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june/july June/July2019 2021business businessedge edge
WSM Plastics is making sustainable solutions possible Increasingly, environmental concerns are playing a big part in material selection for new products or components entering their market sectors. If there are any potential ways plastic can be recycled, this is always something WSM Plastics will look into for our customers. WSM Plastics have a wide range of experience in both recycled and renewable plastics. WSM Plastics are a plastic injection moulding and tooling specialist based in Lancing, West Sussex who manufacture products in most industries including aerospace, medical, water treatment to name but a few and distribute these products globally. As part of a growing need to reduce the carbon foot print of plastic components, WSM Plastics has been involved in initiatives with customers to use recycled and renewable plastic materials. Using recycled material can contribute to increased recycling rates and makes recycling more economically viable. With this in mind, WSM Plastics initiated a close supplier collaboration to explore the use of recycled polymers in products and identified a wide range of suppliers with portfolios containing recycled plastics of which to partner with. Initiatives such as working with a developer for recycled chewing gum, manufacturing with recycled car batteries and using bamboo filled polymers. These are all projects WSM Plastics has been involved in and showcases some of the flexibility and diversification offered by WSM Plastics to their customer base and beyond. In addition to recycled plastics WSM Plastics are also working with renewable plastics, these are made from renewable sources such as plants and plant based oils. There is a long way to go before plant-based and recycled polymers become mainstream, but together with our partners, we are working with them at the very beginning of these projects to further explore sustainable polymers, while we continue to assess the use of alternative plant-based products and recycled fibre-based materials as a more sustainable alternative. Our long-term
ambition is clear, for all our customers to use renewable or recycled polymers, ending the extraction of fossil feedstock. Coordinated action and advocacy by multiple companies and other actors is required to support the transition to a low carbon circular economy.
Customer focus is key for WSM Plastics Our flexible approach complements the expert guidance you will receive in every aspect of your project, with a dedicated team who put our customers first and adopt unique approaches to focus on individual project requirements.
Our experience WSM Plastics has over 25 years’ experience in mould tool making and injection moulding and specialises in technical polymers for replacement metal components enabling us
“Our global supply network has allowed us to supply finished goods around the world from the USA, Asia, EU & UK. WSM Plastics in-house tool designers, component designers and project engineers manage the entire project for our customers.” Steve Corral, Managing Director, WSM Plastics
to supply into industries such as aerospace, medical, marine, renewable energy, transport and the water industry. Our global supply network has allowed us to supply finished goods around the world from the USA, Asia, EU & UK. WSM Plastics in-house tool designers, component designers and project engineers manage the entire project for our customers. With our tool room and mould shop in the same building in the UK, we have been able to validate and commission tooling projects within days of the tools being completed to our highquality standards.
Our background WSM Plastics is a privately owned UK custom plastic injection tool maker and moulder. Being part of a global group of companies has allowed us to have a presence further afield with tool rooms in the UK, Asia and EU and manufacturing facilities in the UK / EU / Asia / America’s. If you have any projects that you are looking to manufacture in plastic then get in touch with WSM Plastics. www.wsmplastics.co.uk
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