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OUR INDUSTRY LEADING MANUFACTURING CAPABILITIES As industry leaders in the rubber and plastics manufacturing industry, not only do we provide the highest quality products and services, but we also provide an extremely diverse catalogue of products. From our manufacturing base in Birmingham, we have the capabilities to deliver products for...

OUR INDUSTRY LEADING MANUFACTURING CAPABILITIES

As industry leaders in the rubber and plastics manufacturing industry, not only do we provide the highest quality products and services, but we also provide an extremely diverse catalogue of products. From our manufacturing base in Birmingham, we have the capabilities to deliver products for applications in all major industries.

Let’s talk through some of the most important benefits of working with CB Frost and the factors that make us a rubber and plastics industry leader.

OUR STOCK OF MATERIALS

At CB Frost, we boast an extremely impressive range of rubber and plastic materials to suit practically any application. We will work with our customers to ensure that we supply the materials with the characteristics that will best suit their unique requirements, providing the most durable and most effective finished product.


We pride ourselves in always keeping roll stock of our full catalogue of materials available for order and conversion, including:

  • Neoprene
  • EPDM
  • Silicone
  • Nitrile
  • Polyurethane
  • Polyethylene
  • PVC
  • Cork

We also supply a wide range of specialist materials, including Armaflex® rail materials, LSLT fire safe materials, Class O materials, Non-Halogen sponge, and Rogers Poron® Urethane.

OUR MANUFACTURING CAPABILITIES

Whether you are looking for standard or completely bespoke products, from our Birmingham manufacturing facility, we have the inhouse capabilities for the production of a long list of products, including:

Sheeting –  We supply sponge, foam and rubber sheeting in various grades, thicknesses and colour

Gaskets – We manufacture gaskets in quantities ranging from custom one offs to very large volumes

Tape – We strip roll stock into strips and adhesive backed tape to suit all requirements

Washers – We produce flat pressed die cut washers as individually cut parts or kiss-cut on rolls with adhesive backing, for easy peeling

Extrusions – We offer custom made extrusions in a wide range of sponge and solid form materials

Fabrications – We can fabricate a wide range of gaskets, including vulcanised joined gaskets and hot spliced joined extruded gaskets

Mouldings – We offer a wide range of moulded components and can reverse engineer exisiting parts

Edge Protection Seals – We specialise in custom made extruded metal reinforced silicone profiles

Our extensive range of stock materials and inhouse manufacturing capabilities helps us to ensure rigorous quality control processes and fast lead times, ensuring that the finished product fits your requirements, meets or exceeds your expectations, and arrives with you in good time.

LEADING CUSTOMER SERVICE

As leaders in our field, we are committed to providing the highest level of customer service. We will work with you to find the materials that will best fit your unique requirements, ensuring high performance, durable and long-lasting finished products. As well as providing assistance in material choice, we will also help you to reduce overall costs by reducing material waste wherever possible.

Whether you are an SME, or a global organisation, you will be in safe hands with CB Frost. To discuss your needs, or to talk through our manufacturing capabilities, please call our experienced team on +44 (0)121 773 8494

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When times change, it pays to work with good suppliers. During 2018, the fire standard EN 45545-2 will become the mandatory fire safety standard for the rail industry. For manufactures and engineers, that means preparing well in advance to make sure their components are compliant with the new regulations. Working with an excellent supplier, one […]

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Gasket Manufacturing

      WHAT IS A GASKET? At CB Frost, we have the capabilities to produce gaskets of all shapes and sizes, simple and complex, as custom one-offs or large production runs, and in an extensive range of materials to suit applications across all industrial sectors. The big question is, what is a gasket? Gaskets […]

Launching the New Lightweight Rail Material
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  As a company, we always strive to provide an ideal solution for customers in all sectors and continually work to develop new products. For over 30 years we have supplied a wide range of materials and finished parts for the rail industry, with our technical knowledge, excellent customer service, attention to detail and extensive […]

2019 at CB Frost
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    It has certainly been a busy year for CB Frost, and a hectic year for UK industry as a whole. With big changes on the horizon for us in the new year, we have taken this time to look back at 2019 through our blog posts and company news. Investing in the future […]

Gasket and Washer Manufacturing Techniques
Gasket and Washer Manufacturing Techniques

At CB Frost, we pride ourselves on our extensive in-house gasket manufacturing capabilities. Working in highly competitive industrial sectors, it’s vital that we can manufacture products from an extremely versatile range of materials, including rubber and silicone, sponge and foam materials, and cork. Using a range of different manufacturing processes, we can create products to […]

4 Key Reasons to Use Silicone Rubber
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Discovered in the 1800s, solid silicone rubber is a highly versatile material for use in a wide variety of different applications. Its resilience and durability make it an ideal material choice for a number of industrial sectors and it can be provided as sheet material, moulded, extruded, or cut to into gaskets or solid silicone […]

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For over 30 years, CB Frost has maintained a close relationship with world leading speciality engineered materials company, Rogers Corporation. We are a preferred UK converter of Rogers products, including PORON® Urethane foam.  PORON® Urethane is an industrial polyurethane foam that is known for its compression set resistance. Its open cell or semi closed cell […]