Brexit Preparations… How we can help you prepare
You are probably getting regular questionnaires from your customers
about your preparations and risk analysis for Brexit. An area to consider
and reduce risk for those based in the UK is sourcing within the UK to
avoid any border issues. We can reverse engineer most silicone rubber
extrusions within 3 weeks and remove the risk, or at least give you a back
up option for your plan. So if you have any overseas suppliers for sponge
or rubber parts it might be worth talking to us, sooner rather than later.
Important Update on lead times
We have seen a big influx of orders as customers from all sectors are trying to build up stock
ahead of a Brexit decision, this has resulted in lead times for all moulding and fabrication work
being pushed out to 4 weeks until we can recruit more resources or the demand drops.
Please allow for this extended lead time for the next few months when planning your ordering
and cascade this down to your production teams.
New Co Extrusion Facility
Adpol are very pleased to announce that we have developed a new process that allows us to
extrude a skin of Silicone Rubber over another extruded product in varying shapes and sizes.
This opens up a whole realm of new design opportunities. We can extrude a thin skin over
Sponge products to save weight, give amazing compression and ability to bend. Specialist
silicone grades with Food/Medical approvals, flame retardancy, conductivity and acid
resistance can be used for the skin. And it doesn’t have to stop there, please contact us for
samples and to discuss your ideas.
Laser Engraved Part Numbers
Adpol has developed a new process which allows us to
laser engrave part numbers into Silicone Rubber products.
This provides a good quality and very permanent solution
to the requirement to identify parts. This process lends
itself to moulded or finished individual gasket parts, and
does incur some additional charges. But if this is something
that you are interested in please get in touch and
we can discuss your requirements in more detail.
Important REACH regulations update for Silicone Rubber
Compounds
REACH is the European Community Regulation on
Chemicals and their safe use. Article 33 requires
manufacturers to notify European users about the
presence of substances of very high concern (SVHC)
when their concentration exceeds 0.1%. Basically, there
are 3 Chemical components which have always been in
the Silicone Compound that have now been added to this
list.
The fact that they have historically always been there, (which would include when food/drink
/medical/flammability/smoke/toxicity tests where carried out), should not give customers
cause for concern. But should you require more detailed information you can in the quality section
of our website. Please forward this information on to any relevant people or departments in your
organisation
2019 Hamburg Aircraft Interiors Expo
Much of what Adpol does is for the Aircraft Interiors sector, and this year we will be visiting the
Aircraft Interiors Expo that takes place in Hamburg between 2nd and 4th April. There is
always significant design and development going on in this competitive and demanding
sector, which in turn benefits all sectors through product development and quality. If you or a
colleague are attending or visiting this show and would like to meet up to discuss new design
and product ideas please contact us to set something up.
OTHER NEWS
Finally we would like to thank all our customers for their patience and understanding as we
work through this extremely volatile stage of Silicone shortages and price rises, we are
retaining high stocks, and working with compounders to have alternative supply options in
place should they be needed.
Adpol is a very risk focused company, we see your problems as our
problems and are always looking for ways to keep this to a minimum.
