Plastics and rubber machinery
UK companies organised by the CorpSignals industry, segment, and subsegment taxonomy.
Company snapshot
What this shows: the size and current activity of this classification, plus recent formations, company age, revenue coverage, and trade participation.
All companies
256
Active companies
198
Formed in latest 12 months
9
Median active-company age
11.8 years
Revenue known
5
Importers
66
Exporters
68
Top values shown in the chart
| Category | Companies |
|---|---|
| All companies | 256 |
| Active companies | 198 |
| Formed in latest 12 months | 9 |
| Importers | 66 |
| Exporters | 68 |
Revenue coverage among active companies: 5 known, 193 unknown (2.5%).
Company formations
What this shows: monthly incorporations and dissolutions from 1 January 2024, including companies of every current status.
Latest ten months shown in the chart
| Month | Formed | Dissolved |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-11 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025-12 | 1 | 1 |
| 2026-01 | 3 | 1 |
| 2026-02 | 0 | 3 |
| 2026-03 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-04 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-05 | 0 | 3 |
| 2026-06 | 0 | 1 |
| 2026-07 | 1 | 3 |
| 2026-08 | 0 | 1 |
Window: 2024-01 to 2026-08.
Company status
What this shows: all current Companies House status values; blank and missing values are combined as Unknown.
Top values shown in the chart
| Status | Companies |
|---|---|
| Active | 198 |
| Dissolved | 55 |
| Liquidation | 3 |
Active companies by UK region
What this shows: active companies with a known ITL2 region. The UK map falls back to a bar chart if map data cannot be loaded.
Top values shown in the chart
| ITL2 region | Companies |
|---|---|
| West Midlands | 19 |
| Outer London - South | 17 |
| Cambridgeshire and Peterborough | 14 |
| Greater Manchester | 13 |
| Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire | 12 |
| Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire | 10 |
| Surrey, East and West Sussex | 8 |
| Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire | 7 |
| Inner London - East | 7 |
| Inner London - West | 7 |
Geography coverage: 195 known, 3 unknown (98.5%).
Revenue ranges
What this shows: active companies grouped into the platform’s ordered estimated-revenue bands.
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| Revenue range | Companies |
|---|---|
| 0-1m | 69 |
| 1m-15m | 51 |
| 15m-54m | 3 |
| 54m+ | 12 |
Revenue-range coverage: 135 known, 63 unknown (68.2%).
Company size and employees
What this shows: active companies by published size category and by reported employee count.
Top values shown in the chart
| Company size | Companies |
|---|---|
| Micro | 30 |
| Small | 80 |
| Large | 18 |
| Holding | 2 |
| Dormant | 54 |
Company-size coverage: 184 known, 14 unknown (92.9%).
Top values shown in the chart
| Employees | Companies |
|---|---|
| 0 | 39 |
| 1–9 | 49 |
| 10–49 | 26 |
| 50–249 | 5 |
Employee coverage: 119 known, 79 unknown (60.1%).
Active-company age
What this shows: how long currently active companies have been incorporated.
Top values shown in the chart
| Age band | Companies |
|---|---|
| Under 1 year | 9 |
| 1–3 years | 23 |
| 3–5 years | 25 |
| 5–10 years | 28 |
| 10–20 years | 38 |
| 20+ years | 75 |
Incorporation-date coverage: 198 known, 0 unknown (100.0%).
Classification breakdown
What this shows: active companies across the next taxonomy level; direct assignments are labelled separately. The top 20 are shown and remaining values are combined as Other.
Top values shown in the chart
| Classification | Companies |
|---|---|
| 28960 | 198 |
International trade
What this shows: active-company participation in imports and exports, followed by the ten HS2 categories involving the most distinct companies.
