For over a century, BIP has manufactured chemicals at its Oldbury site in the West Midlands. Today we put our reactors, storage and technical team to work for other companies through toll and contract manufacturing, across solvent-based, 100% solids and water-based chemistries.
What toll manufacturing means at BIP
In a toll (or contract) manufacturing arrangement, you own the formulation and specify the product, and we manufacture it for you to that specification. It gives you access to established chemical manufacturing capacity without the capital cost, the plant or the headcount of running your own production.
Whether you are scaling a product beyond your own capacity, consolidating supply, or looking for a UK manufacturing partner closer to your customers, BIP can make it for you to a consistent, repeatable standard.
Working with an established chemical manufacturer
Alongside our own polyurethane ranges, supplied worldwide, BIP manufactures to customer formulations. That day-to-day production experience, and the technical team behind it, is what we bring to a toll manufacturing partnership.
- Reaction and blending work across solvent-based, 100% solids and water-based chemistries
- Batch production up to 15 tonnes
- Over 5,000 m³ of on-site storage, with tank, IBC and drum filling
- Lab-supported testing: particle size, film properties, pH and chemical analysis
- Technical support through sampling, scale-up and production
- Worldwide supply to UK and export markets
Why companies choose BIP
- Heritage and stability. Chemical manufacturing on the same Oldbury site since 1894, so your supply sits with a partner that is here for the long term.
- Quality, reliability, flexibility and speed of response. The reputation BIP has built with its own customers is what we bring to a toll arrangement.
- Technical partnership, not just capacity. Our team works alongside yours, rather than simply taking an order.
- Your formulation stays yours. Recipes, raw material sources and intellectual property are handled in confidence and protected by agreement.
How it works
- Enquiry and confidentiality. We discuss your requirement and put an agreement in place so your formulation is protected from the outset.
- Feasibility and sampling. Our technical team assesses the chemistry and produces samples for you to validate.
- Scale-up and validation. We move from lab to production scale, agreeing specification and quality checks.
- Production and quality control. We manufacture to your specification, batch after batch, against agreed parameters.
- Supply and delivery. We supply to you or your customers, in the UK or for export.
Talk to us about your toll manufacturing requirement
Tell us what you need made, and our technical team will tell you whether BIP is the right partner to make it.