controlled access methods: smart card, PIN code, biometric, bar code, magstripe and e-key
Aerospace
“QUICKVEND Systems: A very well presented business and machine – it does what
it says on the tin. We have seen savings of circa 40%. A worthy investment.”
David Armitage - Tech IOSH, Senior Aerospace Bird Bellows
Automotive
“Most important, the QUICKVEND system
put us in control. It gave us total ﬂexibility
to tailor the stock, its accessibility and
beneﬁt from the reports and audits.
The equipment is half the cost of their
competitor’s previous system, and very
reliable in providing round-the-clock PPE
to our workforce.”
Jeff Seddon - Operations Manager,
Futaba Tenneco
(Tier 1 Toyota Component Supplier)
Engineering Stores
“An excellent service and product; with
limited access to our main stores after
4pm, this machine has massively helped
productivity and has cut down on
product waste. The secure access card
machine enables the user to obtain the
parts only required for the task in hand.
The drive, enthusiasm and knowledge from
QUICKVEND helped us tie down exactly
what we required at our site. A job very
well done and would highly recommend.”
Ronnie Farlow - Engineering Materials
& Compliance Controller, Nexus UK

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RAPITYPES LIMITED
Rocket Studios
Abbey Meadow
Leicester
Leicestershire LE4 5DF
Business Development Director: Andrew Mitchell
T 0116 253 6591
W www.rapitypes.com
Rapitypes have a long history of
modelmaking, pattern making, SLA
manufacture, component progression and
a range of tool making for the prototype,
development and low volume markets.
Although offshore costs may sometimes
be lower, Rapitypes manufacture tooling
to high quality at highly competitive rates
and reduced lead times.
Tool manufacture is not only for injection
moulding, but also for Rapitypes
extensive RIM moulding facility as well.
Tooling is manufactured in a variety of
methods to suit specific project
performance, life and cost requirements.
Small to medium moulding batch sizes for
sample, fit and function, development,
clinical trials and rapid part development
are commonly run, and subsequent tool
development modifications progressed and
components remoulded in short succession.
Rapitypes in house tool manufacturing
facility produces tools ranging from small
development volume mould tooling with
hand loaded cores and inserts, through to
small and medium volume production
aluminium and steel tooling. Included are
tools for RIM moulded automotive
bumpers, and for rotation moulded RIM
automotive air con ducting and washer
resevoirs to simulate production blow
moulded components.
The company is supported by its in house
creative, CAD engineering and Automotive
styling design and development studios,
working in a wide range of industry sectors
including automotive, white goods,
scientific, medical, and toys.
Two CMM machines, one in each
automotive styling studio and mounted
on floor level surface plates, compliment
the tool room inspection facility.
For further information please visit our
website @ www.rapitypes.com
Rapitypes is an ISO9001:2000 company.

REFLEX TECHNICAL
SERVICES
Valley View Churchill
Axminster
Devon
EX13 7LZ
Proprietor: Richard Denton
T 01297 34 627
W www.reflextechnicalservices.co.uk
Why choose Reflex Technical Services for
Moldex3D & Moldflow consultancy ?
We offer more than just simulation results.
Having extensive, front-line experience in
highly demanding areas of the injection
mould making industry, we are able to offer
realistic, practical advice as a complimentary
part of our service.
Miscellaneous
Toolmaking Consultancy
Mould Flow Analysis

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REM SYSTEMS LTD
Unit D3
Churcham Business Park,
Churcham
Gloucestershire GL2 8AX
Contact: John Ryland
T 01452 750 581
W www.remsystems.co.uk
Running machining centres at night and
weekend should be a standard requirement
for modern production machine shops.
Unattended small batch, high mix,
production is a standard provision with
EROWA automation.
When machining a high mix of parts Erowa
can help with more unattended hours.
A standard pallet based handling system
is the key to achieving a substantially
unattended production facility. Standard
pallets can support a whole range of parts
with their own individual fixture. The
required mix of parts is then loaded into
the handling magazine ready to run.
At this point, the Erowa cell checks that
the NC program exists and the correct
cutting tools are available. Prioritising the
job order is the final task.
That’s it. The machining cell now carries
out your production requirements
unattended. Your parts are produced on
time and right first time.
Keeping the spindle turning requires the
machining centre be continually fed with a
succession of jobs. An Erowa handling device
is the pivot for such automated production.
Erowa handling units can load pallets of
varying sizes – now the pallet size can be
selected to suit the job, not the machine.
Consequently, pallet costs are kept low
and the overall floor space is kept to a
minimum. This has major implications
when justifying the investment.
Extending the automation to more than
one machine is the next step. Or, including
additional processes, such as a CMM, can
remove manual intervention for a truly
automated solution for precision parts.
