South Yorkshire tooling firm rolls launches growth drive with new products

MetLase is rolling out a new ‘smart’ products it says will allow customers to cut costs and be first to market.

The Rotherham company is a joint venture between Unipart Manufacturing and Rolls-Royce.

Richard Gould, business development manager, said: “Tooling can take weeks to develop and deliver - this is holding industry back.

“Our response was to develop a rapid tooling and prototyping process that embraces all electro and mechanical elements of design, robust software testing and a range of patented in-house technology applications.

“This, along with the option to integrate electronics and sensors to support self-calibration, metrology and process monitoring, cuts the process to just days and means our customers will have an immediate answer to a production issue or the opportunity to be first to market.”

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