IPC Mouldings: innovative plastics company is flying high
Northern Ireland-based aircraft components manufacturing business takes off thanks to support from Innovate UK.
Joanne Liddle, Managing Director of IPC Mouldings
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Advanced engineering manufacturer, , is seeing increasing global demand for its aircraft components after taking part in a Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP).
The company specialises in developing advanced engineering polymers and processing techniques. It provides plastic injection moulding, design and tooling from concept to manufacture. Managing Director, Joanne Liddle, explains:
The next time you are on a commercial aircraft there is a high probability that the seat you are sitting on was not only manufactured in Northern Ireland but that the plastic visible parts were all manufactured by IPC Mouldings.
University links help company to expand worldwide
IPC Mouldings has been taking part in a KTP with . The KTP scheme works as a 3-way partnership between a business, an academic institution and a graduate. The university or college employs a recently-qualified graduate who works at the company. The graduate, known as the 바카라 사이트˜associate바카라 사이트™, brings new skills and knowledge to the business. (INI) co-funds the scheme in partnership with Innovate UK.
Joanne adds:
Over the past 12 months we have introduced 70 new components into the aircraft industry and this has secured our long-term future with new contracts. Our KTP associate has added real value to the company and this has proved to be a very successful collaboration. Bringing in someone new to the business with such a high intelligence and making them part of the team has lifted the performance of the team as a whole.
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Hugh Henry is a KTP Associate and works for IPC Mouldings at the company바카라 사이트™s Design and Quality Engineer. He said:
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