COBA subsidiary, COBA Plastics Moulding Ltd, relocates its injection moulding operations from Whetstone to Company headquarters in Fleckney – improving efficiency of operations
As part of the COBA Group’s manufacturing strategy, COBA Plastics Moulding Ltd has been successfully relocated to a recently vacated facility at the company’s main manufacturing site in Fleckney, Leicestershire. With sister company COBA Europe moving to a larger site in Rugby, the opportunity arose to co-locate COBA Plastics Moulding with the related Automotive and Engineering divisions.
The move was completed in an impressive timeframe between December 2021 and January 2022 – with the entire workforce, plant and machinery making the transition to the dedicated building. This move brings together COBA’s extensive extrusion, injection moulding, toolmaking, and engineering activities onto one site allowing it to streamline operations for the benefit of its customers.
With investment in new crane gantries, cooling systems, pipework, and complete new electrical installation the building infrastructure is primed to support significant growth over the next decade. COBA has also invested heavily in its suite of equipment, with a total of 24 injection moulding machines, 15 of which are brand new Arburg models. Press sizes range from 50T up to 420T, all fitted with Robots to maximise operational efficiency, and 2K injection available. A range of value-added options are also offered including adhesive tapes, tampo printing, insert application, ultrasonic welding, surface bonding treatments and painting.
Here’s what Sales Director, Chris Richmond had to say: ‘This move further streamlines supply chains and facilitates the provision of extruded and injection moulded components from one site with full design and APQP support. By investing in extra capacity COBA is placed to better serve new business growth for our existing and new clients. Please contact our commercial team to discuss your potential applications.’
Find out more about COBA Plastics: https://www.cobaplasticsmoulding.co.uk/