Your essential partner for full-service prototyping

The winner of our Easter Egg Hunt, Craig Price, had an unexpected but delightful face-off with his colleague Adam.

We have a long-standing history of meeting the needs of respected companies in the aerospace and space industries. Our expertise lies in the precise chemical etching process, which we use to create essential components for aerospace and space exploration projects.

With our unwavering commitment to quality, precision, and quick turnaround times, we are the go-to choice for all your chemical etching needs.

At Photofab, we’ve enjoyed a long history of apprenticeships and developed some incredible successes including our very own Managing Director Neil Shorten and Operations Director Paul Rea.

At Photofab, our most valued assets are our dedicated employees. We are thrilled to announce several recent promotions to Team Leader for members of the Photofab team

The importance of Account Managers in a business is unprecedented. These people in particular play a crucial role at Photofab, serving as the primary point of contact for customers, building strong business relationships with them to form a trusting bond.

The Photofab team was proud to host a Family Fun Day on Saturday 23rd September, which included activities for people of all ages, including games, music, and food and drink. The event was also an opportunity for Photofab to raise money for 3 Pillars Trust, a charity that feeds and provides clothes and bedding to over 60 people each night.

The medical sector is constantly evolving. Getting essential medical components to market quickly and reliably is critical. That’s why leading medical device companies partner with Photofab for high-precision etched parts.

Chemical etching carries the unique advantages of leaving the internal structure of the metal unchanged. Neither does it affect the properties of the metal with regard to hardness, grain structure, or ductility of the metal. This is critical for electronic components to ensure accuracy and consistency of the original specifications.

Chemical etching is the ideal manufacturing process for renewable energy applications. The etching process yields components with remarkable accuracy and consistency thanks to Photofab’s state-of-the-art process and expert staff.

Chemical metal etching is a highly accurate machining process for producing precision metal components with incredibly tight tolerances. Chemical etching is sometimes known as photo chemical milling, photo chemical etching…

Prototyping is a necessary stage in manufacturing to ensure the most efficient and cost-effective production run. Our customers prefer to use our prototyping service as it’s hassle-free, fast, and highly cost-effective, thanks to our digital tooling and innovations in automation.

Photofab is delighted to unveil our new website, built from the ground up to wow our customers and to showcase our knowledge of metal etching services.

Photofab’s chemical etching process allows for cost-effective, precision manufacturing of complex designs with tight tolerances.

Photofab’s chemical etching process allows for cost-effective, precision manufacturing of complex designs with tight tolerances.

We understand that mental health is a critical aspect of healthcare and support our workers as much as we can, treating it in the same way we would for physical health.

Choosing chemical etching for the manufacture of EMI and RFI shielding components offer a multitude of advantages.

Photofab is a proud to support local charitable causes and were just recently delighted to support World Down Syndrome Day.

Photofab commonly manufactures metal shims and spacers from as thin as 0.01mm up to 1.2mm. These are produced to a very high tolerance and can be available in a wide selection of metals, including popular materials such as mild steel, carbon steel and stainless steel. You can trust Photofab’s experts to deliver outstanding service and quality, no matter the product or process.

Whilst Photofab continues to be renowned as world leaders in chemical etching, our offering has expanded to encapsulate the whole process from start to finish.

Neil Shorten, Managing Director at Photofab reflects on the year and looks ahead to 2023. Is there light at the end of the tunnel?

Our country has faced many challenges in recent times causing a crippling domino effect of disruptions in the supply chain, forcing longer lead-times and reduced profit margins. Reshoring manufacturing services in Britain can help alleviate many of these issues.

Building on our 50 years’ experience and continuous investment in people and processes, we have evolved our high-volume chemical etching services to deliver industry leading standards in both quality and lead-times.

This is a question we’re often asked as both methods offer cost-effective, precision cutting and engraving of sheet metal