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Jaguar I-Pace looks set to create a buzz in the electric car market
By now I'm sure everyone is aware of the Government's proposed plans to ban the sale of new petrol and diesel cars by the year 2040. Leaked reports appear to show that many of the current crop of hybrid cars, like the best-selling Toyota Prius will be caught in the...
Four million speaker covers – 70 years of history
As the UK celebrates news that MINI will build their fully electric model in Cowley, we are considering a party of our own after reaching a manufacturing milestone of four million speaker covers. While both achievements are very different in terms of magnitude and...
Steel yourself for better quality components
In recent months, we have enjoyed an increasing number of enquiries for not just our speciality of chrome-plated automotive components, but injection moulded parts for a range of projects. But one issue that has cropped up is our choice of tooling material for...
Borough Ltd: Management Announcement
Borough Ltd wish to announce that after 11 years as part of the team here at Borough, Peter Oldfield has decided to seek new pastures and new challenges, and has left the company. Peter joined us to help with quality systems all those years ago and has finished his...
Borough exhibiting at Automotive Interiors Expo 2017
June is proving a busy month for Borough. First, we have to shuffle our moulding workshop around again to ensure we can squeeze in the latest addition to our inventory, with the arrival of another new Engel 400tk tie-bar-less '2-shot' press. Then it's passports,...
Borough features on front page of PRW
Borough featured in one of the final ever editions of the renowned trade publication, Plastics & Rubber Weekly (PRW) before the title merged with Plastic News Europe (PNE) in the new year. The front-page article detailed a visit from Local MP, Sir David Amess,...
Still Brexiting but Nissan cheers the automotive industry
It's all been doom and gloom from commentators regarding the Brexit vote and whether we negotiate a deal to allow access to the European Free market or whether we opt for a hard Brexit. But the news from Nissan that confirms it will build its new Qashqai and X-Trail...
Brexit and the automotive industry
Here at Borough, we have been working with automotive manufacturers across the world for years, but Europe has always been an important market for us. The vote to leave caught us all by surprise and our Germany-based sales agent Henning was indeed shocked at the...
Chrome shines in interior dispute
I recently read a story that made me smile and despair in equal measure - glad to see chrome interior automotive parts in the news, but saddened by the context. The news reported that Janet Richardson from Kent, ironically not a million miles from Borough's Southend...
Borough in Bavaria
Automotive manufacturing is very much a global game and the days when Borough chrome-plated metal components for local Essex and London businesses are well past. And of course, while car production has increased significantly in recent decades, the number of...