Somerset +44 (0) 1460 72457 Kent +44 (0) 1634 298500 Home About & History Blog Contact Design & Tooling Injection Moulding Compression Moulding Finishing Sectors Quality HomeAbout & History About & History We welcome you to explore our website and consider us to provide you with a first-class customer service and quality products produced in the UK. We pay attention to what you the customer requires and aim to exceed those expectations, be it in our communication, order turn-around, quality, flexibility, and the good nature of personnel relationships. Across the Merriott Group, we have a wide arrange of experience and knowledge in the personnel, with a background of producing moulded products of over 150 years. Being able to produce products in both Thermoplastics and Thermoset, sets us apart from the crowd of competitors, as several customers require parts from both disciplines, and enables us to bring options to our customers design desks. ICM started life producing fabricated components for various military applications, before entering moulding operations, and over the early years was a major supplier of leading military moulded products, that enabled it to build the purpose facility in Rochester. It gained a reputation of being able to produce technically demanding items for such applications and has been able to transfer that experience to many other applications and customers. The association of the name Merriott, comes from the local village where the original company Merriott Mouldings was based from 1938 to February 1999, when it ceased trading, Merriott Plastics was formed on the purchase of the Thermoset compression facility. Since then Merriott Plastics has continued to grow, in both Thermoset and Thermoplastic aspects. Late in 2010, Merriott Plastics transferred all of the moulding presses and other equipment to the present facility in Crewkerne, 2.6 miles from the original facility. Operating under the banner of Merriott Plastics Group, has enabled the business to grow further with acquisitions (please refer to the details below) that has brought additional customers, their products, along with some additional moulding machines. The next step is to work towards a common name and move forward to Merriott Group. Our customer base is wide and of many different end user applications, ranging from smoke detectors, water, waste and air management, electrical switchgear and terminations, rail seats to rail electrification, personnel protection in wild animal environments, cheese board behind almost every delicatessens, street and establishment lighting, high end automotive interior and under- bonnet products, and large engine components plus many many more. Mouldings produced at our facilities are supplied to the UK, Europe, USA, along with countries around the globe. Personnel At The Combined Group Are Name Role Location Andrew Lawrence Group Managing Director Crewkerne Paul Dobson Financial Director Rochester Graham Goodhew Rochester Operations Director Rochester Dave Jones Crewkerne Operations Director Crewkerne Kevin Whatley Group Sales & Technical Director Crewkerne Alan Pooley Quality / Project Manager Rochester Karen O’Hara Commercial Administrator Rochester Our History JUNE 2019 Transferred the compression activity at ICM (Plastic Mouldings) to Merriott Plastics, for further expansion at ICM (Plastic Mouldings). JULY 2018 Purchased the moulding operation and customer base of Wheeler & Clinch, based in Thamesmead. Majority of customers and tools transferred to ICM (Plastic Mouldings). JUNE 2017 Purchased the moulding operation and customer base of Protomould (UK) based in Tunbridge Wells. Machines and customer base split between Merriott Plastics and ICM (Plastic Mouldings) AUGUST 2016 Purchased the moulding operation and customer base of Andiville based in Doncaster, transferred the client base and tooling to ICM Rochester. JULY 2012 Senior Managers invited to participate in a MBO, adding a CEO, to move the company forward and enabling further expansion. SEPTEMBER 2010 Started work on the conversion and fitting out of the facility in Crewkerne in readiness for the transfer of the injection activity in December 2010 and the compression activity in March 2011. JUNE 2008 Transferred all moulding activities of BFM Plastics to the Merriott facility. SEPTEMBER 2004 Incorporated BFM Plastics of Sheffield into Merriott Plastics. JULY 2003 Purchased the moulding operation and site of ICM (Plastic Moulding) and set the business to run as a stand-along facility producing both Thermoplastic and Thermoset moulded products. APRIL 2000 Transferred the moulding activity of Planagear – 14 injection machines – to the Merriott site. NOVEMBER 1999 Purchased the assets and customer base of Planagear Limited based in Congleton Cheshire, who also had a tool manufacturing facility. APRIL 1999 Owners of BFM Plastics purchased the assets and customer base of the Thermoset activity of Merriott Mouldings Limited Services Design & Tooling Thermoplastic Injection Moulding Thermoset Injection Moulding Compression Moulding Finishing Information About & History Sectors Quality Blog Contact Somerset Factory Eden Works Blacknell Lane Crewkerne Somerset TA18 7HE +44 (0) 1460 72457 +44 (0) 1460 74481 sales@merriott.com Kent Factory Enterprise Close Medway City Estate Rochester Kent ME2 4LY +44 (0) 1634 298500 +44 (0) 1634 714338 sales@merriott.com © Copyright 2021 Merriott Plastics Group Ltd - Privacy Policy | Terms and Conditions