Kickstarter is the world's largest crowd funding platform. The company’s stated mission is to help bring creative projects to life. Since its launch in April 2009 (October 2012 in UK), more than 5 million people have funded more than 50,000 creative … [Read more...] about Kickstarter – helping our injection moulding customers
Need help with your business – Kavia customers use MAS
MAS (Manufacturing Advisory Service) is funded by BIS (Department for Business, Innovation and Skills). They provide manufacturing business support for companies based in England, helping them to improve and grow. MAS support is designed to help you … [Read more...] about Need help with your business – Kavia customers use MAS
Need a design resource for your injection moulded project?
So you have plastic injection moulding project that requires some design resource? There are number routes to choose from: in-house, freelancer, design studio or your injection moulding partner design resource. Later on in this article we advise … [Read more...] about Need a design resource for your injection moulded project?
Case Study – Swimtag wearable tech
The latest trend in the consumer market is wearable tech and the Swimtag is such a product that Kavia Moulded Products have tooled and injection mould in a variety of bright colours. The embedded video gives a great explanation of the product which … [Read more...] about Case Study – Swimtag wearable tech
K Show sensation – Arburg Freeformer
The German K Show was held on the 16th-23rd of October in Düsseldorf with over 3,000 exhibitors from 56 countries. The show attracts over 220,000 visitors from 109 countries with 57% of them being international. The event has over 168,000sqm of … [Read more...] about K Show sensation – Arburg Freeformer
5 Principles of product development
Another presentation from the Engineering Design Show by Cambridge Consultants - Simon Smith Associate Director of Products and Systems. Five principles discussed: Who is your customer/user Is the product relevant to the customer How do you … [Read more...] about 5 Principles of product development
Raspberry Pi – consumer to creator
Whilst attending the Engineering Design Show 2013 there was a number of seminars to attend so selected this presentation by Raspberry Pi Foundation co-founder Pete Lomas. Kavia Moulded Products are currently working on two Raspberry Pi case projects, … [Read more...] about Raspberry Pi – consumer to creator
Adding value – we listen and help our injection moulding customers
When one of our new injection moulding customers expressed an interest in exporting their innovative product to Japan we remembered. The University of Nottingham together with JETAA UK (Japan Exchange And Teaching Programme Alumni) and the … [Read more...] about Adding value – we listen and help our injection moulding customers
Trade show report – Engineering Design Show 2013
The Ricoh Arena in Coventry again hosted this year’s two-day show. It also incorporates the Engineering Materials and Electronics Design Show. Event has over 200 exhibitors and runs 30_ keynote conference sessions plus 40+ practical workshops. For … [Read more...] about Trade show report – Engineering Design Show 2013
Kavia methods for making your project a success
What makes a successful plastic injection moulded project? From a customer perspective the following top-level measures are typical: On-time On-budget, capital and production costs On-quality There are a number of factors contributing to … [Read more...] about Kavia methods for making your project a success
Kavia 2K Bow Ball update – sales spread across Europe
The 2K Bow Ball has only been in production since Henley Royal Regatta in UK and Canada this year (had our bow balls on competing crews at both events), we have already achieved good sales growth with our UK distributor selling more in one month than … [Read more...] about Kavia 2K Bow Ball update – sales spread across Europe
Trade show visit – Autumn Fair at Birmingham NEC
Kavia’s Iain Hill attended the 2014 Autumn Fair at the Birmingham NEC on Tue 3rd September. The reasons for visiting the show were to research consumer product trends and look for potential new customer leads. Secondly it was a great chance to meet … [Read more...] about Trade show visit – Autumn Fair at Birmingham NEC
Social media & Socialnomics snippets part 2
Following on from the part 1 article in January 2013 on Socialnomics, link here. I finally got around to finishing the book. There is an interesting chapter on Business-to-Business (B2B) social media. It starts by saying many companies are struggling … [Read more...] about Social media & Socialnomics snippets part 2
How Kavia Customers & Partners use Social Media
We like to think we have all the social media angles covered, Kavia has Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIN accounts but would like to know how our customers and partners are using social media for business. Please answer the following 7 questions. … [Read more...] about How Kavia Customers & Partners use Social Media
DX Products injection moulded sealing ring case study
This company came to Kavia Moulded Products as a start-up company having done over 2 years’ product development and intellectual property protection. One key feature of the design was the pump base seal originally conceived in silicon using a soft … [Read more...] about DX Products injection moulded sealing ring case study
Tool transfers – why customers move their tools to Kavia
If you have some live tools producing injection moulded components for you, there are a number of reasons why you might be considering relocating them with a new supplier. Tool transfers are a large area of new business for Kavia, in this article we … [Read more...] about Tool transfers – why customers move their tools to Kavia
Press Release – Elasto UK to PRW and BP&R for 2K Bow Ball
Kavia Moulded Products worked closely with Elasto UK to meet the innovative design of the 2K Bow Ball, the initial challenge was to find a materials supplier with a track record of over-moulding two TPE materials and secondly to select materials as … [Read more...] about Press Release – Elasto UK to PRW and BP&R for 2K Bow Ball
Medical Device design seminar – PDM 2013
Whilst attending the Plastics Design and Moulding Exhibition (PDM 2013) this year Kavia’s Iain Hill attended a number of seminars for insight to injection moulding industry sectors and trends from independent sources. In this instance the medical … [Read more...] about Medical Device design seminar – PDM 2013
Kavia 2K Bow Ball winning a round of Wyfolds Cup at HRR
This week (3rd – 7th July 2013) is Henley Royal Regatta, the world’s oldest and most prestigious domestic regatta. Although the 2K Bow Ball has only just gone into production we have our product on a number of racing crews including Leander Club with … [Read more...] about Kavia 2K Bow Ball winning a round of Wyfolds Cup at HRR
Smethwick plastic recycling plant fire
In the news this week was a huge fire involving 100,000 tonnes of plastic recycling material at the West Midlands Jayplas depot in Birmingham. The plant recycles most polymer types into granulate, refuse sacks and building films. List of main … [Read more...] about Smethwick plastic recycling plant fire
