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Manuplast
Blow molding - Specialist for the manufacturing of plastics packaging
Our company
In 1957, Michel Rapeaud, an engineer from Centrale Lyon University, created MANUPLAST and set it up in 1966 in Fimbrune, a Normandy village, located near La Ferté-Macé (Orne-61 / France).
His son, Martin-Pierre Rapeaud, an engineer from the ISTN (Institut Supérieur des Technologies du Nord), joined him in 2005 to take over the company.
Our team brings together a hundred professionals, at your service, who implement their skills and contribute in this way every day to satisfy your demands.
MANUPLAST is part of the first quartile of companies on the level of economic achievements and devotes a major part of its budget to training and apprenticeship.
Our areas of excellence
Food-processing, automotive, cosmetics, electronics, hygiene & health, chemical industry, motorized agriculture, water-sports, nuclear, paramedical, parapharmacy, security, signalling, veterinary, caravanning, furniture, office equipment, sports and leisure, water treatments, domestic electrical appliances, laboratories, paediatric nursing, …
A number of car manufacturers have been using our automotive products for a long time: CITROEN, FIAT, FORD, JAGUAR, OPEL, PEUGEOT, PORSCHE, RENAULT, TOYOTA, VOLKSWAGEN, …
Techniques
MANUPLAST has genuine expertise in plastic transforming by extrusion blow moulding and injection combined within the framework of creating complete sets, along with specific finishing.
- Extrusion blow moulding
- Injection
- Finishing
For some products, we undertake different subsequent processing operations such as high speed machining (HSM), cutting, welding, gluing, decoration (silk-screening, pad printing, hot stamping) and assembling. These operations are carried out on standard or specific work stations, developed or adapted to the products.
Expertise
MANUPLAST works in project teams and supports you in the design and completion of your technical parts and packaging parts in accordance with your requirements and respecting the standards in force. All of our designs, developments and manufacturing are subject to our confidentiality protocol.
Study and quote
- Putting together your requirements (product definition, specifications, specific requirements…)
- Product and process feasibility study
- Parts and tooling; technical and commercial offer, including specific recommendations
Conception
- Co-conception and product design (CAD Catia V5)
- Modelling and prototyping
- Definition of moulds and tooling, special machines, gauges and quality control systems
- Risk analysis (FMECA)
Industrialization
- Tooling and special machine manufacturing management
- Trials, adjustments and sampling
- Monitoring and security plans
- Product and process testing, checking, assessment and validation
Manufacturing
- Transforming (extrusion blow moulding, injection)
- Finishing (machining, cutting, gluing, welding, silk-screening...…)
- Assembling
Logistics
- Secured purchase order management through Web-EDI
- Advanced platforms: scheduled deliveries, remote stock management
- Packaging management
- Just-in-time single- and multi-site delivery system