Automation Machine Tools
Pallet Loading Machine Tools
Tooling Spark Erosion
Zero Point Tooling Systems

RENFREW GROUP
Renfrew Creative
Rocket Studios
Abbey Meadow
Leicestershire LE4 5DF
Managing Director: Bruce Renfrew
T 0116 253 1961
W www.rg3.com
A highly resourced new product
development company offering multi-
disciplinary design and innovation.
We carryout market research, create initial
ideas and concepts, and provide NPD
support through computer aided design
and engineering, all the way to full
production data. Our client base of
national and international companies also
rely on us to provide proof-of-principle
models, prototypes and in some cases,
limited run manufacturing.
Miscellaneous
Product Design
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RENISHAW
New Mills
Wotton-under-Edge
Gloucestershire
GL12 8JR
T 01453 524 524
E uk@renishaw.com
W www.renishaw.com
Renishaw is a global company with core
skills in measurement, motion control,
spectroscopy and precision machining.
Renishaw now has over 70 locations in 32
countries, with 3,300 employees worldwide.
Our products
For machine tool users, probes for CNC
machine tools allow automated tool
setting, workpiece set-up, in-cycle
gauging and part inspection on CNC
milling machines, machining centres, CNC
lathes and mill-turn machines. Products
available include laser tool setters,
contact tool setters, tool breakage
detectors, touch probes and high
accuracy inspection probes. To check the
performance of a CNC machine tool, the
Renishaw QC20-W ballbar provides a
simple, rapid check of a machine’s
positioning performance to recognised
international standards.
Our innovative sensors for co-ordinate
measuring machines (CMMs) are an
industry standard, from basic touch-trigger
probes and manual probe heads, through
to automated stylus changers, automated
probe changers, motorised indexing probe
heads, and revolutionary five-axis
measurement systems. A full range of
probe styli/probe tips is also available.
In motion control Renishaw’s laser encoders,
optical linear encoders, optical angle
encoders, optical rotary encoders, magnetic
rotary encoders, magnetic chip encoders
and magnetic linear encoders are used for
position feedback applications in industries
as diverse as electronics, motorsports,
bomb disposal, semi-conductors, food
manufacturing and print production.
Latest developments include a true
absolute, fine-pitch optical encoder system.
To assess,
monitor and
improve the
static and
d y n a m i c
performance of
position-critical
motion systems,
including CMMs,
CNC machine tools,
PCB drilling and
p i c k- a n d - p l a c e
machinery, our laser interferometer and
environmental compensation system
offers a linear measurement accuracy of
±0.5 ppm, readings of up to 50 kHz and a
linear measurement speed of up to 4 m/s,
with a linear resolution of 1 nm.
Renishaw’s gauging product line features
the Equator™, a radical alternative to
traditional dedicated gauging, filling a gap
in the market never before addressed. The
patented low-cost design, unique in
construction and method of operation, is
capable of high-speed comparative
gauging for inspection of high-volume
manufactured parts.
Following the acquisition of R&R Sales LLC
in 2012, Renishaw has developed an
extensive new product range which offers
modular fixturing designed specifically for
CMMs, vision systems and the Equator
gauging system. Using Renishaw fixtures
can improve the throughput, reproducibility
and accuracy of your inspection process
with quick and repeatable fixturing set-ups.
The company also designs, develops and
manufactures additive manufacturing and
rapid prototyping systems, including
selective laser melting, metal casting, and
vacuum casting machines and processes.
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Through the
acquisition of
LBC (Laser
Bearbeitungs
Center) GmbH,
Renishaw is now
able to offer
a d d i t i o n a l
a d d i t i v e
manufacturing
services, including design and simulation, and
the contract manufacture of metal
prototypes and production parts.
Renishaw’s subsidiary company MDL
offers large scale metrology products for
high-speed laser measurement and
surveying systems for use in extreme
environments such as marine positioning
and mine/quarry scanning.
Renishaw Advanced Materials Ltd, a
subsidiary company, employs three core
technologies around which it develops its
products: manufacturing advanced
Diamond-like Carbon (DLC) coatings,
Shape Memory Alloy (SMA) products, and
materials demonstrating the Piezo effect.
Renishaw is also a recognised leader in
Raman spectroscopy, where its optical
spectroscopy products exploit the Raman
effect in a non-contact, non-destructive
manner, to identify and characterise the
chemistry and structure of materials.
Products include Raman microscopes,
compact Raman spectrometers for
process monitoring, Raman analysers for
scanning electron microscopes, cooled
CCD detectors and lasers for spectroscopy.
In the world of dentistry, Renishaw
produces 3D contact and optical dental
scanners and dental CAD software that
allows set-up of scanning routines and
enables laboratory staff to design
abutments and structures for crowns and
bridges, including strength calculations. As
part of its service to laboratories Renishaw
manufactures dental frameworks from
Zirconia and also from metal using an
additive manufacturing process.
