Our business
Plastics by Design are a family run business with over 30 years of experience. We pride ourselves on our high quality and friendly customer service with an extensive knowledge in the plastics thermoforming industry.
We take a customer's project from the design stage right through to the final production ensuring that the process is overseen at all times. We are friendly and helpful and work closely in a productive partnership to save you time and more importantly money! We make sure that our plastic thermoformed products are cost effective solutions.
Our expertise and experience of designing products and components, for many different blue-chip companies all over the world, means we can propose solutions.
Plastic design services
Plastics by Design provides a complete range of vacuum forming and thermoforming solutions for businesses that need strong, reliable and well-designed plastic components. Each project is handled with care, from early design ideas through to tooling, production and finishing.
The aim is to create parts that meet your exact needs while keeping quality high and lead times short. With experience across many industries, Plastics by Design can support simple jobs, complex moulds and large production runs. Below is a full list of services available to help bring your project to life.
Vacuum Forming
Protective Packaging
Thermoforming
Transit Trays
Standard Trays
Pressure Form
Twin Sheet Moulding
Tooling Design and Production
3D Concept Design
Rapid Prototyping
CNC Trimming
Plastic Part Finishing
Assembly Work
Project Management
Packaging Design Support
Material Guidance
Custom Mould Design
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thermoforming
Thermoforming at Plastics by Design shapes flat plastic sheets into detailed parts using heat and moulds. It is ideal for short or long production runs and offers a cost effective way to create covers, trays and housings tailored to your exact needs.
Protective Packaging
Protective packaging from Plastics by Design keeps your products safe during storage and transport. We design and form custom plastic inserts, trays and covers that hold items firmly, reduce movement, and minimise product damage, helping you cut waste, returns and replacement costs.
Transit Trays
Transit trays from Plastics by Design are designed to hold and protect parts while they move through your factory or wider supply chain. They can be stackable or nestable, are reusable, and help improve daily handling, stock control and overall product presentation.
Design, Prototyping and Project Management
Also, we perform assembly work and adopt the responsibility of project management.
Our consistent high standards are evident from the various awards our design team have obtained, including Gold in the British P.O.P. the Gold G.L.E.E. and a Star pack award. Using 3D cad work, we can produce a concept design from which we can create rapid prototypes and in turn, a production tool. Most samples and designs can be produced in a matter of days.
At your request we have a design manual available for vacuum forming, pressure forming and twin sheet moulding, detailing our services. The Manufacturing plants that we use to produce the vacuum formings etc area all accredited with the BRC/IOP Global Standard and BS EN ISO 9001: 2008 Quality Standard.
Award Winning Design Team
Fast Concept Design and Rapid Prototyping
Full Project Management from Idea to Production
Strict Quality Control with Recognised Accreditations
