Big Bear Plastics’ Managing Director, Emma Hockley, is looking to maximise installation of two CNCs, a new robot and a waterjet machine to cement its position as one of the UK’s leading vacuum forming and compression moulding specialists.
Emma Hockley
Hockley is targeting new opportunities in point-of-sale retail and the defence sector to complement existing high-profile contracts within the agricultural, construction and leisure industries.
“There’s been a lot of change and consolidation in the plastics sector and that represents a big opportunity for us,” explained Emma, who marked five years at the helm this month.
“We’ve invested heavily in new technology and getting experienced manufacturing specialists in place and feel we have the platform and capability now to overcome some of industry’s pain points, including speed of response, material innovation and achieving world class quality in both low and higher volumes.”
She went on to add: “These are already delivering solutions for OEMs in automotive, agriculture and mobile home providers and we believe there are plenty of opportunities where we can deliver products to retail, as well as maximising a renewed focus on defence.”
Big Bear Plastics was founded in 1998 by Emma’s father Gerald Bloom. Located in a 75,000 sq ft factory in Droitwich, the company has evolved from vacuum forming and trimming of plastic parts to offering customers access to high quality compression moulding and waterjet cutting of lightweight interior trim products.
The firm delivers a full-service solution from initial design, development and tooling to the manufacture of medium to high volume moulded parts up to 3.5m x 2.5m. It works with a wide range of thermoplastic materials, including ABS, PMMA-ABS, HDPE, HIPS, PC and PE in a variety of colours, finishes and thicknesses.
Big Bear Plastics, which is accredited to ISO 9001 and is recommended for certification to the ISO 14001 environmental standard, has started work towards being part of the JOSCAR register, a collaborative online platform for the UK aerospace, defence and security sectors.
For further information, please visit www.bigbearplastics.com
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