The main output at Plastic Mouldings Northern Ltd (PMN) is the production of vacuum formed plastic parts, which sees PMN supply high quality and often very intricate moulded parts to an array of industries.
The ethos at the heart of the company is ‘we never stand still’ and the industry innovator who’ve been established for 20 years at their expansive Bishop Auckland site have benefited from high growth, through leveraging their collaborative and innovative capabilities, alongside assessing new market opportunities.
Freddy Bourdais, co-founder and sales director at Plastic Mouldings Northern Ltd said: “Diversification and spotting new market opportunities is a key mechanism of growth here, alongside our core operations in the production of vacuum formed plastic parts we have a number of other arms to the business.
We are now the only stockist of new plastic containers and plastic pallet boxes in the North East. Plus, the largest dealer of reconditioned plastic pallets in the UK and we are at the forefront of providing a more cost-effective and yet still durable option for customers.”
Alongside their vacuum forming operation PMN are one of the UK’s leading suppliers of plastic packaging solutions including euro containers across a wide range of industries. Storing over 100,000 products on an expansive site spanning three acres and 65,000 square feet of indoor storage, efficiency and experience comes as standard. Alongside the euro containers PMN is also a leading supplier of folding pallet boxes, solid big box containers and plastic pallets as well as offering a range of accessories, including lids, trolleys and bespoke dividers, trays and inserts from their North East site.
Over the past five years PMN have worked on a number of exciting projects which has resulted in the supply of euro containers and storage boxes used for production of big name TV and film projects including The Grand Tour and Star Wars franchise. Packaging solutions have also been supplied to a number of prestigious automotive companies including Lotus and Mercedes AMG as well as going around the world with the Aston Martin F1 team.
With the uncertainty around what is included in the Plastic Packaging Tax (PPT) PMN has taken steps to make sure customers don’t get caught unawares. With the aim of the tax to provide a clear economic incentive for businesses to use recycled plastic, it will not apply to any plastic packaging which contains at least 30% recycled plastic, or any packaging which is not predominantly plastic by weight.
PMN have worked hard to ensure that their full range of Euro stacking containers, all contain at least 30% regrind material while still offering a durable and robust solution to all your packaging and storage needs. Offering a full range of standard sizes, PMN also offer unique footprints that you won’t find with other established suppliers, allowing them to provide solutions to any industry. With large stocks available for next day despatch, PMN prides itself on offering high quality products and top-rated customer satisfaction every step of the way.
With 95% of products hitting exemption from Plastic Packaging Tax, PMN is your one stop solution for all your packaging solutions. Alongside this, PMN run a buy back scheme offering both a recyclable solution and an additional revenue stream for businesses and their plastic waste.
Freddy added: “Plastic pallets have become a crucial part of modern day warehousing and logistics, largely due to their unrivalled performance and sustainable benefits. Our buy back scheme lets your plastic packaging pay for itself.
We can offer businesses the chance to make money on any unwanted plastic packaging. Whether it was bought from us or not, we can assess the plastic waste and give you a quote to buy it direct.
The old plastic pallets will be assessed when they reach us and will either be put back into the market as second hand stock or sent to our recycling partners where they will be turned into plastic granules, ready to be used again in making more plastic pallets.”
While the production of wooden pallets creates less carbon emissions during production, overall, the plastic pallet is better for the environment in that it has a longer life span and the lighter weight means less fuel is needed during transport, reducing the overall carbon footprint of plastic pallets.
Freddy added: “When the Honda car factory in Swindon closed down we were given the contract of clearing their now redundant plastic packaging. This included over 5000 folding pallet boxes as well as plastic pallets and euro containers previously used in their supply chain. Upon clearing the site PMN sent 25 tonne to regrind, saving over 200 tonnes of plastic waste and recirculating it back into many other industries and extending the life span of many products.”
Operating for over 20 years Plastic Mouldings Northern has gained an industry leading reputation in dealing in second hand and reconditioned plastic pallets, large pallet boxes and euro containers alongside its manufacturing capabilities in creating new and bespoke packaging solutions.