SITE VISIT PATTERSON & ROTHWELL – Wednesday 1st May 2024
What is Plastic Injection Moulding?
Just like many warehouses and distribution and fulfilment centres many production and manufacturing businesses share a hesitancy to demonstrate their commercially sensitive working procedures.
On the 1st May AMHSA member, Autstore, opened their doors and invited members to visit their facility in Oldham to see, first-hand, how plastic injection moulding continues to shape the way that goods are stored, conveyed and delivered to picks stations, storage places and customers, using automated and manual material handling systems, all over the world.
Established in 1982, Patterson & Rothwell provide product design, tool design, tool making and production in the plastic injection moulding and injection toolmaking industry across multiple sectors including windows, roofing, electrical, automation and many more besides adhering to the highest standards, including ISO 9001, IATF 16949, and BRC IOP Food Packaging Standards.
The Patterson and Rothwell team explained how the pivotal role of precision, accuracy, and unparalleled service quality in injection moulding aids the storage and logistics world with robust re-useable and recyclable storage unit load containers. With a wealth of manufacturing experience they proficiently work with various polymer materials, ranging from virgin and recycled polypropylene, HDPE, to high-end engineering polymers, including PA, PBT, POM, PC & ABS to name a few.
The team explained how they deliver there core business disciplines – product design, tool design, tool making and their production techniques before a tour of the facility demonstrated how small simple plastic pellets are transformed into an array of items serving the electrical, horticultural, building, food and beverage and wider market places.
AMHSA AGM & MEMBERS MEETING – Wednesday 17th April 2024
In accordance with our Articles of Association all members were invited to attend the AMHSA AGM and Members’ Meeting being held at the Harborough Innovation Centre on Wednesday 17th April from 09:30 hours.
Over 20 members attended the meeting and received updates relating to the direction of our association and the changing landscapes from around our industry.
AMHSA MEMBERS SOCIAL EVENT – Tuesday 16th April 2024
The AMHSA AGM & Members’ Meeting Social Event was held recently at The Waterfront Restaurant, Union Wharf, Market Harborough, where members enjoyed networking opportunities and a round of golf on the putting green. A quiz was held which saw attendees taking their best shot in the dark to answer the most spurious questions on a wide variety of topics. Members caught up with faces old and new over pre-dinner drinks and dinner.
The evening proved the usual success and many new comers to the organisation were able to familiarise themselves prior to the AGM and Members’ Meeting the following morning.