In Neurosurgery Renishaw provides a
stereotactic robot, plus a range of options,
that provides a platform solution for a broad
range of functional neurosurgical procedures
including deep brain stimulation (DBS)
and neuro-endoscopy. It also provides
neurosurgical planning software that
allows advanced planning of targets and
trajectories for stereotactic neurosurgery.
Renishaw has also entered the ﬁeld of
molecular diagnostics with automated
multiplex diagnostic and clinical research
systems, currently being developed by
Renishaw Diagnostics Limited.
UK Marketing Communications Manager: Malcolm Price

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RINGSPANN (U.K.) LTD.
3 Napier Road
Bedford MK41 0QS
Product Manager Power Transmission: John Yates Office Manager: Mark Luddington
Accreditations: ISO 14001:2004 and ISO9001:2008
T 01234 342 511
W www.ringspann.co.uk
Power Transmission solutions for
industrial and renewable energy systems
from RINGSPANN (U.K.) LTD.
RINGSPANN is at the forefront of
mechanical transmission technology and it
is this technology that is helping engineers
integrate mechanical transmission
freewheels, brakes and shaft couplings
into new designs for wind, wave, marine
and tidal systems.
Innovative achievements have made
RINGSPANN is one of the world’s leading
manufacturer of Power Transmission
Products to international markets with a
product portfolio consisting of freewheels,
brakes, shaft-hub connections, torque
limiters and couplings.
Freewheels – an indispensable design
element in the machine building industry
as well as in the aerospace industry. Many
designs are only economical if freewheels
are used.
The Freewheel as an automatic driving
element is preferred to conventional
solutions because it offers the following
signiﬁcant advantages: operating safety,
efficiency and a higher degree of
automation. With a comprehensive range
of providing automatic protection against
reverse running therefore the complete
protection of gearboxes
Cone Clamp Elements and Shrink Discs.
Both frictional Shaft hub connections
providing compact and secure backlash
free solutions.
Easily aligned and ideal for reverse
rotation.
Brake Callipers, a full range of industrial
brakes tried and tested within aviation
and automotive industries and with
minimal installation dimensions for
maximum braking capacity makes the
range a very reliable and economic
solution for a wide range of duties.
With options of pneumatic and
hydraulically activated brakes for
stopping – control – holding duties.
Power Transmission
Power Transmission Solutions
Accreditations

ROBINSON PATTERN
EQUIPMENT LTD
Rabone Lane
Smethwick
Warley
West Midlands B66 3JH
Manager: Mike Robinson
T 0121 558 4576
W www.robpatequip.demon.co.uk
Robinson Pattern Equipment Ltd was
established in 1968 to offer a traditional
Pattern Making service to the foundry
industry. Over the years, this base has been
expanded to provide a service to many
industries and companies.
The Company now serves the following
market areas: Large international foundry
groups; Multinational Plastic Interior Trim
Companies. (supplying to Jaguar Land
Rover, Aston Martin, Bentley Toyota etc.);
General Purpose Moulded Products (e.g.
Edinburgh Sheriff Court, Windsor Castle
etc.); Medical sector with bespoke tooling;
And Oil and Gas sector with pump bodies,
ﬁlters etc.
Jigs & Fixtures
Assembly Fixture
Pattern Making
Pattern making

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ROBOTAS TECHNOLOGIES LTD
Broadlands House
Foxendown Lane
Meopham
Kent DA13 0AE
Commercial Manager: Nick Walters
T +44 (0) 1474 815 815
W www.robotas.com
Robotas Technologies has been
developing lean semi-automated hand
assembly systems to solve process issues
across multiple manufacturing markets
for almost 30 years, driving quality and
delivering greater productivity as we go.
Our systems simplify every hand assembly
process to improve quality, reduce rework,
eliminate set up costs, reduce training,
and boost your profitability.
Robotas systems are modular, versatile,
dependable and always affordable. For
most of our clients, payback is measured
in months. After that, productivity simply
equates to profitability.
SIGMA – The semi-automated lean way to
assemble almost anything by hand.
Sigma successfully automates and
streamlines virtually any hand assembly
process to boost productivity. Due to its
traceability functionality and its proven
ability to achieve improved quality, Sigma
is perfect for demanding, mission-critical
aerospace and defence applications.
Sigma offers many features to help
eliminate errors and drive productivity:
Computerised work instructions, images
and videos are displayed to the operator
at every step of the assembly.
Motorised carousels automatically present
the correct material at every step.
LED indicators highlight the exact tool or
storage bin location.
Supporting documentation is easily
displayed when needed.
Record scrapped parts & pull material
onto the station directly from your stores.
Barcode verification helps validate critical
parts and aids traceability.
Harness the skill and experience of your
shop floor with the Redline facility, allowing
the operators to record suggestions on
how to improve production.
Optional Workflow software collects and
analyses time and other production data
from all Sigma stations to track throughput
against work schedules in real time.
