Proto Labs was founded in 1999 by Larry Lukis, a successful entrepreneur and computer geek who wanted to radically reduce the time it took to get injection-moulded plastic prototype parts. His solution was to automate the traditional manufacturing process by developing complex software that communicated with a network of mills and presses. As a result, plastic and metal parts could be produced in a fraction of the time it had ever taken before.
Over the next decade, we would continue to expand our injection moulding envelope, introduce quick-turn CNC machining and open global facilities in Europe and Japan. In 2014, we launched industrial-grade 3D printing services to allow product developers, designers and engineers an easier path to move from early prototyping to low-volume production.
Surefast Bolting Services Limited are manufacturers of Special Threaded Fasteners, Large Diameter Bolting and precision CNC machined components â in all types of fully traceable high performance materials.
Tooling design, two dedicated seats of ProEngineer (Creo) two full time CAD engineers with over 50 combined years of experience in complex tooling design. Prototype and production foundry tooling in tooling board, aluminium and cast iron. Reverse engineering and CAD models from 2D drawings. CNC & traditional tooling from time served pattern makers. Air-set, greensand, Disa and Blown Rigging. Specialise in powertrain (cylinder heads, crankcases). Gravity Dies. Polyurethane production tooling. EPS (Expanded Polystyrene) Tooling. Blowmould tooling. Four high speed CNC machines & Delcam Powermill. Full inspection with 2.5m Romer Arm & Delcam Powerinspect.
We are a retail display manufacturer, with over 30 years’ experience in creating bespoke plastic displays, display cases & point of sale fixtures.
Wedge Group Galvanizing is the UKâs largest hot dip galvanizing organisation. We have 14 plants strategically placed around the UK enabling us to offer you a truly national service for all your galvanizing requirements. Â Our continuing investment in new technology and plant, together with our commitment to customer care ensures that we offer you first-class quality and service.
We are a specialist Heat Treatment company supplying Austempering and oil-hardening to the Spring and Presswork trades.
With over 45 years of experience within the heat treatment industry, our commitment to a quality product and customer satisfaction has been the backbone on which this family business has been built.
We house the biggest furnaces in the Midlands and Southern Regions, and have the flexibility of plant to accommodate charge weights ranging from 1 Kilo up to 30 Tonnes.
Being at the heart of the midlands, we are ideally located for access around the UK. We are situated 5 miles from Junction 2 of the M5. From there you are directly routed along major dual carriageways allowing easy access for abnormal loads.
Specialists in the design, manufacture and installation of no-bake foundry equipment for the foundry industry offering all types of sand mixing, mould handling and sand reclamation equipment to customers worldwide.
Heat Treatment 2000 Ltd was established in 1992 following the closure of the remote heat treatment facility owned by the Armstrong Group and previously Glynwed Fastenings.
The company identified a need for a quality orientated heat treatment company to supply better product to the market at a competitive price.
Heat Treatment 2000 Ltd inherited a heavily invested plant with an abundance of people skills involved with heat treatment generally and fasteners, in particular for the automotive trade.
The name Bohler has been synonymous with service, quality and consistency. As one of the world’s largest producers of special steels, Bohler’s dedication to providing the customer with real benefits is reflected by carefully controlled R & D and investment.
BÃHLER Aerospace is recognised as a leading producer of special materials for the aerospace industry, together with a worldwide reputation in turbine blading bar. Success in supplying to such industries has only been achievable by gaining the relevant approvals from many of the top O.E.M.s throughout the UK who are recognised on a global scale. Proving that our quality is second-to-none.
Having a dedicated UK stock facility, backed by our own mill stock sets BÃHLER Aerospace UK apart in the market. We have an experienced team in the UK, to ensure that we build on our reputation of offering a local service to our clients. This allows us to provide tailor made solutions to the aviation sector. With access to special material grades including creep-resistant stainless, nickel-based alloys and high temperature alloys. The steel can be supplied in many forms from bar, billet, sheet and plate to custom forged and finished products for rotors, shafts, blades and disc applications.
Our award-winning warehouse and service centre in Oldbury, West Midlands provides machining, cutting and JIT deliveries to production schedules for Aerospace.
