In-house plastic injection moulding

15th September, 2023

At the end of 2022 we completed the acquisition of Burton based plastic moulding business UB Plastics and we’ve been busy incorporating them into the Sherwood Group of companies.  

UB Plastics has been a supplier to Sherwood for many years, delivering millions of parts annually into our construction and fenestration customers. 

Based in Burton with strong brewing sector roots, the business now manufactures and ships over 100 million parts a year, exporting to all five continents to customers at the very top of their industries. 

We’re now in a position to share more about what is available to our customers across the group below. 

Key facts:

Established	1983
Location	Burton upon Trent
Employees	35
Site	1.7 acres
Products	100m + individual plastic parts annually
Sectors	Brewery, food and drink, construction
Market	75% UK, 25% export

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Capacity and capability:

No of machines	23 state of the art injection moulding machines
Capacity	30t to 220t
Machine OEMs	Battenfield, Borche, Chen Hsong, Demag, Haitian, Negri Bossi, Romi and Sandretto.
Tooling size (min)	130mm x 130mm approx
Tooling size (max)	550mm x 550mm approx
Product size (min)	3mm
Product size (max)	400mm

In mould labelling for food and beverage and wider industry packaging from 1 label up to 12 labels for multi impression tooling.

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Robots suppliers:

Universal 6 Axis, Geiger 3 Axis Full Servo and ATM 3 Axis Full Servo.

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Main polymer suppliers:

Distrupol, Resinex, Plastribution.

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Main materials:

ABS, nylon, polypropylene, polypropylene, Polystyrene, TPE.

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We’d love to discuss the opportunities UB Plastics can bring to what we are already providing you.

And we’re happy to look at re-estimating current provision and prototyping to see if we can make a difference.

Get in touch below, including the word Plastic in your message.