It’s a straightforward process that makes
product hand assembly fast, consistent
and easy
PCB Manufacture
Assembly and Programming Software
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ROEMHELD UK LIMITED
Rubery House
The Avenue, Rubery
Birmingham (City of)
West Midlands B45 9AL
Managing Director: Bill Neal
T 0121 453 1414
W www.roemheld.co.uk
Roemheld (UK) delivers workholding
solutions that increase throughput while
reducing handling times, material
wastage and cycle times. These include:
- Hydraulic swing clamps,
block cylinders, work supports
and accessories
- Zero point mounting technology
- Vice systems including
5-axis clamping
- Magnetic clamping for use in quick
die change and quick mould change
- Assembly equipment and
handling technology.
Roemheld offers a complete range of
hydraulic clamps, work supports and
accessories for use in hydraulic workholding
fixtures. Through the application of high
pressure (up to 500 bar) smaller clamps
can be used to reduce costs and provide
more parts per fixture, thus improving
productivity. Roemheld clamps provide
high clamping forces and are designed for
leak-free operation which means that even
if the hydraulic supply is removed, the
clamps will still be effective.
Roemheld also offers high technology,
innovative Stark Zero Point Mounting
Systems. These revolutionise setup times and
keep downtime to a minimum. They
combine high accuracy with ease of use
across a wide range of applications. The
compact construction of the elements
enables them to be used for fixtures and
cubes as well as attached directly to Vertical,
Horizontal and 5-Axis machine tables.
Hilma Roemheld products are designed to
offer increased efficiency, reduce
changeover times and provide savings in
downtime. This results in cost-effective,
quick, safe clamping across a wide variety
of different applications, whether
mechanical or hydraulic workholding
solutions are required and, in particular,
when 5-Axis machining.
Quick Die Change and Quick Mould
Change are areas that Roemheld excels in.
QDC systems are offered hydraulically,
mechanically, electromechanically and
magnetically. These elements can be
retrofitted to existing press machines or
supplied as turnkey projects on new
machines. This technology offers end
users the ability to improve changeover
times and drastically reduce downtime
when changing from one batch of
components to another.
M-TECS Magnetic Clamping techniques
for the plastics and rubber industries offer
temperature resistant clamping up to
240°C and are suitable to retrofit on
machines already in production.
To optimise assembly processes and offer
economic alternatives for automated
systems, Roemheld has developed special
high performance telescopic lifting units
for the automotive industry and similar
fields of application. These enable motor-
driven height adjustments of assembly
fixtures, supply systems and working
tables, as well as controlled lifting and
lowering of charges. With an admissible
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units enable the absolute synchronisation
of columns, with no locking between
columns possible.
Roemheld can also offer new workholding
innovations in the positioning and
clamping of components, designed to
provide substantial cost per part savings.
Roemheld products can help drive
competitiveness, by adding value to
the manufacturing of engine parts;
pressing of body parts and the assembly
of motor vehicles.
Roemheld’s new Rotor Locks for the wind
turbine industry offer hydraulic, electro-
mechanical and modular design, that
meet and exceed the requirements of
offshore wind power stations.
The new E-Tecs range of electro-mechanical
clamping systems is suitable for automatic
manufacturing systems, robotics, assembly
equipment, test systems, clean room areas,
and the food and packaging industries.
Roemheld offers application solutions for
a wide range of industries including
automotive, aerospace, medical, plastics
and rubber, food and packaging.So
whether you are looking to purchase a
new or retro ﬁt clamping system, call us
now. You will be surprised at the results
we can help you obtain.
Ancillary Equipment
5-axis Vices
Plain Vice
Zero Point Mounting

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RUBERT & COMPANY LTD
Acru Works
Demmings Road
Cheadle
Cheshire SK8 2PG
Managing Director: Paul Rubert Sales Contact: P Henshaw
T 0161 428 6058
W www.rubert.co.uk
Rubert & Company Ltd specialise in the
design and manufacture of surface
roughness specimens of all types,
including both precision reference
standards for instrument calibration and
validation, and also workshop comparison
specimens to be used as visual or tactile
aids for inspection and quality control in
the widest range of applications – from
machine shops to marine propellers.
Working together with major instrument
manufacturers, national measurement
laboratories, and also as a partner in an EU-
funded project developing reference
specimens for nanotechnology, we have
unrivalled experience in the design and
manufacture of precision reference
standards for surface ﬁnish metrology. We
also provide measurement and calibration
services for surface roughness in our
Standards Laboratory.
Calibration Service
Metrology Equipment
Calibration Specimens
Mechanical Comparator
Precision Reference Specimens
Surface Roughness Standards
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RUD CHAINS LTD
Address T 01227 276 611
E katie.crane@rud.co.uk
W www.rud.co.uk/media-zone/
RUD Chains Ltd is one of the world’s
largest manufacturers and suppliers of
round steel chains, producing top quality
chain components and systems for a
wide variety of markets and applications.
