Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update: Kewell Converters Resumption Plan/Statement 15th May 2020
By Admin, 16/05/2020
Please note, we are managing factory capacity whilst prioritising critical customers and key orders (medical/defence/government) with some reduced staff and safe working practise in place during this challenging time. At present, due to the current climate our RESUMPTION PLAN is to be back to 100% normal trading business terms from Mid-June i.e. Week No. 25 (subject to change/government guidelines/CV19).
If you pleace any of your future orders now it will help keep the lead times to a minimum and push your jobs/orders up the schedule and prioritise them when normal trading conditions...
Protecting Heroes
By Admin, 14/04/2020
We have been very busy designing & manufacturing a variety of foam pads, liners and head bands for PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) to help serve and protect the NHS, Hospitals & Emergency Services as our nation battles the current COVID-19 pandemic.
PPE Face Shield Visors are using our Plastazote (closed cell) foam parts which are latex-free, non-toxic and hypoallergenic.
We have capacity and foam materials in stock to cater for the current huge demand to protect everyone who needs it. We haven been working tirelessly the entire Easter Holiday to make sure we c...
Kewell Converters - Supporting Medical Products (Coronavirus Update 26th March)
By Admin, 26/03/2020
Dear Customers,
Please be advised as of 24th March 2020 and following recent Government announcement;
Kewell Converters Ltd
are still operating manufacturing facility and currently delivering to our customer expectations on delivery schedule.
That said we are, (paraphrasing one of our customers); providing vital manufacturing services supporting medical products which are being used widely by the NHS as a critical part of their response to the Coronavirus pandemic.
Clearly our responsibilities to the NHS at this time mean that we must prioritize this work and whilst it has not yet, thi...
Kewell Converters Coronavirus (COVID-19): Service Update
By Admin, 20/03/2020
Kewell Converters UpdateManufacturing & Foam Materials Service StatusA quick overview of COVID-19's impact on the vital components of our Kewell Converters Service - Business as usual(for now)
During this period of uncertainty, we have been busy working hard to develop a contingency plan to ensure that our business continues to offer the high quality & reliable service you are used to.
Kewell Converters
are committed to minimizing our customers and our teams exposure to the virus
have taken proactive measures in line with Government advice to guarantee we can continu...
Pure Performance @ Foam Expo North America
By Admin, 16/03/2020
aPure Performance @ Foam Expo North America
Come and see Zotefoam selection of pure performance foams from the AZOTE® and ZOTEK® ranges at this year’s Foam Expo North America from 25 - 27 August in Novi, Michigan, the heartland of America’s automotive industry. Zotefoams’ manufactures a wide range of closed cell, cross-linked foams with amazingly consistent cell size. These characteristics facilitate the production of high quality finished product from a wide variety of processes for many different industries - automotive, aviation, p...
Evening with Victorious River Band
By Admin, 16/03/2020
Kewell Convertors are always on a look out for helping the community and sponsoring the local charities. This time our sponsorship goes to:
The Rotary Club of Edenbridge and Westerham's evening with Victorious River Band.
This event full of great music and food will help raise money for the ECT Youth Club and other local charities.
About Rotary
The Rotary Foundation transforms your gifts into service
projects that change lives both close to home
and around the world.
During the past 100 years, the Foundation has spent $3 billion on life-changing, sustainable projects. With your help,...
KEWELL CONVERTERS LTD has been rated and valued in a 2020 market report
By Admin, 09/03/2020
Kewell Converters has retained its entry in a new analysis of the largest and most successful companies in the UK Foam Conversion industry. This reflects our ongoing resilience and performance over the past 12 months and readiness for whatever is on the horizon.
What is more impressive is that we have achieved this in a difficult marketplace where 29 of our competitors are in financial danger and a record number are making a loss.
Well done everyone for all your hard work and making our business successful.
New extra-rigid ZOTEK® F OSU
By Admin, 05/03/2020
New extra-rigid ZOTEK® F OSU foam promises weight savings of up to 70% for aircraft interiors
Multiple applications in aircraft interiors, replacing solid thermoplastic and silicon components
Substantial benefits in soft-touch applications versus current materials
Zotefoams, a world leader in cellular materials technology, will premiere its latest closed cell OSU grade foam, ZOTEK® F OSU XR, at this year’s AIX 2020 show as the company extends its High-Performance Product (HPP) line.
Zotefoams’ latest polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) foam, ZOTEK F XR, i...
Success at Southern Manufacturing & Electronics 2020
By Admin, 23/02/2020
Thank you to all our visitors at this years Southern Manufacturing and Electrinics Exhibition. It has been a great success, with huge range of products and all the latest industrial hardware and manufacturing technologies.
We broaden our knowledge of the ideas and technologies that are shaping the future of manufacturing.
Kewell Converters is a family business solving complex engineering problems by design. Since 1971 we have delivered parts from high specification foam and composite. We will bring examples of our work supplied to exacting customers in the following key industries; aviati...
Sandra Barros - Production Assembler
By Admin, 16/01/2020
We would like to give a warm welcome to our new Production Assembler Sandra Barros.
Sandra is originally from Portugal but now lives in Crowborough.
Having worked in catering industry in London as a chef assistant she is used to working in busy environment and ready to work to tight deadlines. Later on Sandra worked at a laboratory creating cells under a microscope for life support machines, which no doubt requires a great attention to detail. This and her creativity is clearly reflected in her hobbies where she create/transforms dolls, enjoys baking and drawing.
We are ver...