"We have now had requests from customers for a more cost effective UL approved resin – and we’re happy to oblige,” said Tim Wilson, joint MD at WPS.

The process engineering team at WPS has tested and accepted a Stobicast L780 material. Stobicast L780 carries the UL 94 V-0 ‘self-extinguishing’ rating together with an approved Relative Temperature Index, RTI, for both mechanical and electrical of 130°C.

WPS’s production team is planning to use even greater volumes of the new material through 2012. “We expect to get through 3,000 Kg (3 metric tonnes) this year,” Wilson claims.

WPS has also invested in a new static-mix, gear-pump mixing system from specialists Liquid Control Ltd to mix and dispense the Red UL-approved resin.