Operating for over 140 years you can be
confident in the quality and expertise of
the RUD product portfolio.
RUD is ISO 9001 certified and is renowned
for its expertise in heat treatment
methods - delivering high performance
chain products to suit the most
demanding applications.
RUD Lifting & Lashing Applications
RUD are a leading manufacturer of lifting
and lashing applications that guarantee
ultimate safety when lifting and moving
heavy loads. Offering over 270 different
tested and certified lifting/lashing points, 210
of which are for bolting and 60 for welding.
RUD have standard and tailored applications
to meet your requirements. Working across
many industries from offshore to the MOD,
their applications can be used in a wide
variety of working environments.
RUD RFID Technology
Being at the forefront of product
innovations is important at RUD which
they have done by embedding their
products with RFID chips. They were
recognised for their innovative flair last
year, by becoming finalists in the British
Construction Industry Awards for their
RFID technology.
RUD RFID technology has been
specifically desiged to track and manage
applications quickly and effortlessly,
making inspections and documentation of
products a reliable and easy process. RUD
components are embedded with a RFID
chip and given a unique
identification number which
is then tracked through a
RUD-ID-EASY-CHECK®
reader. The reader
captures the unique
identification number
and transfers it to the
RUD-ID-NET® application
on your PC so that you can easily manage
your documentation and administration of
your products.
RUD Chains Latest Innovations
One of RUD’S latest innovations is the
WBPG next generation hoist ring for
heavy duty lifting; it can be supplied
from 85-200 tonnes making it a great
product for a wide variety of working
environments such as heavy engineering,
offshore and the construction industry to
name a few.
The VLBS-U-LT 2,5t welded load ring
offers distinctive features operating to
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temperatures as low as - 45°C, making it
suitable for many offshore, arctic offshore,
specialised construction projects to
Military applications.
The RUD Tool-Mover is a manipulation
device for the safe handling of heavy plant
and injection moulding tools. The Tool-
Mover is able to turn injection moulding
tools with a weight starting from 6.3
tonnes, to 10t, 16t, 20t to our largest
32tonnes. The Tool-Mover offers safety in
handling; helps to reduce costly damages
to tools and accidents that
can occur in the handling of
heavy tools.
As one of the world’s
largest manufacturers of
lifting and lashing
applications, combined
with their extensive
product portfolio, operating
across a wide range of industries and
sectors, you can rest assured top quality
innovative products.
For more information please
call 01227 276 611
Email: katie.crane@rud.co.uk
or visit us at www.rud.co.uk
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Ryetools Ltd, Enterprise Way, Thornton Road Business Park, Pickering
North Yorkshire YO18 7NA
T 01751 476 020 F 01751 477 220
E enquiries@ryetools.co.uk W www.ryetools.co.uk
Managing Director: Darren Hugill Design & Technical Sales: Iain Lyon
Premises
Our 21,000 square foot purpose built premises are light, spacious and thermally stable
and house a Toolroom and Moulding Department. They are equipped with the latest
machine technology and resourced by a highly skilled, dedicated and ﬂexible team of
professionals with a strong business partner and quality focus.
Ryetools are a premier UK toolmaker specialising in the design, manufacture and
validation of highly complex ultra-precision plastic injection mould tools of the very
highest quality. Moulding services are also available.
Product markets served include:
- Medical - Pharmaceutical - Surgical - Beverage
- Caps & closures - Packaging - Plumbing - Oil & Gas
- Aerospace - Defence - Automotive
Mould types supplied include:
- Auto unscrewing - Collapsing core
- High cavitation - In-mould closing
- Stack moulds and in-mould decoration - Thin wall container
- Twin shot (core back, index plate, full rotation) - Lens
- Pilot & Development - In mould assembly
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The team at Ryetools have the expertise, experience and passion
to design and build innovative, world class ultra-precision mould
tools, to the highest quality, on time, every time.
First Class Service
Choose us as your business partner and you can expect a
friendly, honest, personalised and ﬁrst class professional service
from our team. Our dealings with our business partners are
characterised by trust, personal integrity, and mutual respect
and clear open two way communications.
Product and Mould Design Services
Where required, our experienced in-house designers will
critique your product design and advise you on design
improvements that will improve tooling and moulding, part
weight reduction, cycle time reduction, improve assembly
and material selection.
Our designers use the latest 3D solid modelling software to
design the mould as an assembly.
Mould Validation
Moulds can be validated on site, carrying out process
optimisation, ISIR reports, capability studies and material
trials. Production moulding is available from 50 to 350 tons.
Product and Mould Quality
Tools are produced to an impressive standard and are
supplied with a guarantee of workmanship. Complete
project support is provided from initial contact to the supply
of warranted and fully validated quality mould tools that are
highly efficient and durable, with optimum cycle times,
producing zero defect parts.
