Setting foot on Pluto ~ just ask.

Setting foot on Pluto was a giant leap for Sinclair & Rush, pushing the boundaries of our

‘Think Plastic ~ we do’

promise.

As you might expect, this is not NASA’s best kept secret in space exploration. Sinclair & Rush was not to plant a flag on what is considered to be this solar system’s ninth and much debated ‘Dwarf Planet’ Pluto.

However, Sinclair & Rush and Office Electrics were planning something equally spectacular.

The combination of Office Electric’s cutting edge design in power management solutions together with Team Sinclair & Rush’s passion for Plastic solutions across all industries and applications created something no less meteoric – we did put the feet on Pluto.

In this instant, Pluto is one of the ultra-design based power management solutions offered by the innovative British team at Office Electric. For them ‘ordinary’ is not an option.

It’s just as well then that Sinclair & Rush’s sales engineers think beyond plastic caps, sleeves and plugs. Their solution-making skills are greater than simply (efficiently) protecting manufacturing components from contamination as WIP and preserving quality in transit.

To ‘Think Plastic’ is to take time to understand the application and use skill to deliver a silicone solution.

For Office Electric, Pluto is a unique desk or table ‘ondesk’ power and data point. To stop it drifting, it needed three silicone feet to slide into the recesses beneath the colourful designer domes.

Enter Ashley and S&R’s design team (stage right) and enter three Pluto Base Feet per unit (as drawn above).

In their own words: PLUTO satisfies a demand for power and data connectivity, in informal spaces, in a way that no other module has done before. Perfectly suited to breakout areas, smaller meeting rooms and coffee tables - PLUTO makes sharing power a pleasure - see www.office-electrics.com.

Flexibility is essential in the modern office. Work, reception and break-out dynamics are constantly changing and nothing can be achieved without supportive and safe power and data sourcing.

Flexibility is also the underlying message from Sinclair & Rush. Plastics manufacturing, moulding and finishing can be applied to almost any application across any industry. The extent of this flexibility is limited only by the ability of our engineers to think outside the box and by our clients’ (your) willingness to ask.

Our global plastics engineering experience and ability to push those boundaries, delivers cost effective solutions across the board.

Office Electrics put dynamics on the desk – because they ask.

Why not ask us yourselves:

 

Think Plastic ~ we do.

Put us to the test.

We work with manufacturing companies in the UK & Europe, who have problems protecting or finishing their products. We manufacture and supply solutions for this through a wide variety of plastic mouldings, caps, plugs and sleeves, which means they... or indeed you.... reduce the risk of damage or contamination, so your customers receive a top quality product every time.

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Thinking plastic – with a sting in the tail.

One of the incredible things about plastic is that there are practically no limits to its application. Thanks to Vespula vulgaris, today’s tale from Sinclair & Rush has a sting in it.

Vespula vulgaris – the common wasp and Vespula germanica – the German wasp are the two noisy blighters that plague our summer picnics and disturb an al fresco beer. Some leap about, hands waving in the air screaming in fear and succeeding only in antagonising the yellow and black striped peril. Others quietly lure the critters into improvised wasp traps of upturned beer baited empties and ashtrays.

But for Groveline Products Limited, the solution is defined and permanent.

Their product – Wasp Go Go does exactly what it says on the appropriately yellow and black striped box. The powder kills the wasps and the delivery apparatus carries it safely to penetrate the nest, delivering the solution directly to the source.

Sinclair & Rush contribute in two ways. We supply the plugs to protect the extension pipes so that, once removed, the pipes fit together precisely to deliver the powder right onto the nest. For obvious reasons, the further away the operator is able to stand, the less furrowed might be his / her brow at the time of application.

Also, because of our ability to mix, dip mould and deliver a vast range of shapes, sizes and colours, Groveline can colour code the caps on different powder capsules. Coloured sleeves also denote one type of pipe over another (above). The operator follows the colour code to fit the appropriate capsule to the correct extension pipe – you can see this in action in the clip below:

Our experience as manufacturers and suppliers of plastic caps, plugs, sleeves and all manner of masking products is vast and global. Tooling for an extensive range of dip moulded products is standard and held in stock. Custom dip moulding takes this further, enabling Sinclair & Rush to customise moulds to deliver bespoke solutions, whatever the problem.

If you are not sure what you need then please, just ask.

We have been at the forefront of research and development, evolving the plastics industry with expertise around the world. If we can’t create a solution, tested and costed to meet the brief – then, frankly, it’s unlikely that anyone can. Why not put us to the test.

