Welcome to Hockley Pattern & Tool Co Ltd. Specialists in the design and manufacture of composite tooling coupled with the integration of all associated production tooling, assembly tooling, handling and transportation equipment, automation and test facilities.

Founded in1979, the company has niche manufacturing in the vastly expanding composite market and an integrated tooling solutions division for a range of products and services from detail production tools, to fully automated assembly lines and is complemented by the ability to provide reliable, time sensitive testing data and test equipment solutions.
It is the “all in one” complete solutions provider to various dynamic and ever evolving and fast-growing industries.

Composite Tooling

The Composite Division focuses on its own design, manufacture and supply of tooling for Composite Components for a varying range of Industries with varying special techniques:

Aerospace Components i.e. casings, blades, nacelles, spars, winglets and skins.
Automotive Components i.e. body panel parts, interiors and trims.
The skinning and rolling of large mould tools Cast and fabricated invar mould tools
Out of autoclave tooling

Tooling Solutions

Tooling Solutions Division specialises on project integration with the design and project management being its core strength, and manufacture/supply delivered through not only our internal manufacture but also our extensive supply chain for tooling for components:

Production
Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul
Assembly
Handling/Transportation
Automation
Test Facilities

Project Management

A key element to Hockley supply is the detail Programme Control we have over our in design team, specialist manufacture and our flexible and extensive supply chain.

Various reporting methods:

Level 1 Dependency
RAG status
Microsoft Project Plan
4/5 box reporting
KPI dashboard

and KPI’s:

On Time Delivery
Quality (Including Escapes)
Responsiveness
Aftercare
Pricing
Lead Times

Design

Hockley’s in house design expertise covers a wide range of tooling types:

Automotive press tooling
Aerospace and Automotive mould tools for composite components
Handling/Transportation
Special Purpose Machinery
Production Tooling
Assembly Tooling
Transportation Tooling
Test Equipment

Utilising the latest design and simulation software supports our customers in ensuring quality of parts produced from tooling manufactured at Hockley.