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Barkley Plastics UK | Plastic Moulding w/ Gas Injection, 2 Shot & Tools.
Address:   120 Highgate Street,
Birmingham,
West Midlands, UK.
Postcode:   B12 0XR
Country:   UK
Phone number:   0121 440 1303
Fax number:   0121 440 4902
Website:   http://www.barkley.co.uk
Contact name:   Mark Harwood
Email address:   [email protected]
WMCCM Rated:   yes
Profile:  

Barkley Plastics offers the complete injection moulding service under one roof.

Barkley Plastics capabilities include 24 hour production, product design & tool design, tool manufacture, insert moulding, gas injection moulding, twin-shot moulding sonic & hot plate welding and assembly all under one roof in Birmingham, UK. 
A highly recognised in house technical team can address your moulding requirements or problems whatever the plastics application.

Barkley's main range of mouldings are produced for the Automotive trade, where a wide range of materials are used such as glass filled Nylons, Acetals, Acrylics and Thermoplastic Elastomers.

Ethos:  

Barkley Plastics is a well established company which operate cellular plastic injection moulding manufacture throughout. This enables several independently run mould shops taking customer, materials and machine size  into consideration which helps to run efficiently. Each cell has on average 20 Plastic moulding machines. 

We can offer mouldings at a competitive price due to low overheads from our 85,000 sq ft buildings. We have several quality standards including QS9000,  ISO9001-2000 and other automotive credits.

RMZ 22/04/2004

Basic line of business:   Plastic Injection Moulding - with KanBan delivery and production-line feed service.
Toolmaking - a 24 hour facility for fast turn-around with a 10 year guarantee and support.
Products and services:   Mould and component design
Injection moulding tools and injection moulded products
Runners:   90%
Repeaters:   10%
Strangers:   0%
Number of Employees:   125
Annual Turnover (£m):   6
Annual Rate of Growth (%):   0
Reference customers:   ADAC ArvinMeritor Avery Berkel Automotive Lighting Eaton Corporation
End customers:  

 

Continuous improvements:   Tools:
AQP
FMEA
TS16949 related
Competence transfer:   New processes
Electrical switchgear
Key processes:   Key Process:
Injection Moulding
Plastic Injection Moulding
60 presses from 22-520 tonne capacity
(Mastery: Mature, Time In Operation: 38.00 years)

Key Process:
Mechanical Design
CAD - CATIA System
(Mastery: Under Development, Time In Operation: 2.00 years)

Key Process:
Tool Manufacturing
CAM - Delcam system
Powershape
Powermill
(Mastery: Mature, Time In Operation: 15.00 years)

Key Process:
CNC Machining,CNC Milling,CNC Turning
Tool Room
CNC Milling
CNC Lathes
(Mastery: Mature, Time In Operation: 38.00 years)

Key Process:
Spark Erosion,Wire Erosion
Tool Room
Spark erosion
Wire erosion
(Mastery: Mature, Time In Operation: 38.00 years)

Key Process:
Consultancy,Prototyping
Advisory services
(Mastery: Mature, Time In Operation: 38.00 years)

Key Process:
Two shot moulding
Twin shot moulding, insert moulding, or overmoulding. Adds two different materials to give soft touch areas, etc.
(Mastery: Mature, Time In Operation: 4.00 years)

Key Process:
Kanban Service,Production-line Feed Service
Distribution services.
Production line feed service, KanBan service.
(Mastery: Mature, Time In Operation: 15.00 years)

Key Process:
Gas Injection Moulding
Gas Injection Moulding for thick section components, ie car door handles
(Mastery: Under Development, Time In Operation: 2.00 years)
Key skills:   Role: Managing Director
Design,Tool Making
CAD design
Tool Engineering
(Skill Level: Experienced, Years of Practice: 40.00 years)

Role: Technical Director
CAD/CAM,CNC Machining,Design,Manufacturing Engineering,Spark Erosion,Tool maintenance,Tool Making
CAD Design, from a tool design background.
BEng Combined Engineering
(Skill Level: Expert, Years of Practice: 20.00 years)

Role: Production Director
Injection Moulding,Production Management,Tool Setting
Moulding machine setting background.
Workflow scheduling, general management.
(Skill Level: Experienced, Years of Practice: 30.00 years)

Role: Finance Manager / Company Secretary
Accounting,Administration
CIMA Trained
(Skill Level: Expert, Years of Practice: 20.00 years)

Role: Quality Manager
Quality Assurance
ISO 9000, QS900, TS 16949 Implementation
(Skill Level: Expert, Years of Practice: 20.00 years)

Role: Sales Director
Injection Moulding,Manufacturing Engineering,Sales & Marketing
Toolmaking and quality background.
(Skill Level: Experienced, Years of Practice: 25.00 years)
Locations:   Birmingham, England, GB, UK, West Midlands
Markets:   Automotive, Health/Medical, Household, Leisure, Retail
Standards:   ISO 14001 - Environmental Management, ISO 9001:2000 - QMS Requirements, ISO 9001:2008 QMS Requirements, TS 16949 Updated

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Last Updated: 3/3/2006 3:39:01 PM