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Recognising the opportunities in Middle East for TwinBin, Peter Dowdy Hurst Green Plastics, Business Development Manager heads for the UAE and Oman later this month, 2020. With over 30-years experience working in the Middle East, Peter will be attending the Arab Health show in Dubai on the 27th and 29th January followed by a number […]

The latest, most technologically advanced addition to the TwinBin range is now here – TwinBin Live. TwinBin Live further develops the TwinBin range by adding cloud-based functionality, coupled with instantaneous stock control. The TwinBin range has been developed using KanBan methodology.  It is a system that works by storing reserve stock above active stock. Once the active stock has [...]

40 years of innovation From humble beginnings in a little village in the Ribble Valley, Hurst Green Plastics Limited proudly turns 40 this year and is celebrating by launching a brand-new product.  Hurst Green Plastics Ltd began in 1979, when Chairman Stephen Clarke bought the company, in the little village of Hurst Green, Lancashire. The [...]

The main purpose of implementing a kanban inventory management system is to maximise output by reducing waste.  You can read about what Kanban is here.  By reducing waste, it means that everything passing through the kanban inventory system is adding value to production and anything not adding value is a waste.  This concept is also [...]

Kitting:  What is it?  Why should you try it? Inventory kitting is the process of grouping and packaging separate items together into one-part number based on the requirement within the process. Kitting can save time and money by reducing unnecessary inventory and only using what you need, exactly when you need it.  Kitting can have [...]

What is a two-bin system and how does it work? A two-bin system is the easiest way to implement a kanban system into a manufacturing or production facility. Kanban is a methodology in lean manufacturing which manages and improves workload within production.  Originally developed in Japanese automotive factories, the word ‘Kanban’ can be roughly translated [...]

Kanban is a methodology in lean manufacturing which manages and improves workload within production.  Originally developed in Japanese automotive factories, the word ‘Kanban’ can be roughly translated to mean ‘Visual Signal’

Hurst Green Plastics Ltd have proudly sold their range of innovative storage solutions including the TwinBin System to 32 states in the USA. The TwinBin System has just been delivered to Anchorage, Alaska which added the state to the growing list of states already seeing the many benefit of the system.  The TwinBin System has many benefits

TwinBin has taken off throughout the USA and Mexico thanks to the partnership between Hurst Green Plastics and Aircraft Hardware West (AHW).  Aircraft Hardware West have implemented multiple VMI programmes at Aerospace Companies across USA and Mexico combining its Advanced Inventory Management Solution