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Fully licenced and accredited metal, waste and WEEE recycler processor and supplier. We provide a bespoke disposal and/or supply solution to factories, foundries, producers or consumers of all forms of metal, plastic, WEEE, dust, dross, powders or residues.
Newstead Insurance Brokers are a young dynamic company providing an independent insurance broking risk management and advisory service to the business community. In the UK Newstead have offices three offices. In addition, Newstead have representation throughout the rest of the world.
We are a driven customer orientated organisation acting with the highest levels of professional integrity to ensure that we deliver a service with value and care to our clients.
We have been in business for over 25 years and all members of the management and insurance broking teams have many years relevant experience. This is supported by highly motivated account handlers and claims personnel.
Newstead Insurance Brokers have access to all leading insurance companies and Lloyds of London. We provide insurance solutions that exactly match the needs of our clients and total commitment to this objective will continue to be the foundation of our success.
Industrial recruitment specialist with over 25 years in the business. Building relationships to deliver temporary and permanent recruitment solutions tailored to our clients needs.
Global steel supplier, delivering steel where and when you need it!
As a major worldwide steel exporter, Masteel UK Limited holds an impressive steel stock range with grades to suit a variety of applications in chosen market sectors.
We hold stock for industries including Pressure Vessel and Boiler Manufacture, Oil & Gas, Power Generation, Petrochemical, Nuclear, Offshore Fabrication, Ship Building and Ship Repair, Construction, Mining, Quarrying, Bridge Building and many more.
Whilst this is important to our customers there are times when specific, more specialist requirements or higher volume creates a requirement for stock to be shipped directly from the steel mill itself
CTR Manufacturing Groupâs origins date back to 1973 where it was originally formed as CTR Carbide Dies (Birmingham) Ltd. as a small precision engineering manufacturing company with just a handful of employees. With the acquisition of Rectory Tooling Ltd in 1988, the CTR Manufacturing Group now employs some forty skilled engineers who have operated from larger modern premises since 1988.
The Group has steadily grown and enhanced its reputation to become a global player in the supply of standard and specialised fastener tooling and dies, exporting to well over forty countries world-wide.
Established in 1949, we have built up our reputation for Presswork, Wireforming, Welded Assemblies and Dipsticks based on our knowledge, reliability and capability to provide engineering solutions to the requirements of our broad customer base. We enjoy the challenge of assisting you to turn design concepts into reality, as much as addressing existing quality or production issues.
Established more than 50 years, Higgins Balers Ltd, has all the ethics you’d expect from a family run business, whilst exhibiting the professionalism required by any customer: Word of Mouth is our biggest advertisement. We have grown to be a highly respected team, constantly applying our knowledge to all aspects of recycling equipment, in all sectors, working on our own updated version of the 3Râs: Renewing, Repairing and Replacing.  We can offer general servicing for a wide range of equipment, through to the bespoke requests, such as pneumatic extraction systems and secure cages, as well as supplying sales of new machinery.
We are delighted to be acquiring the UK Agency for the Moros brand of scrap processing machinery, complementing our existing 20 year partnership with them for paper and cardboard. With this comes our ability to supply Radcomm products, ensuring effective radiation detection. In addition we have forged links with Officine Minelli and Minelli for quality and versatile material handling equipment, and continue to work with Austropressen, as we have for many years.
In short, we can offer the complete package: new or used machinery consultation, supply & installation, servicing, maintenance and repair along with all the ancillaries you care to think about, no matter what the material, size of operation or machine requirements you have, ensuring the smooth operation of any waste facility.
Air Products touches the lives of consumers around the globe in positive ways every day. With over 20,000 employees and operations in more than 50 countries, we serve customers across a wide range of industries from food and beverage, health and personal care to energy, transportation and semiconductors. We supply a unique portfolio of atmospheric gases, process and specialty gases, performance materials, equipment and services.
Founded in 1940, Air Products has built a reputation for its innovative culture, operational excellence and commitment to safety and the environment. Our aim is to develop lasting relationships with our customers and communities based on human qualities: understanding their needs, doing business with integrity and honesty, and demonstrating a passion for exceeding expectations.