HIGH QUALITY SERVICE
AND MOULDS GUARANTEED
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RYETOOLS LTD CONT…
S&S PLASTICS
Julias Way Station Park
Lowmoor Road
Kirkby in Ashfield
Nottinghamshire
Business Development Manager: Louise Gregory
Accreditations: EN13485, ISO 13485:2003 for Medical Devices and ISO 9001: 2008
T 01623 555 501
W www.ssplastics.co.uk
S&S Plastics Ltd specialise in the
manufacture of high quality tooling and
precision injection moulding for a variety
of industries.
We offer a complete manufacturing
service and have the facilities and
experience to take customers’ ideas from
design concept and rapid prototype to
complete finished product. We can offer
specialist advice in material selection and
offer a range of second operations which
includes printing, assembly, ultra sonic
welding, foiling, and a medical cleanroom.
S&S Plastics has moulding machines
ranging from a clamp force 6 to 200
tonnes with the ability to inject from
fractions of a gram to 700 grams
We are accredited to BSI standards ISO
9001:2008 and Medical ISO 13485:200.
Quality is of paramount importance to us
and we ensure the key area’s within the
company are controlled and monitored to
the strictest standards.
CNC Precision
Machining
5 Axis Milling
CNC Cylindrical
Grinding
CNC High Speed
Milling
CNC Machining
CNC Milling
CNC Solid Sink
CNC Turning
CNC Wire Erosion
Die Sinking
EDM Spark Erosion
Fast Hole Drilling
High Speed Hard
Metal Machining
Mould & Die -
Manufacture
2 Shot Mould
3D Machining
Bolsters Special
Machining
Gas Injection Mould
In-mould Decoration
Investment Die
Medical Tool
Micro Machining
Mould Maker
Mould Manufacture
Moldflow Analysis
Moulds with Hot
Runner Systems
Multi Cavity Mould
Multi Shot Mould
Over Moulding
Packaging Tool
Production Moulding
PVC Mould
Stack Moulds
Twin Shot Mould
Unscrewing Mould
Mould and Die -
Services:
Electrodes
Manufacture
Mould Design
Moulding Production
Tool Trials
Moulders Directory
Assembly
Multi-cavity
Over Moulding
Product Design
Prototypes
Thin Wall
Tight Tolerance
Specialist
Tool Trials
Toolmaking Facilities
Two Shot Capability
Precision Machining -
Conventional
Cylindrical Grinding
EDM Drilling
Fast Hole Drilling
Surface Grinding
Moulders Directory
Assembly
Clean Room Facility
Laser Marking
Low Volume / Low Cost
Specialist
Modern Machines
Mould design
Printing
Product Design
Project Management
Prototypes
SPC
Storage and Distribution
Tool Trials
Mould And Die - Services
Mould Design
Production Moulding

SCHMOLZ + BICKENBACH
UK LTD
33-33a Hainge Road
Tividale
Oldbury
West Midlands B69 2NY
Key Account Manager: Mark Hudson Commercial Manager: Steve Hadley
T 0121 544 1923
W www.schmolz-bickenbach.com
Major stockist of special steels for plastic
moulds, die casting dies, extrusion tools,
drop forging dies and tool steels. Supplying
steel produced at Schmolz + Bickenbach
production mills: A. Finkl and Sons, USA and
Deutsche Edelstahlwerke (DEW), Germany.
All manufacturing processes are carried
out by group companies from steelmaking;
through forging/rolling; to heat treatment,
machining and testing.
All material is processed through Vacuum
Arc Degassing (VAD), ensuring material of
consistently high quality that machines
evenly and cleanly every time. Premium
grades are futher reﬁned by Vacuum Arc
Remelting (VAR) or Electroslag Remelting
(ESR).
In the UK we have a large sawing capacity,
heat treatment facility and machining
capabilities.
Warehouse stocks include: 1.2083, 1.2085,
1.2311, 1.2312, 1.2316, 1.2343, 1.2344, 1.2363,
1.2379, 1.2738, 1.2767, 1.2714, 1.2999 and
1.3343, with other exotic and bespoke
grades available on request.
Tool Steels
Tooling Materials
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INTERPLEX SELECT MOULDS LTD
Managing Director: Simon Collins
Interplex Select Moulds is a totally
integrated supplier dedicated to meeting
customer requirements and, in particular,
working alongside plastics product
designers from concept to reality.
The company has benefited from being
located in three modern units in High
Wycombe, close to Exit 4 of the M40,
which for many years has been the centre
of moulding excellence in the Thames
Valley where many supporting tool and
mouldmaking service providers are also
to be found.
Many of Interplex Select Mould’s
customers have remained with the
firm since it was re-established in 1990 as
one of the most progressive mould
makers in the UK. Quality has always been
key to its operation and all moulds can
be tried and tested using the company’s
in-house state of the art Krauss Maffei
injection moulding presses, which
includes two-shot and gas injection.
Services include:
- Application design services.
- Contract design.
- Product development.
