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The History Of Sentinel Plastics Ltd


The Company - formed in 1989 following a management buy-out from a large PLC - is dedicated to providing a plastics machining and fabrication service to customers specifications.

Starting in a small unit of approximately 2000 square feet the business has grown to its current home of some 15,000 square feet employing 40 people using the latest computer controlled machinery.


The main core of our business is in electrical insulation and we proudly list many well known and respected names in the electrical distribution business as customers.


Since it's inception, the Company has realised the importance of Quality Assurance and is approved by the B.S.I to I.S.O 9002 part2 (Certificate No available on request).


We place great emphasis on customer satisfaction and we take great pride in our large customer base covering many diverse industries.

Engineering Services

Sentinel Plastics Ltd. has been fabricating and machining all types of industrial plastics since it's inception in 1989. Our customer base covers a wide range of industries including:

  • Point of Sale
  • Switchgear
  • Automotive
  • Aircraft
  • Medical
  • Arts & Crafts.

Machining

Sentinel Plastics offers cnc machining facilities which include Milling and Routing on up to 3000mm x 2000mm beds.

Other machining capacity includes:

  • Turning
  • Drilling
  • Presswork
  • Gasket Cutting
  • Saws
  • Guillotines
  • Manual Routing
  • Manual Polishing
  • Specialising in large or small Routed shapes.
We offer our services worldwide and can offer a very rapid response in the local area. We regularly service our West Midlands clients in Birmingham, Bilston, Brierley Hill, Darlaston, Dudley, Oldbury, Sedgeley, Tipton, Wallsall, Wednesbury, West Bromwich, Willenhall and Wolverhampton, in fact anywhere across the West Midlands.

Fabrication

Sentinel Plastics has many years experience in all types of Plastic Fabrication, including Polycarbonate, Acrylic, PVC and most other thermoplastic materials.

Applications such as Point of Sale, Machine Guarding and Switchgear Blast shields are where you will regularly see our skills and reliability displayed.

Materials

Sentinel has a wide range of machining capability combined with skills developed through many years experience. This enables Sentinel to offer a service of machining and fabricating many different types of industrial plastics.

The list of materials includes:
  • Polycarbonate
  • Acrylis
  • PVC
  • PETG
  • ABS
  • Polyester Glass
  • Epoxy Glass
  • PTFE
  • Phenolic Paper- and Fabric-based Laminates
  • Polypropylene
  • Polyethylene
  • Vulcanised Fibre
  • Pressphaan
  • PVC Foam
  • Cork
  • Rubber
  • Styrene
  • Densified Wood
  • Polyurethane
  • Engraving Laminates
  • Hardwoods
  • MICA
  • Polyester Film
  • Nylons
  • Acetals
  • Tufnol-type Materials.