Think Plastic ~ we certainly do.

We work with manufacturing companies in the UK & Europe, who have problems protecting or finishing their products. We manufacture and supply solutions for this through a wide variety of plastic mouldings, caps, plugs and sleeves, which means they... or indeed you.... reduce the risk of damage or contamination, so your customers receive a top quality product every time.

0044 (0) 1622 693200

 

http://www.sinclair-rush.co.uk/

For more information on StockCap products and services, visit: http://www.stockcap.co.uk/

For more information on VisiPak products and services, visit: http://www.visipak.co.uk/

For more information on GripWorks products and services, visit: http://www.gripworks.co.uk/

 

 

 

 

Thinking plastic all day can be quite exhausting

But thankfully for Quicksilver Exhaust Systems, that’s the company ethos taken to heart by Ashley Warner, Sales Executive at Sinclair & Rush UK & Europe.

Having browsed the S&R website, Chris Payne of Quicksilver reached for the phone and was put through to Ashley. Chris was after EPDM caps to protect protruding outlets on exhaust systems whilst in transit. But these aren’t just any old exhaust systems.

Quicksilver make special systems for very special cars. The caps were not only to protect the exhausts in transit to highly valued customers across the world, but they were to look the part too.

These are sports exhausts for machines such as the Maserati 4200 GT; Lamborghini Gallardo; Aston Martin DB7; Ferrari 308 GTSi; McLaren SLR. The exhaust systems are designed and built not just to function, but to look exceptional and sound awesome (view the clip below).

Ashley spent some time on the phone discussing the specific requirements and sent the requested EPDM cap samples for Quicksilver to try. But, to deliver the higher spec being discussed, Ashley recommended and sent PVC Vinyl caps to sample as a better looking and in fact more cost effective solution – something more befitting the application.

These (above) are just some of the Vinyl Dip Moulding caps available from the Sinclair & Rush. 

Chris Payne liked the colour choices as well as the finish that the Vinyl caps offered. Impressed with the interest shown, service given and of course the end result, Chris said “…the caps have greatly improved the presentation of our high end product.”

One of the benefits of dip moulding is that the length of the cap can be changed without having to adjust the tooling, so the variety can be adjusted to suit different exhaust specifications. There is sufficient ‘stretch’ in the material to make sure that the fit is good and the caps remain robust and stylish throughout.

…and, one of the benefits of a Quicksilver Exhaust System … IS THE NOISE:

[link to video clip of  Wilton House ‘Rev Off’]

Having a full understanding of the application intended for Sinclair & Rush caps, plugs and sheathes (even the quieter ones), is an important part of the relationship we try to build with clients. To know the end use, is to have confidence in the solutions we recommend.

 

Looking through our extensive range of off-the-shelf product, you may think A and D will do the job when in fact B might be less extensive; C might be deliverable in your corporate colours; and a customised E could be tailored to perfection.

For the A to Z of plastic moulded solutions to mask and protect components and WIP call Sinclair & Rush -

0044 (0) 1622 693200

 

Think Plastic ~ we to, exhaustively.

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It started with a SC340 – and grew to be a KC 390

If it ends up on one of these…

Sinclair & Rush think plastic on behalf of the broadest imaginable range of industries:

HVAC, engineering, automotive, healthcare, telecoms, cable & wire, construction, marine, household appliances, hand tools, sport & leisure, aerospace – civil and military, and more.

Whatever your need for product protection, we’ve the plastics masking, plugging, sheathing, handling, gripping, shipping solution for you.

…If it ends up on one of those - it probably started with one of these:

Whilst waiting at lights on the Euston Road in London last week, my driving concentration lapsed and work mode took over – as it invariably does. I was surrounded by cars, truck and vans, approaching Euston station, with tube trains rolling beneath, a triple 7 bearing slowly down on Heathrow overhead and the University College Hospital across the way … just imagine the volume of electrical, mechanical and hydraulic components that made up the surrounding infrastructure.

But, and more importantly, just imagine the plastic dip moulded plugs, caps, masks and sheaths that are, were and will be part of the life process of each and every one of them…

…you see, we really do think plastic.

The SC 340 is a short cap used for all manner of protective application to prevent invasive liquids or materials contaminating tubes and tubular components. The KC-390 is a medium-size, twin-engine jet-powered military transport aircraft under development in Brazil.

This is one of literally thousands of off-the-peg solutions available from Sinclair & Rush (the cap not the plane!).

Sinclair & Rush pride ourselves on anything-but-off-the-peg-custom-design also.

