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Company History:
Named after its founder and
Managing Director, John F. Concannon, JFC Manufacturing Co
Ltd is a family-owned business that was set up in 1987 in
Tuam, Co Galway to supply specialised plastic products to
the agricultural industry. The company has since grown to
employ 200 people with about 90 of those at the Tuam plant
and the others in the UK, Holland, and Poland and now sells
to a variety of sectors worldwide, including construction,
healthcare, recycling, chemical, catering and marine. Exports
currently account for 60 % of the company's total sales and
the company exports to over 40 countries throughout the globe.
2001 saw the acquisition of
PD Roto Mouldings in Shropshire and in 2003 Delleve Plastics
in Stratford. 2004 saw the opening of the state of the art
recycling plant at St. Helens, Merseyside which is well on
its way towards an operational capacity of 20,000 tones of
mixed bale plastic bottles per annum. This recycled material
is in turn sent in HDPE pellet form to both, JFC Manufacturing
Tuam and JFC Plastics Ltd to make JFC CorriPipe , a Twin wall
corrugated High Density Polyethylene drainage pipe used for
land and highway drainage.
Camtech Environmental in Shropshire
became the newest member of the JFC family, also in 2004,
specialising in the design and manufacture of products for
the wastewater and process industries. In September 2004,
€4m was invested in a new factory in Poland to serve customers
based in eastern and central Europe. Furthermore in Tuam,
a 22,000ft extension was added to the plant - 10,000ft of
this space dedicated to the R&D facility.
On Friday 13th May 2005, JFC
Plastics was the winner of the "Best Environmental Initiative"
category at the 2005 UK plastics Industry Awards held in London.
JFC's mission statement is to have the minimum impact on the
environment and make the maximum use of existing resources
- "If you insist on burying plastic, bury it as JFC CorriPipe
".
The story of how this Irish
firm has expanded from humble beginnings in Tuam in 1987 to
its present international status is a story of dogged determination
by its Managing Director, John Concannon, his wife Patricia
and their staff.
Description
of Business:
JFC is a global organisation,
which is renowned worldwide for its innovative quality plastic
products in the environmental, recycling, civil, agriculture,
marine and materials handling industries. Investment in people,
R&D, leading edge technology and an unerring commitment to
Quality and Customers ensure JFC's position as a market leader
in the plastics industry.
Competitive
Differentiation:
Quality
Approved to ISO 9001-2000 standards,
we design all products in-house, fabricate moulds and manufacture
products with the most advanced machinery available in the
rotational moulding industry today. With this in mind, you
can be sure that all products have quality and reliability
built in from the start.
Design
JFC uses the most advanced
computer aided engineering tools available in the design and
development of new products and moulds. Pro-engineer is an
advanced 3D modelling package that enables our In-house Design
team to evaluate various concepts before deciding on a final
design and proceeding to mould build. The concepts can also
be evaluated and optimised for there structural integrity
with Ansys finite element analysis prior to prototype building
and testing. This system affords us the opportunity to evaluate
various concepts, eliminate potential design faults, improve
aesthetics, evaluate and optimised structural integrity as
well as providing an excellent visual representation of the
finished product in advance of tool fabrication.
JFC have
the ability to manufacture advanced sheet metal and CNC moulds
in house in a state of the art workshop. Cast aluminium moulds
are manufactured in collaboration with our mould partners
in Ireland the UK and continental Europe.
Experience
With over 30 years experience
in industry, we draw on the very broad range of expertise
within the Company in innovating and developing products for
markets internationally. You can be sure, when you choose
JFC, you will be working with market leaders in all aspects
of the modern plastics industry.
Project Management
Our success is based on our
ability to partner with our customers, and then working as
a team, ensure that customer's projects and products are produced
swiftly and efficiently to the highest standards of quality
within customer's budgets.
Mould Making
With our experience and facilities
we will explore your concepts and ideas - developing with
you, solutions for your particular manufacturing requirement.
We process projects through our research and development department
to produce prototypes and final product production all under
one roof. A feature of the rotational moulding industry is
low tool costs and you won't get better quality, at a better
price than a JFC designed and built moulding tool.
The Team
Our fully trained helpful design,
technical, quality and production team are available to discuss
your requirements - we pride ourselves on being one of the
best rotational moulders in the industry today. With warehouse
storage and sales offices in the UK & Holland and a now a
new production facility in Poland - We're closer to you than
you thought!
Quality Certification / Accreditations
/ Standards: ISO9002 and BBA Certification for JFC CorriPipe
& Fittings Sectors Serviced Product
Portfolio:
Agriculture
Construction
Transportation
& Storage
Marine
Textile, Laundry
& Linen Service
Recycling &
Environmental
Services:
Contract Moulding
Design & Development
Plastic Rotational
moulders
Pipe Extrusion
Plastics Recycling
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