Top values shown in the chart
| Trade participation | Companies |
|---|---|
| Importer only | 10 |
| Exporter only | 12 |
| Both | 56 |
| Neither | 120 |
Top imports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 60 | £23,148,127,945 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 46 | £16,974,579,301 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 90 — Optical and medical tools and devices | 40 | £4,544,874,646 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 73 — Iron or Steel Products | 35 | £2,759,589,353 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 39 — Plastics and plastic products | 25 | £2,391,908,416 | 2016-02-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 40 — Rubber and rubber products | 21 | £435,359,203 | 2016-04-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 82 — Basic metal tools and utensils | 21 | £161,315,048 | 2016-02-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 76 — Aluminum and aluminum products | 15 | £461,386,761 | 2016-07-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 87 — Vehicles, parts, and accessories (not for trains or trams) | 15 | £2,008,982,853 | 2016-02-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 74 — Copper and copper products | 13 | £93,919,809 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
Top exports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 60 | £12,290,660,592 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 54 | £7,344,485,741 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 90 — Optical and medical tools and devices | 41 | £4,651,232,550 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 39 — Plastics and plastic products | 26 | £1,831,705,438 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 73 — Iron or Steel Products | 25 | £855,560,618 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 87 — Vehicles, parts, and accessories (not for trains or trams) | 25 | £1,247,266,572 | 2016-06-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 40 — Rubber and rubber products | 21 | £411,527,802 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 82 — Basic metal tools and utensils | 16 | £74,921,477 | 2016-04-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 94 — Furniture, Lighting, and Prefabricated Buildings | 12 | £154,622,518 | 2016-06-01 – 2026-03-01 |
| 76 — Aluminum and aluminum products | 10 | £62,861,216 | 2022-02-01 – 2025-12-01 |
Business and digital traits
What this shows: active companies identified with selected ownership, business-model, and online-presence traits.
Values shown in the chart with data coverage
| Trait | Companies | Known | Unknown | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Family business | 21 | 143 | 55 | 72.2% |
| Holding company | 0 | 143 | 55 | 72.2% |
| Solo founder | 76 | 143 | 55 | 72.2% |
| Ecommerce | 2 | 56 | 142 | 28.3% |
| Website | 67 | 67 | 131 | 33.8% |
| 53 | 67 | 131 | 33.8% |
Leading active companies
What this shows: the ten active companies with the highest non-missing revenue, with company number used as the deterministic tie-breaker.
Top values shown in the chart
| Company | Revenue |
|---|---|
| Shapers' Technologies Uk Limited | £11,358,660 |
| Euclid Limited | £11,224,462 |
| R & D Tool & Engineering Limited | £8,385,205 |
| Romi Machines Uk Limited | £5,008,465 |
| Daytona Services Ltd. | £11,200 |
Revenue coverage: 5 known, 193 unknown (2.5%).
Related classifications
What this shows: sibling classifications ranked by distinct active companies, excluding the current node. The top 20 are shown and remaining values are combined as Other.
Top values shown in the chart
| Classification | Companies |
|---|---|
| Other special purpose machinery n.e.c. | 3,375 |
| Other n.e.c. | 1,272 |
| Lifting equipment | 916 |
| Other machine tools | 612 |
| Industrial cooling and ventilation | 589 |
| Pumps | 466 |
| Agricultural and forestry machinery (not tractors) | 448 |
| Engines & turbines | 446 |
| Machinery for food, beverage and tobacco processing | 428 |
| Taps & valves | 374 |
| Bearings, gears, drivers | 343 |
| Fluid power equipment | 264 |
| Metal forming machinery | 186 |
| Machinery for textile, apparel and leather production | 168 |
| Ovens, furnaces, burners | 165 |
| Mining equipment | 128 |
| Compressors | 106 |
| Machinery for paper and paperboard production | 89 |
| Power tools | 88 |
| Concrete crushing and roadwork equipment | 86 |
| Other | 235 |
SIC classification
SIC 28960 — Manufacture of plastics and rubber machinery
Includes
manufacture of machinery for working soft rubber or plastics or for the manufacture of products of these materials: extruders, moulders, pneumatic tyre making or retreading machines and other machines for making a specific rubber or plastic product
Details
This class includes the manufacture of special-purpose machinery not elsewhere classified.