Our strength has always been the ability to produce customised product protection solutions for customers. Our experienced engineers create a product designed specifically for customer needs, using cutting edge software and machinery to protect valuable components for OEM end use. Our skills are even called upon as part of prototype design and modelling to ensure that masking and plugging supports engineering efficiency throughout component life.

It may just be a plastic wiring sheath to some people, but to Sinclair & Rush it’s the wiring sheath for a part of a component that becomes part of yet another unit that may, in turn, contribute to the hydraulics of the tooling element of a manufacturing process – whatever it is, we are always proud to have done our bit.

Think Plastic ~ we’re proud to.

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 For a rounded view of Sinclair & Rush products and services

watch our video below

or please visit http://www.sinclair-rush.co.uk/

 

Grips – a global handle for Sinclair & Rush

As well as the existing practical and creative range of GripWorks hand grip designs from Sinclair & Rush – off the shelf, custom and branded – we are pleased to announce a massive new addition to the family.

Following the acquisition of Hunt-Wilde by our American parent company, we now extend our grip manufacturing solutions to include all of the pioneering tooling and design innovations developed by HW since 1946.

That’s when they started manufacturing injection moulded parts, primarily for cycle handlebar grips. As US bicycle manufacturing moved offshore, Hunt-Wilde grew the capacity for further diversification into other markets – lawn & garden; sports & leisure; industrial tooling; medical and general engineering.

To keep up with opportunity and development, HW created the facilities and technology to service ‘mass customisation’. Now, this tooling, methodology and product range sit alongside the technologies and skills of Sinclair & Rush’s own 60 years of experience.

The injection moulded grips from Hunt-Wilde form the perfect complement to our extensive line of dip moulded and foam hand grips.

Let’s introduce you too our new range, well, part of the range of injection moulded grips:

Please meet, from left to right, the Straight Grip; followed by the Classic Finger Grip; then the Rib-Finned Grip; next we have the Honeycomb Grip; and finally the Flanged Tapered Grip.

Then, when you add colours to the basic black, standard colours being red, blue, white, green. Yellow and gray, you can choose from an extensive range that includes these – but this is just a selection:

…and:

Each grip has a practical as well as aesthetic and ergonomic quality to add value to any OEM application. And those applications are about as varied as the range.

Such is the breadth of tooling and manufacturing process available to us, all accompanied by an extensive depth of experience and skill, that believe us when we say that if it is not here, we’ll create it just for you. Sinclair & Rush pride ourselves on providing custom moulding solutions to satisfy any manufacturing / product need.

We hope then that you’ll agree when we boast that, with the acquisition of the Hunt-Wilde grip line, GripWorks can provide virtually any grip solution available in the market.

For more information on the new range of hand grips available

exclusively from Sinclair& Rush,

please visit: http://www.gripworks.co.uk/index.htm ,

e-mail sales@sinclair-rush.co.uk

or call us on  01622 693200.

 

Teamwork – on and off the pitch.

After a somewhat ignominious start…

“S&R’s first game and the team was up for it, until we got on the pitch and see Hot Vibes (a team half our age)” wrote Paul Corry in his first match report – “Cut a long story short they murdered us 10-0, but fair play to the lads they knew it wasn’t going to be easy and the spirit was good.”

…Team SR (aka Sinclair & Rush Football Club) showed true S&R strength of character to prove they would be as hard-working and focused on the pitch - whatever the adversity - as they are in their various key function at work - however tight the spec. and deadline.

The Team – left to right, back then front:

Chris Ford, William Crittall, James Ring, Paul Corry,

Jim Terry, Bruce Springett, Adam Ashwell.

Mick Thomas, Mark Osborn, Grant Philpott.

This was the first outing for S&R FC, a band of merry men bound together through the determined enthusiasm of their footballing leader, Paul Corry.

By day, Paul shares the essential functions of the team responsible for preparing the highly valued liquid plastisol mixes unique to Sinclair & Rush.

Paul Cory, off the pitch, with a ‘
small batch’  plastisol mixer.

We have extensive material compounding facilities enabling the largest selection of materials and at the lowest possible costs, particularly on our own plastisol. Because we are our own compounder, clients save the material mark-up costs they might otherwise have to pay elsewhere.

Materials can be selected from a huge range of standard mixes, colours, textures etc. And if there is nothing suitable, for a new process perhaps, we work with our specialist R&D department to create something bespoke to the finishing spec.

Over the years we have developed over 500 formulae for varying customer needs.

