Plastic Injection Moulding Company UK

Midlands-based Chess Plastics has been in the business of plastic injection moulding for over 50 years. Customers and suppliers have watched Chess Plastics expand from a small family operation to a 24-hour-a-day, seven-day-a-week success.

We are still owned and run by the Olden family, who proudly employs a team of excellent employees, many of whom contribute via lean manufacture to a culture synonymous with continuous improvements.

In order to stay at the cutting edge of plastics manufacturing, Chess Plastics places significant importance on investment in new modern machinery, which helps expand our capabilities. Whether it's a larger injection mould tool or a more precise engineering part, we want all our machines to provide peak performance so that they allow our work to reach customer requirements.

What is produced?

The wide range of machines at Chess Plastics means that we can produce medium to large injection mouldings from 500 grams to 12,000 grams in weight. 

Many traditional materials are being replaced by plastics due to their durability, strength, low cost and low weight - in particular, the automotive industry has increased plastic usage from 8.5% by weight in a typical car in 1984, up to approximately 11%. Such 'metal replacement' in cars can help to reduce total car weight and therefore reduce emissions of CO2.

But the benefits don't end there. Thanks to the innovations in the plastic injection moulder industry, we've seen numerous advantages come to light over the years. And they've only improved with time. Today, a plastic injection moulder can create complex shapes and designs.

What's more, uniformity is key in ensuring the reliability of the components we produce. As such, we maintain uniform moulds to produce identical parts for our clients. Moreover, we are now able to produce large-scale orders of various components using custom moulds in our plastic injection moulder. Thus, we help our clients maximise production on their ends while streamlining operations and reducing downtime.

The strength of injection moulds is another key element that benefits from using an injection moulder. That's why we take the time to learn what our clients' needs are before manufacturing begins. In doing so, we can accommodate the customer's needs while maintaining strength and dexterity in our moulds.

And because we specialise in various thermoplastics, we can provide our clientele with unique materials that allow for greater resistance to heat or bacteria.