Straight answers about plastics manufacturing

Good Plastics is a plastics engineering and manufacturing company based in Brisbane.

We design and produce tooling, injection-moulded parts and 3D-printed components. We also support product development, material selection, manufacturing, research and end-of-life planning.

Production is delivered through an audited network of manufacturing partners across Asia, Europe and North America under local engineering and project control.

Yes.

Good Plastics is headquartered in Brisbane, Queensland.

Engineering, project management and client communication are managed locally. International manufacturing partners provide specialist capacity, while Good Plastics remains the Australian point of accountability.

Good Plastics works across defence and military, manufacturing, packaging, agriculture, health and medical applications.

We’re best suited to products that need to be manufactured accurately, repeatedly and to a defined standard.

Injection moulding produces plastic parts by injecting molten material into a precision steel mould.

It suits products that need consistent quality, tight tolerances and commercial production volumes.

Once the tooling is complete, large quantities can be produced at a relatively low unit cost.

Yes.

Tooling is one of our core capabilities.

We design and produce steel moulds for injection moulding, including the cooling, gating and ejection details that affect part quality, cycle time and tool life.

Conformal cooling uses internal cooling channels that follow the shape of the moulded component.

This can remove heat faster and more evenly than conventional straight cooling channels.

On one tooling program, conformal cooling designed by Good Plastics reduced the client’s production cycle time by 70 per cent.

Yes.

We use advanced 3D printing for prototypes, design validation, functional testing, specialised components and low-volume production.

Prototyping helps identify problems before the production mould is made.

Yes.

Good Plastics researches and develops PHA and other bio-based or alternative materials.

This includes formulation development, mouldability testing, performance testing and degradation research.

Material recommendations are made against the needs of the product, not the label attached to the material.

The Next Life Economy is Good Plastics’ developing approach to recovery and next-use planning.

It considers whether materials can be collected, processed and directed into a useful pathway after the product’s first life.

The system is currently being trialled and developed on a case-by-case basis.

Good Plastics manufactures through partners that hold ISO 9001 certification as a minimum.

Quality is also managed through local engineering oversight from tool development through to finished production parts.

Good Plastics manufactures through partners that hold ISO 9001 certification as a minimum.

Quality is also managed through local engineering oversight from tool development through to finished production parts.

Yes.

Good Plastics coordinates international tooling and production through its manufacturing network while managing engineering, communication and accountability from Australia.

Yes.

You can come to us with an idea, sketch, sample or existing product.

We’ll help identify what development, engineering or manufacturing work is needed before production begins.

Send us any available drawings, target quantities, material requirements and your preferred timeframe.

If you don’t have drawings yet, provide a concept, sketch or sample.

Email: [email protected] or call 0403 357 777.