Tool and Plastic Company Ltd., is a well-known name in contract injection moulding in Ireland. It was set up in 1968 in Longford Town, and has established itself since then with an enviable reputation in technical moulding, reliability and customer service. Located in the town of Longford, 70 miles west of Dublin, the company re-located to a new modern purpose built facility in July 2007. This new facility is situated in Longford Business & Technology Park, Ballinalee Road, Longford. The new facility is 38,000 Sq ft and comprises 15,000 Sq ft white room manufacturing, a 5,000 Sq ft Class 100,000 cleanroom, fully equipped Quality, Metrology and product testing laboratory and warehouse and Distribution areas. Today, over 70% of the company’s customers are in the Medical/Healthcare industry sectors, with 35% of all product manufactured at the Irish facility exported.
The company is privately owned and employs 50 people operating 7 days week, 24 Hrs/day. The Tool and Plastic Quality System is certified by NSAI to ISO9001:2000 standard. In June 2008, the company plans to implement ISO13485. The production area has 29 Injection Moulding machines ranging from 22 T up to 800 T and has extensive mould maintenance facilities. The company operates a range of secondary processes, including assembly, insert moulding, Ultrasonic welding and printing (Tampo and Silk screen) in White-Room and Class 100,000 Cleanroom production environments