Offering turn-key tooling solution for the composites industry. Our speciality is tooling as a system, such as moulds with integrated heating system, hydraulics and industrial controls/scada. Internal capabilities include: Large 5 axis cnc machining centre, RTM tools Infusion Presses, Mechanical & composites design, Hydraulics, Indutrial automation and PLC programming. Our speciality is the design and manufacture to specifications.
Last update: Mon, 24 November 2025
Trading Name: DFS Composites Ltd
Address:
Unit 15, Spitfire Way,
Faraday Business Park,
Lee-on-the-Solent,
PO13 9GW
Website: https://dfscomposites.com/
Telephone: 01329 760397
Email: info@dfscomposites.com
Membership: Composites UK
Organisation Activities
- Equipment
- Maintenance & Repair
- Manufacture & Assembly
- Product Design
- Tooling
Organisation Markets
- Aerospace
- Automotive
- Cross Sector
- Defence
- Renewable Energy
- Wave & Tidal Energy
- Wind Energy
Raw Materials Used
- Balsa Wood
- Carbon Fibre
- Closed Cell Foam
- Curing Agents
- Dry Fillers
- Epoxy Resin
- Fasteners & Inserts
- Fire Retardant Foam
- Fire Retardants
- Foam - Flexible
- Foam - Injected
- Foam - Rigid
- Foam - Syntactic
- Glass Fibre
- Honeycomb
- Methacrylate resins
- Methyl Methacrylate Resins
- Open Cell Foam
- PEEK/High Value Thermoplastics
- PET Film
- Phenolic Resins
- Polyesters
- Polyurethane
- Release Agents
- Reusable bagging films
- Silicone and Additives
- Silicone bags
- Silicone Resins
- Silicones
- Specialist cleaning chemistry
- Urethane acrylate
- UV Curing Resins
- Vinyl Ester Resins
- Washable cores
Semi-finished Materials Used
- 3D Woven Fabrics
- Adhesives
- Braided preforms
- Braided Tubes & Tape
- Bulk/Dough Moulding Compound (BMC/DMC)
- Chopped Strand Mat
- Cut Fabric Kits
- Epoxy & Thermoplastic powders
- Gel Coats
- Knitted Net Shapes
- Low Pressure Moulding Compound
- Woven Fabrics
Semi-finished Materials Produced
- Braided preforms
- Cut Fabric Kits
Equipment Used
- 3-axis scanners
- 3D Printer
- 5-Axis CNC Machines
- Additive Manufacturing Equipment
- Ansys
- AutoCAD
- Autodesk Inventor
- Automation Software
- CAD/CAM
- CMM Machine
- CNC Contour Cutting
- Composite Ovens
- Composite Press
- Composite Tooling
- Faro Arm
- Filament Winding
- Filming Machines
- Fusion 360
- Hand Lay up
- High Speed Mixers
- Infusion
- Injection Moulding Equipment
- Inspection Tooling & Fixtures
- Inventor
- IR (Infra-red) Analysis
- Laminate Tools/LAP (Anaglyph)
- Laminating Aids
- Lamination
- Machining
- Metal Tooling
- Metrology
- NX
- Oven
- Paddle Mixer
- Paint Booth
- PLC Control Systems
- Press
- Process Temperature Control Equipment: Oil
- Pultrusion
- Rhino
- Rhino 3D
- RTM
- Siemens NX
- Siemens SolidEdge
- Smart Intelligent Fixtures
- Solid Edge
- SolidWorks
- Solidworks professional
- Ultrasound
- Wet chemical analysis, DSC, DMA, Micrography
Equipment Produced
- Automation
- Carbon fibre opening equipment
- CNC Turning Centre
- Composite Ovens
- Composite Press
- Composite Tooling
- Filament Winding
- Gantry Ultrasonic Ply Cutting Stations
- Heaters for AFP
- Heaters for ATL
- High Speed Mixers
- Laminate Tools
- LAP
- Machining
- Metal Tooling
- NX
- PowerMill
- Press
- Thermal Analysis
Equipment for Hire
- 5-Axis CNC Machines
- CNC Turning Centre
- Composite Press
- Composite Tooling
- Infusion
- Machining
- Metal Tooling
Processes Used
- 5-Axis CNC Machines
- Adhesive Bonding
- CNC Machining Centres
- Cold/Warm Press Moulding
- Compression and bladder moulding
- Filament Winding (Multi-axis)
- Gel Coating
- Hot Press Moulding
- Injection Moulding
- Machining
- Mechanical Fastening
- Post-Cure
- Preforming
- Prepreg Hand Lay-Up
- Pultrusion
- Pulwinding
- Resin Film Infusion
- Resin Transfer Infusion
- Resin Transfer Moulding
- Vacuum Infusion
- Vacuum Press Infusion VPI
- Welding
- Wet Hand Lay Up
- Wet Spray Up
Sustainability
- Net-Zero Plans
Accreditation
- AS 9100
- ISO 14001
- ISO 9001