- Moldflow.
- Prototype tooling.
- Muilticavity tooling.
- Twin shot tooling.
- Gas injection.
- Sampling.
- Low volume production.
The company is committed to partnership
working with product designers and
moulders at all stages of the project, from
initial concept, through tool design,
manufacture, trials, and inspection and
into production.
Using these close relationships with
customers it uses early involvement in
component design, concurrent engineering
and modern manufacturing methods to
reduce the time into production for new
projects. Select Moulds continuous
investment policy, keeps it up to date with
modern technology, starting with
the CATIA 3D CAD software (3D surfaces
and solid modeling facilities) networked
to the DELCAM CAM package and
CNC production machines. The EDM
department has manual and CNC machines
all Charmilles Through to CNC milling
department with hardened machining.
It is strong across many industry sectors
including:
AUTOMOTIVE: it offers its automotive
customers the most comprehensive set of
solutions for precision parts and assemblies
in the industry, and within the group can
produce components ranging from a
customer designed stamped part to an
engineered complex, proprietary product.
Quality – from concept to reality
Merlin House
Lancaster Road
Cressex Buisiness Park
High Wycombe
Bucks HP12 3PY
T 01494 459 551
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MEDICAL: Its service includes the
engineering and manufacture of precision
components for the Medical Device industry.
AEROSPACE: A range of services from
specialist precision products to product
assembly.
In all sectors it can offer a totally integrated
approach as it is very conversant with
managing major international tool
programs. Responsible for program
management, design, manufacture, tool
trials, inspection through to production.
This mitigates programme risk through
concurrent ‘design and make’ via massive
wholly owned capacity within a group that
is financially strong and commercially
structured to deliver cost effective tooling.
INTERPLEX SELECT MOULDS has
confidence in the future of the UK plastics
industry and consequently plays its part
in encouraging lecturers, students and
local school children to appreciate the
value of the sustainability of well designed
plastic products. To this end the company
supports the firmly established Polymer
Study Tours, which are promoted and
organised by the Worshipful Company of
Horners. Interplex Select Moulds also has
well proven overseas tooling partners in
order to further serve today’s global
market place.
Multi Shot Mould
Surface Grinding:
6 x Jones & Shipman 540P and
1400L(one with Opti-dress)
1 x Jones & Shipman Cylindrical Grinder
Turning:
2 x Colchester (2000,1800)
Shutting Out Press: 1 x BV/25 Millutensil
CAD/CAM
CAD: CAtia 3D Design V4, Catia
3D Design V5 / Autocad R13
CAM: 2 x Delcam Powermill, Powershape
Data Exchange Standards: IGES, DXF
Machines/Equipment
CNC Machining Centres (All DNC Linked)
1 x Deckel DMU 60T
1 x Deckel DMU 80T
1 x deckel DMC 70V
1 x Deckel DMC 104V
1 x Bridgeport Interact 700
1 x Bridgeport VMC 600
1 x Hurco KMBI
Manual Milling:
5 Bridgeports, 2 Rambaudi
(1 Turet, 1 Universal)
EDM Machining:
1 x Charmilles 240 Wire eroder
2 x Charmilles Roboform 20 CNC
(Roboforms with Toolchangers)
2 x Charmilles Form 2 LC
1 x Charmilles Form 4LC
1 x Charmilles HD8 Hole Driller
Plant/Equipment
Surface Grinding Up To “x” 400mm
Milling Up To “x” 1400mm
Turning Up To “x” 200mm
Wire Erosion Up To “x” 800mm,
(spark erosion) “y” 400mm
Try Out Facilities Up To 300 Tonnes

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SECO TOOLS (UK) LTD
Adams Way
Springﬁeld Business Park
Alcester
Warwickshire B49 6PU
Sales and Marketing Manager: Mike Fleming
Accreditations: ISO 9000
T 01789 764 341
W www.secotools.com/uk
We are a leading supplier of complete
machining solutions to the metal-cutting
industry.
Part of the Seco Group, a global
organisation headquartered in Sweden, we
have been operating in the UK for 50 years
providing high-quality, innovative and
reliable cutting tool solutions to UK and
Irish precision component manufacturers.
Although we are widely known and
respected for our milling, drilling and
turning tools, we are much more than a
cutting tool provider.
The experience and expertise of our
people combined with our world-class
products and services means we can
provide total manufacturing systems
solutions to our customers that
dramatically improve their productivity,
performance and competitiveness.
Our new, state-of-the-art, 40,000sq ft
Technology Centre in Alcester is home to
all of our UK operations, and includes:
- Our Custom Tool manufacturing
facility, where customised tools
are designed and manufactured
for customers;
- Our Component Engineering Team
(CET), a team of highly-skilled
engineers who work closely with
customers to deliver proven, reliable
and repeatable turnkey and process
improvement solutions;
- An extensive warehousing and
logistics operation, that ensures fast
and secure delivery of standard and
custom tools to customers.
