Mimtec used to do virtually everything but print. The thermoforming specialist, based in Fareham, near Portsmouth, is just that, a specialist in the hyper-niche market of vacuum and pressure forming, twin-sheet moulding and acrylic fabrication for sectors as diverse as aerospace, science, transport and retail.
You name it; components for aircraft seats, parts for industrial enclosures, covers for medical kit, managing director Mark Waring is your man. And until recently the closest he came to printers were the screen guys whose pre-printed plastic sheets his team moulded into sleek, curvilinear 3D forms…