Left - plastic sleeves dipping in our own plastisol mix.

 

Planning  :  skills  :  materials  :  training  :  experience  :  dedication  :  pride  :

That’s Sinclair & Rush, both off and on the field:

Our determined Sales Manager, Jim Terry,

considering tactics.

Paul Corry rallied fresh blood, encouraging new players to bolster up the team. Substitutions during play were now possible which, together with a disciplined training regime during the week supported ever increasing fitness and skill, right up to the final whistle.

“We fell behind to a good strike from their forward, but we were back on level terms when Mark scored minutes later” wrote Paul in the regular and now eagerly awaited and earnestly read match report: “Well done fellas, the football and fitness is coming together.”

Now, even our American parent company in Arnold, Missouri enjoy following Team SR’s weekly exploits. They may have thought the English summer was one of balmy evenings, pristine whites, the clink of ice in Pimms and the thud of leather on willow - but not for the forthright front line troops of Sinclair & Rush Europe.

Left - the team play 'spot the ball' - can you help!

Paul pioneeringly engineered the moulds; the Board dipped deep to fund the strip; and the team camaraderie provides the unerring determination and enthusiasm – whatever the opposition.

“Again a team so young they couldn’t even get served in a pub!!!”

“The fitness and stamina is showing now, heads are high and the team are starting to play some good football”

The last game of the pre-season matches showed a brilliant turnaround for Sinclair & Rush FC. True grit and grim determination persevered under Paul’s leadership and we are all looking forward to the new season ahead.

Our thanks and support go out to Paul and the team for their hard work and occasionally painful sacrifices – both on and off the pitch.

Well done guys.

Sinclair & Rush – they think it’s all over – well as far as plastic’s concerned – it is now.



THINK PLASTIC ~ we do

                                                     … when we are not playing football.

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10K; 110% - customer service with a smile

They came from New York, Tokyo, Nairobi, Glasgow, Cancun and Maidstone in Kent to form a happy (if damp) throng of 25,000 runners in Green Park, London. Focussed on the 700 charities their efforts raise money for and full of eager anticipation, they waited for the start of the 12^th Annual British 10K, 2012.

Except for the top international runners who have a privileged get away, it takes a while to cross the start line through Wellington Arch to embark on the ten gruelling kilometre race through London’s central streets and past many of her iconic landmarks.

“Technology makes us all equal though”, explained eager entrant Sharon Amos, “the special D-Tag on our shoes clocks our time out at the Start and in as we cross the Finish”.

Just a minute – Sharon Amos – not Sharon Amos, senior Customer Services Representative at Sinclair & Rush, whose dulcet Rainbow Nation lilt is part of the vital team helping to process and finalise client orders and queries from the UK / Europe office in Maidstone … the very same.

But why?

By day, Sharon and her team deal with all aspects of ‘post order’ support to make sure clients get just what they need, when they need it and of course where – which can be anywhere in the world.

By night, Sharon discovered that running helps more than personal fitness, mental agility and family fun – but it’s a great way of raising money for good causes.

The Customer Services Team at Sinclair & Rush help clients in UK, Europe and beyond. In fact, two thirds of their calls are to customer offices in Europe, hence the broad linguistic skills of this team of three, including French, Hungarian, German, Afrikaans, Italian and English.

Between them they process over 300 orders a month, taking a proactive role to support customers. “I like to think we represent the customer rather than Sinclair & Rush” said Sharon of the vital and appreciated job that she sums up as “relationship management”.

At the end of a satisfying day it’s on with the Nikes, headphones in place and a run to the rock beat of Boston, ELO and The Red Hot Chilli Peppers.

With a tune in the head and spring in the step it is the beneficiaries of two great charities that Sharon and her family like to support – Help for Heroes is one and Combat Stress the other.

Sharon very nearly didn’t make the British 10K this year though, because of injury. A running related injury of course, cracking a heal bone on a training run. The work / run balance was work only for quite some time.

The same tenacity and determination to achieve that she shows at work won out in the end and she made it to the start line.

Then, it was past icons such as St James Palace, The Ritz, and Nelson’s Column; along the Embankment, past The London Eye, Big Ben and Westminster Abbey; past the end of Downing Street and finally over the Finish Line. 

Speaking to Sharon (left) before the race she would have been happy simply to complete the course and if so, an hour and thirty would have done her as a ‘respectable’ post injury time.

But, well done Sharon, your finish time of 01:09:39 shows a very healthy determination indeed.

THINK PLASTIC – we do

                                                     … when we are not out running.

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