FACTORIES

Gold Star Powders UK is at the heart of technology in the development and testing of investment powders.

The extensive laboratories, sited in Newcastle-under-Lyme, are staffed with highly-trained technicians, and are equipped with state-of-the-art testing machinery, such as the XRF, XRD and thermal expansion machines, which ensure that only raw materials of the highest grades and quality are used in any of our mixing facilities throughout the world. All investment powder produced must pass stringent test-criteria specifications before dispatch. Every batch of investment powder produced is tested in a full casting trial in our in-house casting shop.

Our state-of-the-art, computer-controlled mixing plant and bagging facility, consisting of two five tonne mixers, is also based in Newcastle-under-Lyme. This is the most modern investment powder manufacturing plant in the world and is the largest of its kind, capable of producing upwards of 2,000 tonnes per month of investment Powder