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A £750,000 press line investment will allow Phoenix Tooling and development to prove out complex projects.

The press tool design and manufacture specialist installed the 500-tonne Ching Fong press and full coil line, supplied by Worcester Presses, as part of a £1.1m investment drive to support customers in the automotive, construction, white goods, EV and medical sectors.

The GTX 500-D press delivers the longest tool bed (3.4m x 1.5m) in its history and is equipped with an impressive 3-in-1 Tomac decoiler, straightener and feeder line that allows the business to build larger tools and, more importantly, ‘prove out’ complex tooling projects.

This is a major development for the Aldridge-based business, with the company now able to give its growing customer base full confidence that the tooling produced will stamp components to the required customer production rates, quality, and consistency – all before it arrives at their respective factories.

The business also has the equipment needed to simulate full production testing and support a seamless handover process to its clients.

“We relocated to Shenstone Drive last year and had to make the decision whether to persevere with our 1930s Wilkins and Mitchell 300 tonne press,” explained Martin Mulvey, Managing Director of Phoenix Tooling & Development.

“After careful deliberation we