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News Release from: Sandretto UK | Subject: HP 320
Edited by the Processingtalk Editorial
Team on 03 May 2007
Sandretto helps Merit Plastics to the
cutting edge
Trade injection moulder Merit Plastics is making the most of its new high performance Sandretto 320 tonne locking force injection moulding machine
Diss-based Merit Plastics is keeping its top customer Bosch supplied with moulded parts for the season's new demand for lawnmowers Tom Palmer, Merit Plastics managing director said: 'A few months ago at the start of the season we knew that we would be in need of some extra capacity - primarily in order to keep the Stowmarket-based factory of Bosch supplied with parts for its range of Rotak 2 lawnmowers and to anticipate and to supply the consumer demand which took place this Easter'
This article was originally published on Processingtalk on 23 Jan 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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A range of machine review and research was conducted at Merit.
The company, founded in 1972 - and a Sandretto UK customer shortly afterwards - prides itself on a trade and client service that is second to none and an incorporated design and technical service that saves the customer time, money and technical issues at the start of every project.
After the new machine research and review was completed, the Sandretto UK-supplied Nove HP was selected.
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In addition to the traditional qualities of Sandretto engineering, reliability and after-sales service, the Merit team also highlighted the Sandretto UK short lead-time to delivery as key in winning the order.
'For a high performance machine that wasn't in stock, we were very pleased with the speed with which Sandretto UK brought the HP 320 machine to us and got it into production'.
Chris Whitlam, Sandretto UK National Sales Manager says: 'we are very excited about the potential and the prospects for the HP range of Sandretto injection moulding machines.
Not only do they deliver sector-beating energy-saving figures, our clients have also been reporting significant savings in cycle time and an increased performance in speed'.
The new Sandretto HP 320 is now the largest injection moulding machine in the Merit Diss factory and will play a key part in the forthcoming growth and expansion.
The Nove HP 320 small footprint with large platen size and ease of process-control through simple graphics on a high resolution screen has also won it many friends on the Merit shop floor.
'The one-touch parameters and the colour effects make it very easy to find pages and to quickly set up production runs,' notes Palmer.
In terms of the Merit reputation for service in the marketplace, Palmer notes that 'time-to-market is often the key customer need in much of our moulding work.
The latest Bosch application is no exception.
We therefore need and expect as much flexibility and speed of response from our suppliers as we ourselves give to our customers, part of the reason for working with Sandretto UK'.
Merit operates a number of client-bespoke and standard scheduling and production analysis systems from its Diss HQ including Kan-Ban, SMED processes and others.
Also the company runs a state of the art Class 7 manufacture to Class 6 packing clean room for its biosciences, medical and pharmaceutical customers.
Merit is currently planning a 2.5-3.0 years Knowledge Transfer Project (KTP) in collaboration with the University of Hertfordshire which will see further resources dedicated to Continuous Manufacturing Improvement at the company.
'Last year,' says Palmer, 'saw us implement a good deal of technical and process-based training at shop floor level and this year will see that taken a stage further into manufacturing improvement.
Our aim is to do whatever it takes to be the best and therefore first-choice trade moulder wherever we do business.
The new Sandretto HP 320 is playing its part in that objective and over the next few months we will be laying many further foundations for expansion and growth'.
As part of their continued expansion plans, and to further boosts its team of dedicated personnel, Merit has recently recruited a new Business Development Manager - Steve Weightman.
Steve has worked in the plastics industry for almost 25 years and brings with him a wealth of technical and commercial experience accrued from supplying a broad range of industries.
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