TMB Patterns Limited

About us

Supplying you with 50 years of experience in Thermoforming, Precision engineering, Automotive, Nuclear and Scientific.

TMB Patterns Limited is your trusted supplier, providing advanced manufacturing solutions to the thermoforming toolmaking industry, the automotive, nuclear, scientific and numerous others. With over 50 years experience fulfilling customers requirements to the highest quality.

Founded in 1977, TMB was originally established to provide high-quality tooling for the emerging thin-walled plastic packaging market. Over the years, we have become Europe’s leading supplier of flat-bed thermoforming tooling, serving many of the world’s major plastic packaging companies.

Building on our expertise in this field, we expanded our operations in 2015 with the creation of TMB Precision Engineering. Specialising in subcontract engineering, we serve industries including Nuclear, Automotive and General Engineering. Through ongoing investment in state-of-the-art inspection equipment, robotic automation and expanded CNC machining capacity, TMB Precision Engineering is your ideal partner for all your engineering needs – whether for one-off parts, production runs, or complex assemblies.

Our services include :

CNC Milling
CNC automation
Surface grinding
EDM Drilling
Waterjet cutting
Inspection
Deep hole drilling
Design
Programming
Laser engraving

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