Engineering plastics for over 55 years & counting
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 55 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.
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
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, welding rod 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 focused 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: 2015.
Auditing procedures at key production stages check that the components and products delivered to our customers are accurate, safe, reliable and conform.
Operational checklist
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
Recruitment News
Barkston now has a dedicated up-to-date Recruitment page for both the Leeds & Hebburn sites. Here you will find all the info you'll need and how to
3D Prototype Printing Service
The Plastic People are offering an exclusive 3D Prototype Printing Service for our customers. For prototyping and visualisation for small batch designs produced at a cost-competitive
Barkston 55th Anniversary Celebration
Today marks the 55th anniversary of Barkston, Home of The Plastic People. Our heritage dates back to August 1969 where business started from premises in Low
