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Customer demand leads to increased capacity and green push
Knight Precision Moulding has increased its machine stock and capacity in order to meet an ever-increasing level of demand from customers. Key among the upgrades is the addition of a 485 tonne Sandretto press (compared to a previous maximum of 350 tonne) enabling the high quality plastic injection moulding company to handle even larger jobs....
Read MoreKnight saves space at air handling firm
Knight has instigated a Kanban system with one of its clients to relieve the pressures generated by its rapid expansion and the requirement to quickly react to its own customers’ needs. Previously the customer was forced to hold 150 pallets on site, blocking and slowing production. To save the customer space, Knight built up stocks...
Read MoreUK rivals China for manufacturing costs
A number of recent studies have shown that Chinese manufacture may no longer be the inexpensive solution it has become renowned for, on account of rising salaries and the burden of ‘add on’ costs which still catch out many UK businesses. “Sourcing goods in China purely because of ultra-low costs is a thing of the...
Read MoreKnight Group expands as Sevic and PPE join
To meet an ever-growing demand for high quality UK-based manufacture and tooling, The Knight Manufacturing Group has expanded to include Sevic Toolmakers and Pontypool Precision Engineering. Sevic is expert at sourcing the best tooling solutions from around the globe while retaining full UK project management and quality control. It joins the group which already includes...
Read MoreLarge, Multi-Tool Project Under-way at KPM.
A 14 tool project has been completed on time at South Wales based precision injection moulding company, Knight Precision Moulding. Working against tight time schedules, KPM’s team of experts and their well-equipped facilities managed to run the 14 tool project, with successful trialling, approved samples and first production runs being completed for the urgent lines,...
Read MoreKnight supports product designers
With its one-stop portfolio of skills, the Knight Group is increasingly being called on by product designers to support new product development. Prototyping, mould design and short run batch manufacturing can all be carried out within the group, providing a short cut to market testing. And for those whose products really start to see...
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