WHS Plastics LTD
Richard Shilleto is an experienced sales professional with a strong background in the plastics and automotive industries. Currently serving as Sales Director at WHS Plastics LTD since September 2023, Richard previously held roles including Sales Manager at Xandor Automotive (Plastics Division) from January 2017 to September 2023, and Head of Sales & New Product Introduction at Rosti Automotive from February 2016 to December 2016. Additional experience includes serving as Senior Account Manager at Rosti McKechnie Ltd from January 2012 to January 2016 and Account Manager at McKechnie Plastic Components from September 2000 to January 2012, along with various technical roles early in Richard’s career. Richard's education includes an HNC in Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering from The University of Huddersfield, alongside studies at York College of Further and Higher Education. Technical expertise encompasses toolmaking, mechanical and electrical maintenance, process engineering, development, and quality control.
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WHS Plastics LTD
WHS Plastics successfully operates in a highly competitive global marketplace, partnering with major international companies in a variety of market segments including automotive, electronics, extrusion, industrial, off highway, packaging, metal pressings and hygiene products. We have a strong UK footprint supporting some of the UK’s biggest brands along with an overseas facility supplying blue chip global companies. The core of our business is the design and manufacturing of injection mouldings ranging from high quality functional parts, to complex assemblies featuring added value elements such as painting and foiling processes, for both interior and exterior automotive components. To complement these skills, we advise customers on material choices, the use of technical polymers and recyclable materials. We also manufacture high quality injection moulding tools, assembly equipment and a wide range of metal pressings. With headquarters in Minworth, Sutton Coldfield. The group now employees more than 1700 skilled and experienced staff over 7 different hi-tech manufacturing sites located within the West Midlands, Yorkshire, Liverpool, Glasgow and Swansea together with a modern facility near Cairo, Egypt.