TDX Company Presentation

www.tdx-tss.com

Company Profile

• 72 Employees

• Privately Owned

• Two Manufacturing Sites/Divisions

– Thermoforming Tool Design & Manufacture, Design & Development.

– PET Extrusion

• Turnover2006 £3,051,427

2007 £6,317,555

2008 £8,435,855

2009 £8,900,000

2010 £10,330,219

2011 £15,575,000 (Forecast)

TDX Organisational Structure

Company History• 1999

– TDX established December 1999 by Harry Reed/Neil Atkinson as supplier of D&D services and Thermoforming tooling to UK Thermoforming Industry.

• 2006 – TDX embarks on diversification

strategy into PET extrusion– Mark Prinn joins TDX as Sales &

Marketing Director

• 2007– First PET extrusion line

installed

• 2008 Board restructuring– Harry Reed, Chairman– Mark Prinn, Managing Director

• 2009– Decision to expand extrusion

division– Decision to expand

D&D/Tooling sales into European Market

• 2010– Second PET extrusion line

installed

Mission Statement

The TDX vision is to provide the most comprehensive range of outsourced services to the thermoforming industry, including:

• Innovative Conceptual and Product Design• Rapid Prototype and Sampling• Tooling Manufacture• APET/RPET Film Supply• Thermoforming Services

To enable our customers to be competitive through access to industry leading levels of quality, service and experience.

Core Competence: Thermoforming Expertise

• Our core business areas are PET Extrusion and Thermoformed Packaging Design, Development and Tooling

• TDX personnel have been recruited from the Thermoforming Industry because of their skills in our core business areas.

• Our expertise in the Thermoforming process, product and market provides TDX with a distinct competitive advantage in our core business areas

Management Structure

Key ExecutivesHarry Reed, Chairman• Over 35 years experience in the

Thermoforming industry

• Owner/Managing Director of Penlea Plastics sold to Tenneco in 1995

• Group MD of European Thermoforming Division – Tenneco

• Established TDX 1999

Mark Prinn, Managing Director• Began career with Tenneco in 1998

(Graduate Trainee Scheme) after graduating from Newcastle Business School

• 6 years with Ivex/Reynolds Food Packaging in sales role

• Joined TDX in 2006 as Sales & Marketing Director

• Managing Director since September 2008

Neil Atkinson, Operations Director• 25 years experience in Thermoforming

industry (HFW, Penlea Plastics, Tenneco, TDX)

• Range of experience – in house tooling, maintenance, installations, Thermoforming operations, trade tooling supply, tooling sales.

• Established TDX in 1999 with Harry Reed

Trevor Marr, Commercial Director• Chartered accountant with Masters degree• FD and MD experience at major UK Plc• Merger & Acquisition accounting experience• Joined TDX in 1999 as part of the start up

and re-joined in 2010 after a three year spell with a multi million £ private equity backed business

Management TeamColin Hughes, D&D Manager

• 13 years experience with Penlea/Tenneco as Design and Development Manager

• Joined TDX in 1999 as Design and Development Manager.

David Devine, Operations & Quality Manager

(Extrusion) • Extensive experience of developing,

installing and ongoing management of Quality and EHS systems in various

Thermoforming and Extrusion businesses (HFW, Reynolds, TDX)

Steve Wardman, Production Manager / Thermoforming

Technician

• 20 years experience as a Thermoforming technician

• 4 years production management in TDX extrusion division

• Full Project Management of Bandera machine installation

Dave Renton, Tooling Design Manager

• 22 Years experience designing and manufacturing Thermoforming tools for a wide range of machine types and products

Management TeamSteven Fishwick, Production Manager /

Thermoforming Technician

• 15 years experience as a Thermoforming technician

• 4 years production management in TDX extrusion division

• Full Project Management of Bandera machine installation

Morgan Ashley, Senior Product Designer

• 8 years Thermoformed packaging design experience with Huhtamaki and TDX

• Currently field based working with customers sales teams visiting their

customers.

Sharon Key, Supply Chain Manager

• Last 7 years with TDX setting up and developing internal administration systems

• Now oversees extrusion supply chain from sales through planning, procurement, raw materials planning and logistics.

• Previous experience high volume manufacturing planning

TDX Services/Capabilities: An Overview

Innovative Conceptual and Product Design

Rapid Prototype and Sampling

Tooling Manufacture

Thermoforming Film Supply

Thermoforming Services

Design / Prototype Capabilities

• Field Based Design Service – Available in the field for customer visits /

presentations.

• Cutting edge 3-D design software.

• Resources of an industry leading D&D department.

– 2 CNC machines dedicated to rapid mould prototyping

– 5 strong product design team– 3 sampling machines

• Samples of any quantity, any material, near production quality.

• Bulk sampling facility

TDX Design

TDX Design

TDX Design

Timescales1) From Brief to Presentation2) From Brief to Sample

= 5 Working Days (E-mail)

= 5 Working Days (Dispatch)

1

2

Tool Design & ManufactureProcess Overview

Final Sample

Approval

Pre-Production Meeting – ‘Toolpack’

Tool Design

Mould Programming

CNC

Assembly

Mould Finishing

QA Checks

4 - 6 Weeks

Tooling Capabilities• Dedicated 20’000 sq ft manufacturing unit.

• Experienced tool design team using the latest CAD / CAM software (Solidworks/Delcam)

• Continual investment in high speed 3 axis and 5 axis CNC machining centres.

• Vast experience of Thermoforming process, not just engineering.

• Post delivery technical support by experienced Thermoforming Technicians.

• Large bed surface grinding capability

• Deep hole gun drilling capability

Extrusion• 2 Modern APET extrusion lines ( Diamat, Luigi

Bandera ).

• 13000 tonnes per annum capacity.

• Co-Extrusion – A-B-A.

• APET and RPET capability.• Producing a range of products.

– High clarity food packaging– Non-food applications– Specialist recycled products– Product development programme

• All products are available with options such as anti-block by means of master batch, anti-fog treatment and silicone coating

• Flexible supply chain solutions

Thermoforming Services

• Tool Commissioning

• Thermoforming Training

• Trouble-shooting/Problem Solving

TDX: 2011/12 - Extrusion

• Extrusion division sales growth in UK and Export• Marketing and development of RecoupetTM brand – www.recoupet.com

• Extrusion product range development/expansion programme– Colours

– APET/PE

– Foamed PET

– Thick Gauge

• Environmental Strategy• Continuous Improvement – Implementation of lean manufacturing principles• On going investment in QA/Lab

TDX: 2011/12 – Extrusion - Environmental • Development of Environmentally Sustainable Products

• Locally (UK & EU Only) Sourced Raw Materials

• Closed-loop Post Industrial Recycling

• Drive Towards Zero Landfill Policy

• Continuous Carbon Reduction– 2010 Introduction of energy efficient chilled water system

– Bandera Twin Screw Extruder, 25% less power than conventional PET extruders.

TDX: 2011/12 – Extrusion – Continuous Improvement • Quality

• Manufacturing - Lean

• Service

• Flexibility

• Capability

• Product Range

• Environmental Impact

TDX: 2011/12 – Tooling/D&D

•D&D/Tooling sales growth Europe

•Continued development of partnership approach with selected target customers