Kickstarter is the world's largest crowd funding platform. The company’s stated mission is to help bring creative projects to life. Since its launch in April 2009 (October 2012 in UK), more than 5 million people have funded more than 50,000 creative … [Read more...]
Case Study – Swimtag wearable tech
The latest trend in the consumer market is wearable tech and the Swimtag is such a product that Kavia Moulded Products have tooled and injection mould in a variety of bright colours. The embedded video gives a great explanation of the product which … [Read more...]
K Show sensation – Arburg Freeformer
The German K Show was held on the 16th-23rd of October in Düsseldorf with over 3,000 exhibitors from 56 countries. The show attracts over 220,000 visitors from 109 countries with 57% of them being international. The event has over 168,000sqm of … [Read more...]
Kavia methods for making your project a success
What makes a successful plastic injection moulded project? From a customer perspective the following top-level measures are typical: On-time On-budget, capital and production costs On-quality There are a number of factors contributing to … [Read more...]
Apple iPhone 5C Case Study
Well, following up from our survey results – you said you wanted more case studies so we thought we catch something very topical in the news this week. The injection moulded iPhone 5C polycarbonate case. Below we talk through the manufacturing … [Read more...]
DX Products injection moulded sealing ring case study
This company came to Kavia Moulded Products as a start-up company having done over 2 years’ product development and intellectual property protection. One key feature of the design was the pump base seal originally conceived in silicon using a soft … [Read more...]
2K Bow Ball case study – over-moulding
You may be familiar with the background story of the Kavia 2K Bow Ball, an injection moulded product for rowing and sculling as we have already mentioned the product previously in this news blog but as we go into production in our West Yorkshire … [Read more...]
UK versus China injection mould tool project
Kavia Moulded Products is working with Loughborough Product Design student Guy Newsom on his ‘clipa’ project. Guy asked us to illustrate the differences between a UK and China injection mould tool project. Kavia Business Development Manager Iain Hill … [Read more...]
Lobster trap case study – injection moulded project in 7 weeks
Kavia design partners TRIG Creative recently designed a lobster trap for use in the Caribbean to catch and cultivate spiny lobster hatchlings. Working closely with Kavia Moulded Products Ltd the product was designed, tooled, sampled and 5,000 … [Read more...]
Autotagger Case Study
The Autotagger is the ultimate tough tool for a tough job. Due to extensive research, user focused design and thorough testing, this new livestock tagging tool offers the farmer many advantages over traditional dated products of this kind: speed, … [Read more...]
Baliza Case Study
Traditionally power boats have needed to run their engines when berthed for moored power and heating, which not only uses fuel but creates significant pollution and noise. In recent years marinas have evolved and basic pedestals supplying utilities … [Read more...]
Wallpod Case Study
The electric vehicle industry is experiencing a boom due to the Government’s low carbon subsidy for both vehicles and charging infrastructure. Rolec Services Ltd commissioned TRIG Creative to design a flexible utility solution that would play a … [Read more...]
Tagattach Case Study
The Tag Attach is a revolutionary product designed to reduce injury risk wherever a crane is lifting a load. It acts as a retractable, braked guide line to replace a dangerous rope to guide lifted loads within the construction, heavy engineering and … [Read more...]
BLMB Kit Case Study
An example of Kavia’s right first time approach can be taken from a project we designed, tooled and manufactured ourselves. The Kavia BLMB Kit for rowing and sculling, shown in the image above, was tooled within four weeks, including tool design. It … [Read more...]
Kavia New Product launch at DJRC Regatta
Kavia Moulded Products has designed and manufactured two rowing and sculling products http://kavia.wpengine.com/new-products-from-kavia/ The BLMB Kit is a bracket that you can attach your bicycle lights to and in-turn attach to the boat. It is … [Read more...]
Tool transfer capabilities
The phrase ‘tool transfer’ refers to a situation when a customer has one or more tools producing components for them and, if they are not tied to manufacturing agreements or coming up to a major tender as part of an agreement, they choose to transfer … [Read more...]
Speed to market
Speed to market is the total time taken to get a product ready for resale. Evaluation of project timing is typically measured by the on time ‘Start of Production (SOP)’ date and launch milestone dates where product visuals, prototypes, certified … [Read more...]
