When the Material Doesn’t Exist (Yet!): A Story of Persistence in Prototype Tooling

In product development, not every challenge arrives neatly defined. Some push you into unfamiliar territory—where data is limited, timelines are tight, and expectations are uncompromising. This was exactly the case when we were appointed to develop a prototype mould tool for a highly technical automotive component. The Challenge From the outset, this wasn’t a straightforward […]
UK Manufacturing News

With Dudley Associates Ltd being a UK manufacturer we love to see positive news on other UK manufacturers. So, we thought we’d put a post together to highlight some of the most recent achievements we’ve come across from other UK manufacturers! London Electric Vehicle Company (LEVC) Congratulations to London Electric Vehicle Company (LEVC) for hitting a […]
What Plastics are used for Plastic Injection Moulding?

What Plastics are used for Plastic Injection Moulding? There are more than 85,000 commercial plastic materials and 45 polymer series available for injection moulding. Among them, polymers can be roughly divided into two categories: thermosetting plastics and thermoplastics. The most used plastic types are high-density polyethene (HDPE) and low-density polyethene (LDPE). Polyethene has […]
Specialist Toolmaking and Injection Moulding Services

A little bit more about our Injection Moulding services: Dudley Associates manufacture a very wide range of both development and production mouldings for the medical, defence, aerospace, electronics, automotive, bio-tech and private sectors, and we fully understand the discreet requirements associated with each Industry. We work on a daily basis with a very broad range of […]