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Plastics and Rubber Moulding Subcontracting Services
News Release from: Springer Rapid Industries | Subject: Springer Rapid Industries
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 11 April 2003
Rapid tooling and production services
offered
Single-source project management supplier of rapid tooling and production services specialises in the design, prototyping and production of low- and high-volume plastics parts.
Gordon Styles, the former owner and managing director of Styles Rapid Prototyping and a Business Executive of the Year, is back in business as chief executive of Springer Rapid Industries, the UK's first single-source project management supplier of world-leading rapid tooling and production services to companies in all industry sectors Specialising in the design, prototyping and production of both low- and high-volume plastics parts measuring up to 4m in length and weighing up to 80kg (and larger), as well as the design and manufacture of the appropriate prototype and production tooling, Gordon Styles guarantees that Springer Rapid Industries will be able to supply every customer with high-quality components in quicker timescales and at lower costs than they currently can obtain
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 22 Nov 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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"Since I sold Styles Rapid Prototyping I've spent my three-year sabbatical on a global tour evaluating dozens of plastics-related companies, and I now represent a number of companies that I consider to be the world's best-in-class in terms of the supply of rapid tooling and production services," says Gordon Styles.
"With Springer Rapid Industries acting as the single-source project manager from its Coventry base, UK manufacturers from across all industry sectors can now capitalise on the extremely high levels of management skills, investment and process improvements that I have unearthed at these companies and am now making available in the UK.
"The result will be the unrivalled provision of high-quality prototypes, tooling and components delivered on time and at unbeatable prices - every time.".
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