Engineering Plastic For Over 50 Years
Barkston is one of the UK’s premier plastic engineering companies serving OEMs in virtually every industry.
When your business has challenging demands for equipment and uninterrupted operations, Barkston can help.
Our plastic engineered components and parts are powerful alone – but they’re even better in your operation.
We’re experts in plastic fabrication with over 50 years’ heritage in the UK and are fully committed to helping you gain a competitive advantage in your industry.
Innovative Thinking
Innovative Thinking
We help customers worldwide to address component failure, improve speed to market, reduce maintenance, disruption, downtime and improve productivity.
We make better value, robust, resistant, more durable, re-usable components and products with outstanding strength to weight ratios suitable for even the harshest conditions.
Superior Plastic Engineering
We deliver bespoke excellent quality on time, so you can too. We develop appropriate engineered plastic parts and solutions that will contribute to the success of your business.
We offer on-site visits to help with requirements, problem solve, measure and understand how you work. We understand you are driven by your customer requirements, so we are too
Our capabilities include:
MANUFACTURING
FABRICATION
MACHINING
PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT
DESIGN ASSISTANCE
TESTING & REPORTING
Quality Assured
Quality Assured
The Barkston team consist of highly experienced and trained engineers working with plastics such as acrylic, ABS, Acetal, CPVC, Delrin, ECTFE, Haylar, Nylon, Polypropylene, PVDF and PVC-U in sheet, rod, bar tubing, extruded rod, weldingrod and duct form.
We create with plastic to enable our customers to develop competitive advantages in their marketplaces. Our team are personal, agile and able to turn things around as quickly as our customers need. At the same time, we pride ourselves on doing things the right way.
They are supported by a level of investment in the latest technology and solid working structures that conform to ISO9001.
Working Together
Whether it’s from a drawing, cad file, sample or existing product, we can work with you to supply the component, part or product that you need in plastic. Our focussed team will work with you from ideas, assist with designs and manage them through the best engineering techniques.
Accuracy & Reliability
Accuracy & Reliability
Quality, testing and reporting are an integrated part of our operation. Our facilities are UKAS accredited and all of our projects are carried out in accordance to ISO 9001: 2008.
Auditing procedures at key production stages check that the components and products delivered to our customers are accurate, safe, reliable and conform.
Operational Checklist
Extensive inventory all types of plastic materials
Hot gas, socket fusion, Butt fusion and extrusion
UV and conventional bonding
Clean room
Line bending up to 3m long
Flame and diamond polishing
Fan assisted ovens for drape forming
Pre-drying and stress relieving
- CNC routering up to 3m x 2m
In house form and jig manufacture
CNC lathes, milling & large Bed routers
Precision close-tolerance cutting
General assembly
Packaging, printing & labelling
Warehousing, stock control and logistics
- Outsourcing for complete turn key projects
- CAD, design & development assistance – new products welcomed
Quality manufacturing to ISO 9001
Certifications on all shipments
Complete material traceability/lot & batch
Test reports / material inspection
Advanced technical information
See how we have helped others. You’ll be in good company.
Contact A Plastic Specialist
Solve application challenges & get valuable technical advice.
We’re here to help.
We’d love to show you how to design, buy and engineer optimal plastic parts to increase your productivity, reduce your maintenance, provide better customer service, or all of the above!
Here are a few ways to reach out to our plastic experts.
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Latest News
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Fully transparent protective screens made from lightweight (5mm) material will help safeguard workers and customers from airborne pathogens such as Coronavirus.
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Celebrating 50 Years
Barkston, home of The Plastic People, celebrates its 50th successful year of trading with the launch of its new corporate website.