The company (Plade Ltd) was registered in Scotland on
the 14 th January 1971 and set up as manufacturers of specialist equipment for those industries where chemical corrosion problems prevent the use of low cost metals
for the materials of construction.

Manufacturers of specialist products for the micro-electronics industry together with a range of products dedicated to the healthcare industry.

The company has a reputation for quality engineering in plastics materials in the heavy engineering and high-tech industry. In the high-tech category it has successfully designed and manufactured manual, semi-automatic and robotically operated wet benches and a vast range of peripheral equipment for the semiconductor industry throughout Europe and World Wide.

Specialist knowledge and expertise in the design of cleanrooms, bio-hazard containment areas and the manufacture of auto-disinfectors for use in hospitals to disinfect endoscopes used in invasive and non-invasive surgery has taken their production capabilities beyond most others in the market place.