Volume Supply

From these beginnings almost 30 years ago, Metalcraft have developed and deployed both in-house and industry standard techniques and processes for management of the full product lifecycle. We are fully conversant with APQP / PPAP processes which are used for both new product development and the transition of manufacture into volume. We use JIT / KANBAN / Kaizen / Consignment Stocking and a number of other techniques to ensure that our customers’ demands for On Time In Full (OTIF) delivery are achieved.

In recent years, we have developed our volume capabilities into a number of new sectors including Power Generation, Nuclear and Big Science. These new strands of volume business have built on the processes and procedures in place and have been secured due to maintaining high levels of customer satisfaction with our existing volume customer base. These capabilities coupled with the ever growing technological and engineering improvements being constantly made in our project work enable Metalcraft to remain at the forefront of volume manufacture for our current and future customers.

With the development of our Chinese manufacturing facility devoted solely to our volume customers’ products, we are able to offer our customers a truly global capability to satisfy the logistical and commercial demands. The Safe LOw Cost (SLOC) philosophy provides our customers with the benefits of global value sourcing coupled with the strategic support from our UK base to ensure that a seamless transition of manufacture of volume products can be achieved. The technical, quality and delivery performance are maintained by the extensive support capability within the Metalcraft organisation in the UK.

From Prototype to Volume

For more than 25 years Metalcraft have provided an end to end capability for small and medium batch manufacture of medium and large fabricated and machined products for high integrity, safety critical applications.  We welcome the opportunity to work with our customers at the earliest possible stage of concept so that we can influence the design for manufacture ensuring the optimum cost and quality performance throughout the lifecycle of the product.

During this period we have developed specific techniques and processes for NPI transition into volume supply against customer MPS requirements.

We are fully conversant with APQP & PPAP processes for development and introduction of new products and also deploy techniques such as JIT, KANBAN, Kaizen, etc. to ensure that our customers are provided with the highest possible levels of quality, delivery and cost performance.

Low cost Sourcing/Manufacture

With the development of our Chinese manufacturing facility devoted solely to our volume customers’ products, we are able to offer our customers a truly global capability to satisfy the logistical and commercial demands.

The Safe LOw Cost (SLOC) philosophy provides our customers with the benefits of global value sourcing coupled with the strategic support from our UK base to ensure that a seamless transition of manufacture of volume products can be achieved.

The technical, quality and delivery performance are maintained by the extensive support capability within the Metalcraft organisation in the UK & China.

Metalcraft are also developing strategic relationships with our supply chain partners to ensure that we are able to source raw materials and services locally to our manufacturing facility.