DFS Composites Ltd

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

Membership: Composites UK

Markets
Aerospace
Agriculture
Automotive
Construction
Cross Sector
Defence
Electronics: Consumer
Energy
Highways
Leisure
Marine
Medical
Mining
Oil & Gas
Rail
Renewable Energy
Satellite and Communications
Space
Sport
Sustainable Composites: Furniture/Lifestyle
Truck, Bus & Industrial
Upholstery and Apparel
Utilities: Water
Wave & Tidal Energy
Wind Energy

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