The Centre also provides the ideal location
for the many manufacturing-issues
related, and machining best-practice
events and seminars we run annually.
If you’re a precision component
manufacturer operating in the aerospace,
defence, motorsport, automotive, oil and
gas, power generation, mould tool and
die, medical or general engineering
sectors – ﬁnd out more how we can help
you improve your competitiveness by
calling us or visiting our website.
Ancillary Equipment
Drilling Tool
Grooving Tool
Milling Tool
Reaming Tool
Thread Cutting Tool
Turning Tool

SFJ MANUFACTURING
& SCHEDULING SYSTEMS
Andil House Court Street
Trowbridge
Wiltshire
BA14 8BR
Managing Director: Stan Jonik
T 01225 775 103
W www.sfjsystems.co.uk
SFJ specialise in production control and
MRP for very large and small companies.
Our systems are web based meaning the
IT issues are handled at SFJ; we pride
ourselves with high level hands on
support for all our customers with entry
level systems for SMEs and ideal for tool
making and job shop engineering.
Software
MRP Software
Production Control Software
Scheduling Software
Shop Floor Data Capture Software
Time Recording Software
SGH (MOULDS)
Tonge Bridge Ind Est
Hypatia Street
Bolton
Lancashire BL2 6AA
Partner: Stephen G Howarth Sales Contact: Kevan Howarth
T 01204 529 374
W www.sghmoulds.co.uk
SGH Moulds aims to supply a full design
to production service for the plastics
industry in all aspects of injection
moulding and tooling. Its design team
and highly-skilled engineers can take
your initial component drawings or CAD
ﬁles and produce the most intricate
moulds using up-to-date technology and
CNC engineering.
Its strong reputation, built up over more
than 30 years, has been underlined with
recent investment of $500,000 which has
created a Class A unit with modern
machinery, and which continues SGH’s
commitment to incorporate all available
technologies into its production units.
EDM Spark Erosion
Mould and Die
Mould Manufacture
Production Moulding

SGS CARBIDE TOOL (UK) LTD
10 Ashville Way
Wokingham
Berkshire RG41 2PL
Managing Director EU Operations: Alan Pearce
Accreditations: ISO9001:2008
T 01189 795 200
W www.sgstool.com
SGS manufacture a vast range of Rotary
Solid Carbide Tools. High Productivity
Milling Cutters are a key feature of the
portfolio, whether the requirement is the
rapid roughing of tough Stainless Steels or
the ultra fast finishing of soft Aluminium
Alloy, SGS has a Tool which will drastically
reduce production cycle times.
Revolutionise your machining today with
the patented variable geometries of SGS
cutting tools, maximising your metal
removal rates whilst minimising tool
deflection and harmful machine vibration.
Among the tools and solutions supplied
by SGS we can include the S-Carb APR /
APF and S-Carb Chip Breaker, both with
improved performance in Aluminium.
Other products include the new three
flutes Series 33 tool for Stainless Steels
and Titanium roughing applications and
the Multi-Carb range of high performance
/ high speed finishing tools.
Our range of High Performance
composite tools include the carbon
composite router 20MCCR, the CRP-8-
facet drill from the 120 Series, and the
Series 27 slow-helix cutter.
Last but not least our Z-CARB end mills
that maximises stock removal and
improves productivity in most milling
operations in difficult to machine materials.
We have recently released the Ti-NAMITE
X, our proprietary advanced coating using
HPPMS coating process for increased
adhesion resulting in a harder & tougher
coating. This next generation coating
further increases tool life and is offered as
standard on Z-Carb (coating process
available in our UK facility).
SGS now have a new purpose built
manufacturing facility with over 10 latest
technology grinding and measuring
machines here in the UK. We also have
our own hard coating technology centre.
Any technical queries regarding our
established range of High Performance
cutting tools can be ably answered by our
technical sales engineers. With an
extensive knowledge of the full SGS
product range and today’s demanding
manufacturing environment, they are an
excellent source of production
engineering experience.
We look forward to working with you and
offering “Value at the Spindle”with a wide
variety of tailored solutions to all your
difficult machining challenges.
Ancillary Equipment
Drilling Tool
Milling Tool

SHARNOLD LTD
67 Spencer Street
Burton Latimer, Kettering
Northamptonshire
NN15 5SQ
Managing Director: Maurice Chapman
Accreditations: ISO 9001 and ISO 9001: 2008
T 01536 723 524
W www.sharnoldltd.co.uk
Toolmaking & Plastic Injection Moulding
Sharnold are based in Kettering and
supply plastic injection moulding services
Nationwide.
Other services include 3D Cad/Cam design,
plastic injection mould tool making and
rapid mould tool making . We are also happy
to undertake customers with low volume
plastic injection moulding demands in
addition to high volume requirements, all of
our customers no matter how large or small
received the same high quality service.
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