Complex flowing geometry is pulled from intricate and robust moulds.

Vacuum formed products are all around us and play a major part in our everyday lives. Unquestionably, this is because vacuum forming is one of the most versatile and cost-effective thermoforming processes.

The quality plastic parts and products ICL Tech produces are durable, lightweight, and can be manufactured in an array of materials, sizes, thicknesses, shapes, and colours to meet your exact specifications.

Our extensive vacuum forming resources enable quick and efficient creation of plastic prototypes, one-off parts, and full volume production in small or large quantities. Exact replica parts can be produced indefinitely making this manufacturing process perfect for repeat production runs.

Vacuum and thermoforming allow for complex geometry to be created at a fraction of the cost of other forming processes (i.e. injection moulding/ rotational moulding).

Advantages include:

Shaping the mould to create perfect plastic products.

Creation of a mould - sometimes referred to as a 'tool' - is necessary for any vacuum or thermoforming project.

Our large industrial vacuum forming machines are powerful and capable of producing highly detailed repeat parts with extreme accuracy. In order to achieve this finish we recommend using high quality and robust moulds made of aluminum, hardwood, or high strength resin.

Moulds such as these can run up a fairly substantial price tag, and prior to this investment, ICL Tech recommends testing with less-costly, short-run prototype tooling. This is especially important for new products, and products still in development.

ICL Tech manufactures in-house plastic prototype moulds which can last from 1 to 100 runs depending on the size and intricacy required. For full-scale production, we work with dedicated, time sensitive mould makers to engineer the most exacting and cost effective moulds available to the market.