We make extra, ordinary.
Visdata is a software solutions company helping manufacturing companies who want to satisfy their customersâ needs, grow their business and take advantage of new opportunities through increased productivity.
Typically Visdata work with ambitious owners and managers who want their business to stand out from and out perform other manufacturers.
Visdata have walked around 100’s of factory floors over the years and although software is our specialism we can bring a wealth of manufacturing experience and stories to help our clients achieve their goals.
Star Fasteners are the largest UK distributor for Huck Fasteners.
We specialise in the sales and distribution of Huck Fasteners. Our service also includes the supply, hire and maintenance of a range of hand hydraulic and pneumatic installation equipment.
Huck’s precision products are used in the manufacture of trucks and truck trailers, cars, buses, aircraft, recreational vehicles, railcars and in the construction industry.
Over the years, the style of business and its product range has evolved to meet the changing needs of the market. We are stocking an ever-wider range of products to meet the growing demands of our customers for a single source of supply for all their fastener needs.
Star Fasteners provides a speedy, reliable and personal service that customers have come to rely on.
Surefast Bolting Services Limited are manufacturers of Special Threaded Fasteners, Large Diameter Bolting and precision CNC machined components â in all types of fully traceable high performance materials.
At Haywood & Jackson we are proud to be able to provide all customers with ground breaking solutions to a wide range of specialist services with the satisfaction we can provide an extremely high standard of service.
Since starting the business in 1972, John Haywood has developed the business and moved with the times to ensure customer satisfaction every step of the way. Our vehicle fleet has recently been updated and we have introduced a new Health & Safety and Quality Management System.
Using our up to date, modern workshop facility (including our storage yard approx. ¼ acre) and our multi-skilled workforce we are able to provide a vast array of expertise, however we do not rest on our laurels and view training as an essential part of our business.
All employees hold CSCS cards, Network Rail Sentinel NCCA Personal Track Safety Cards, National Water Hygiene Cards, and CSTS Cards amongst others and attend appropriate training courses as necessary to keep up with the ever changing requirements of the industry and the needs of our clients.
As our customers are so diverse so is our work, throughout the years of working for the Rail Industry we have adapted and become expert installers of glass reinforced polymers (GRP) products.
Waltons was founded in 1968, we are one of the few independent brokers in the City of Liverpool with global representation and we pride ourselves on the value of this freedom to deal with the whole of the market for our clients. It is the cornerstone of our companyâs structure to offer a personal service to all our clients and this is one of our main strengths.
With our long experience of meeting the diverse requirements of our clients along with our gateway to all insurance markets, specialist, national and international, we feel confident that whatever your insurance needs, our specialist staff can assist. Indeed in combination with our network, Compass we provide a comprehensive service to individuals, industry and commerce alike. Clients can be assured they are dealing with a well established company with high professional standards, independent, impartial and expert.
Finch Insurance Brokers provides corporate clients with progressive and innovative insurance solutions to protect their business and staff members. Established in 1983, Finch is one of the UKâs most prominent & respected independent broking firms, founded on a reputation for excellence in client service.
Finch Insurance Brokers is part of a family-owned French insurance broker, Verlingue, one of Europeâs largest independent insurance brokers employing over 550 people & handling premiums in excess of £750m. It serves clients across all industries, both in the Public and Private Sector, ranging from mid-sized private companies to large multi-national corporations.
The company combines the dynamic characteristics of an independent local business with the world class resources & global reach of a major international provider of insurance & financial services.
Worldwide Broker Network (WBN)
We are a founder member of WBN, the largest international network of Independent Insurance Brokers and Employee Benefit Consultants made up of members in over 100 countries. This means that through our international partners, our clients can enjoy a consistently high standard of service virtually anywhere in the world, and access to worldwide insurance markets.
Key services include:
Insurance and Risk Management
Proactive claims management
International Risk
Specialist insurance products
Employee Benefits: Pensions, Private Medical Insurance, Group Risk, Cash Plans
Industrial recruitment specialist with over 25 years in the business. Building relationships to deliver temporary and permanent recruitment solutions tailored to our clients needs.