A manufacturer is marking its 60th birthday celebrations with a string of new contract wins.
Birmingham-based Barkley Plastics specialises in plastic injection moulding and toolmaking and has won work to produce controller parts and ambient lighting for a luxury high-end shower manufacturer.
It has also secured new tenders for car charger components for Fast Amps and environmentally friendly plumbing fittings for Ecoclip.
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These latest wins have helped it bounce back from what it called "a difficult two years", saying it was now on course to turn over more than £4 million.
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Expansion plans have been boosted by the £100,000 modernisation and streamlining of its facility in Birmingham's Highgate district to increase automation and the installation of a new quality control room housing measurement machines.
Securing these new contracts coincides with the firm celebrating six decades in business this month.
Among the firm's more interesting projects over the years have been the 1970s 'Homepride Flour Men', the Big Yellow Teapot for bluebird toys and making 20,000 plastic baubles for the world's largest chandelier, first used at the Winter Olympics in Sochi.
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Six staff among its 53-strong team have been with the company for more than 30 years.
Matt Harwood, who took over as managing director from his father Mark in 2022, said: "Since Covid-19, there has been a lot of supply chain disruption and the automotive sector has been extremely volatile in terms of volumes.
"Like before in our 60-year history, we've chosen to face these challenges head-on and are now in a position to target a significant amount of reshoring work that directly suits our technical plastic moulding expertise and the fact we have our own onsite toolroom.
"It's a great achievement to last six decades in manufacturing and we've seen some interesting times.
"Now that we have refined our factory and increased efficiency, we are in a perfect position to offer competitive prices and are determined to help bring more production back to the 海角视频."