Plastic cleanroom expansion

Thetford-based Warren Services is celebrating 33 years in precision engineering with the launch of its new brand identity and website.

Managing Director Will Bridgman said: “After 33 years growing the business, we wanted our corporate identity to convey Warren’s evolution into a modern, full-service. advanced manufacturing partner with a focus on engineered innovation. Warren’s purpose is to help our medical devices and automated surgical equipment. Our expansion plans not only increase our injection moulding capability but also provide extra space for added value processes such as automated assembly within the cleanroom environment.”

As a result of this investment, OGM, which celebrated its 60th anniversary at the end of last year, will be expanding its team of cleanroom machine operators with up to six new roles, in addition to new staff for assembly and packing.

Paul concluded: “This is part of a larger investment programme for OGM Ltd. Elsewhere in the factory we have built a mezzanine floor to house ultrasonic cleaning machines that will form part of an automated production cell. Total investment in our Oxford facility is likely to exceed £2million by the end of this year.”

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New brand marks 33-year evolution

clients succeed by bringing their projects, such as high-value architectural engineering and electro-mechanical machines, to market, with speed and precision.”

The new brand recognises that clients now simply call the firm ‘Warren’ – although the legal entity remains Warren Services Limited.

Will said: “Our old brand identity served us well but no longer conveyed the strength of our brand reputation, technical promise and progressive personality. We wanted a new brand identity that our employees could take pride in and that our clients would recognise as distinctively Warren. We are delighted to have worked with creative agencies from Norfolk and Suffolk on this branding project.”

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Swiftool Precision Engineering based in Sutton and Ashfield in Nottinghamshire has struck gold at the Make UK National Manufacturing Awards held in London.

The company which supplies precision machined components for safety critical parts to the nuclear, petrochemical and aerospace markets picked up three national awards, having won three awards at the Make UK Midlands Regional ceremony back in November.

The company won the Developing Future Talent Award, before being named SME of the Year and then overall Make UK Manufacturer of the Year, beating companies from across the UK

The awards, organised by Make UK, the manufacturers’ organisation, the body that represents over twenty thousand manufacturing companies across the UK, were held at Canary Wharf in London to recognise the achievements of companies and apprentices from across the UK.

The company invests substantially in the development of its future workforce through its ‘Tomorrow’s workforce today’ programme which has involved significant investment in apprentice training and a focus on building a close relationship with local colleges and schools to promote opportunities available within engineering. Given the complexity of the components that the company makes there is also a continual focus on innovation, in particular to ensure the company remains a