One year after its acquisition of West Pharmaceutical Services Cornwall’s (St. Austell / UK) plastics moulding factory – see Plasteurope.com of 12.05.2011 – German precision injection moulder Polymeroptix (Lüdenscheid; www.polymeroptix.de) has touted plans to invest in the site. How much money exactly is to be injected into St. Austell remains unclear.

As part of the plans, Polymeroptix UK will receive two new Engel (Schwertberg / Austria; www.engelglobal.com) injection moulding machines. In addition, the clean room production will be reorganised to allow for more flexible manufacture of precision components for medical applications.

Polymeroptix specialises in applications for LED, sensors and consumer electronics. The UK facility mostly turns out new packaging technology solutions as well as high-quality throw-away products and optical diagnostics.