What Fenton Precision Engineering does

Fenton Precision Engineering is a UK-based, privately held precision engineering firm operating since the early 1970s from two manufacturing facilities — its Northamptonshire headquarters in Finedon and a second site in Leicestershire. The company positions itself as the UK market leader for design, precision tool making, and injection moulding services, delivering an end-to-end "one stop shop" that runs from concept design and CAD modelling through prototyping, in-house tool making, injection moulding, post-mould operations, and final assembly. Its core technical platform is built around conventional but capital-intensive precision tooling and moulding equipment: CNC high-speed milling centres, EDM sparkers, wire erosion, grinders and lathes, vertical and horizontal injection moulding presses spanning 25 to 360 tonnes, in-house CMM and shadowgraph metrology, and automation/robotic handling systems on both sites. Tooling capacity extends to moulds up to 2–3 tonnes split in P20, H13, and aluminium, supporting a component weight envelope from 0.0005g to 1.0kg and production volumes from 10 pieces to millions across methods including 2K twin shot, insert and over moulding, stack tools, hot runners, and auto-unscrewing tools. Quality is underpinned by ISO 9001:2015 certification across both sites, with ISIRs and PPAPs as standard documentation.

The business model is project-based B2B contract manufacturing sold directly to end OEMs and tier suppliers via an enterprise field sales motion led by a Sales Director, with quote-based, customised pricing and multi-year contracts. Revenue streams cover precision tool making (including refurbishments and design changes), injection moulding production runs, design and prototyping, and post-mould assembly and kitting services; the modular tooling concept — where Fenton retains ownership of bolster sets and customers fund only cores and cavities — is positioned to lower buyer entry cost and lock in repeat moulding volumes. The company targets a deliberately diversified vertical mix spanning automotive and commercial vehicles, motorcycles, domestic appliances, HVAC, building and construction, medical and healthcare, personal hygiene, cosmetics, and industrial electronics, and states it supplies customers across the UK, Europe, and worldwide. Finishing processes such as spray painting, vacuum metalizing, chrome plating, and RF shielding are delivered through partner relationships rather than in-house.

Name

Fenton Precision Engineering

Legal name

Fenton Precision Engineering

Website

https://fentonprecision.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

1970

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Fenton Precision Engineering is a UK precision engineering firm offering in-house design, tool making, and injection moulding for automotive, medical, cosmetics, and industrial sectors. It operates two manufacturing facilities with presses from 25 to 360 tonnes and has served global customers since 1970.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Precision Injection Moulding

NAICS

Metalworking Machinery Manufacturing (33351), Machine Tool Manufacturing (333517)

SIC

Machine Tools, Metal Cutting Types (3541), Special Industry Machinery, Nec (3559)

akta.pro primary industry

Precision & Micro Injection Molding (IMANAFAH)

akta.pro secondary industries

Industrial & Machinery Injection Molded Components (Gears, Wear Parts) (IMANAFAF), Rapid Tooling & Prototype Molds (Additive) (IMAAAFAD), Industrial Tooling, Jigs, Fixtures & Molds (End-Use Production Assets) (IMAAAEAH)

Keywords

• Precision injection moulding
• Tool making services
• Plastic component manufacturing
• Mould design engineering
• Contract manufacturing services

Headquarters

HQ city

Finedon

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Personnel, Supply Chain, Operations

Revenue model

1. Precision Tool Making: In-house manufacture of injection mould tools including design, production, refurbishments, repairs, design changes and optimisation. Mould tooling ranges from single to high cavitation in various steel grades.
2. Injection Moulding Services: Injection moulding production services ranging from low volume (10 pieces) to high volume (millions). Components from 0.0005g to 1.0kg in weight. Post-mould operations including sonic welding, pressure testing, pad printing, assembly.
3. Design and Prototyping: In-house product and component design, CAD modelling, prototyping services including CNC machining, 3D printing and silicone vac casting.
4. Assembly Services: Thread inserting, kitting, sonic welding, pressure testing, soldering, wire stripping, industrial sewing, fabrication/hot forming, hot foiling and stand-alone assembly/kitting.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Fenton Precision Engineering provides end-to-end precision injection moulding services, from in-house concept design and CAD modelling through prototyping, precision tool making, injection moulding, post-mould operations, and final assembly. They serve manufacturers across automotive, medical, cosmetics, industrial electronics, and other sectors with components ranging from 0.0005g to 1.0kg, in volumes from 10 pieces to millions, produced across two UK facilities equipped with presses from 25 to 360 tonnes.

Product overview

Fenton Precision Engineering is a UK-based precision engineering company offering a unified 'one stop shop' service for injection moulding. The portfolio consists of six integrated service lines: In-house Design (four-seat CAD capability for product design, tool design, and prototyping), Prototyping (CNC machining, 3D printing, silicone vac casting), Toolmaking & Engineering (EDM, wire erosion, CNC milling for moulds up to 3 tonnes in P20, H13, and aluminium), Injection Moulding (components 0.0005g–1kg, 25–360 tonne presses, 10 pieces to millions), Assembly & Post-Mould Operations (sonic welding, pad printing, assembly/kitting, plus partner-provided spray painting, vacuum metalizing, chrome plating, RF shielding), and Tool Maintenance & Refurbishment. The company operates two facilities (Northamptonshire and Leicestershire) and holds ISO 9001:2015 certification for tool making and production.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• In-house Design

Quantifiable outcome

• Volume range from 10 pieces to millions of components
• +2 more outcomes

Segments9 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature6 records

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Mack Group: Vertically integrated US contract manufacturer with in-house tooling, injection moulding and assembly. A larger incumbent offering the same one-stop-shop proposition Fenton sells into UK/European customers.
• EVCO Plastics: Large-scale North American custom injection moulder with global facilities, offering design, tooling, moulding and assembly. Larger and more global than Fenton, but with materially overlapping service portfolio and end markets.

Direct peers

• Rutland Plastics: UK-based precision injection moulding company serving similar industrial, automotive and electronics end markets. Directly comparable tool-making and moulding service portfolio.
• Denroy Plastics: UK and Ireland-based precision injection moulder supplying automotive, medical and industrial customers. Comparable technical moulding, multi-material and assembly capabilities.
• Broanmain Plastics: UK custom injection moulding and tooling specialist offering design through production services. Comparable end-to-end moulding proposition and customer base to Fenton.
• Dorchester Precision Engineering: UK-based custom plastic injection moulding and tool making business offering similar design, tooling, moulding and assembly services to industrial customers. Direct head-to-head competitor for Fenton's UK moulding contracts.
• Barkley Plastics: UK custom injection moulder providing precision moulded parts and tool making across industrial sectors. Comparable in scale and service offering to Fenton, including in-house tooling and post-mould assembly.
• Plastech Group: UK plastics injection moulding group with tool making and assembly capability serving similar industrial, medical and consumer markets. Directly comparable integrated service model.

Emerging players

• Proto Labs: Digital manufacturing platform offering rapid prototyping, low-volume injection moulding and CNC machined parts. Overlaps with Fenton's prototyping service line and increasingly competes for short-run moulded parts orders.

Others

• Mold-Masters (MHT): Global supplier of hot runner systems, temperature controllers and mould components used in injection moulding. Adjacent supplier to Fenton's tool room rather than direct competitor, but central to the multi-material moulding capabilities Fenton markets.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/fentonprecision
• Facebookfacebook.com/fentonprecision
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/fenton-precision-engineering

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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