Lord Digby Jones to open Boddingtons’ new factory

Plastics injection-moulding company, Boddingtons, has announced plans to open a new factory on 1 November.

The £4.6 million injection moulding plant will be opened by former government minister and CBI director general, Lord Digby Jones. The opening is expected to attract over 100 guests, who will join staff and management in celebration and activities throughout the day.

The new factory allows Boddingtons to increase their manufacturing output with managing director Andy Tibbs saying: “Our new factory keeps our commercial ambitions firmly on track by effectively doubling our manufacturing footprint.”

A demand for the new Class 7 Clean Room manufacturing service is expected means that a portion of the afternoon has been dedicated for tours and meetings with customers, designer and product specifiers.

Around 15% of the new Boddingtons floor space will initially be used as modular Class 7 cleanroom manufacturing. The environment will also include white rooms with less fibres and contaminants, disaster recovery safeguards and other customer benefits.  

The new facility also offers improved disabled access, communications and server facilities, hardware and software, ergonomic systems of building control and energy efficiency and many other features.

Tibbs said: “From the outset we envisaged nothing less than a state-of-the-art operation in order to further grow our business and welcome in new clients - from blue chip OEMs to start up product innovators. I am pleased to say that the quality of the design and build has exceeded our expectations. We now offer manufacturing services and a moulding destination that can cater to the best customers in the world.”