Duckworth & Kent was founded over 60 years ago and remains a privately owned company, with a Management Team that is driven by a passion for quality and has had the vision to continually invest in the latest technology, thereby creating a company that is unique in today’s market.
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Inside The Company
Inside The Company
Design and Development
Design
Duckworth & Kent is an innovative company, striving to create the next groundbreaking product for the market. Our special dedicated in-house Design and Research & Development departments work directly with our Engineering department to produce hundreds of prototypes a year.
Development
Duckworth & Kent is constantly evolving and developing more advanced multipurpose small devices for the ophthalmic industry. We continually develop and evolve ideas, and over the decades have produced thousands of prototypes and final products, many of which can be found in our current product range.
Manufacture
Duckworth & Kent designs, develops and manufactures for major ophthalmic companies as an original equipment manufacturer (OEM). With our in-house facilities we offer development of designs and capabilities for high volume manufacturing.
CAD
Before even the first physical prototype is produced Duckworth & Kent employ some of the most sophisticated computer aided design (CAD) software that generates and models the prototype. It is here where substantial time is spent perfecting the design.
Prototype
Once the design is complete, the first working prototype is created by the Research & Development department who work closely with the Engineering department. In the development, modifications may be carried out to the design to produce a high quality working prototype.
Design and Development
Design
Duckworth & Kent is an innovative company, striving to create the next groundbreaking product for the market. Our special dedicated in-house Design and Research & Development departments work directly with our Engineering department to produce hundreds of prototypes a year.
Development
Duckworth & Kent is constantly evolving and developing more advanced multipurpose small devices for the ophthalmic industry. We continually develop and evolve ideas, and over the decades have produced thousands of prototypes and final products, many of which can be found in our current product range.
Manufacture
Duckworth & Kent designs, develops and manufactures for major ophthalmic companies as an original equipment manufacturer (OEM). With our in-house facilities we offer development of designs and capabilities for high volume manufacturing.
CAD
Before even the first physical prototype is produced Duckworth & Kent employ some of the most sophisticated computer aided design (CAD) software that generates and models the prototype. It is here where substantial time is spent perfecting the design.
Prototype
Once the design is complete, the first working prototype is created by the Research & Development department who work closely with the Engineering department. In the development, modifications may be carried out to the design to produce a high quality working prototype.
Manufacturing
Engineering is the foundation of Duckworth & Kent, and it is this area where the company excels. Duckworth & Kent started as a small specialised engineering company, primarily involved in high precision contract engineering work for the British Ministry of Defence.
Through expansion we entered the Medical Device industry, which is now our core business. Throughout its transitions, engineering has always been at the heart of the development of the company. Today Duckworth & Kent has a global reputation for innovation and quality, founded and evolved over 60 years of precision engineering manufacturing. Our engineering facility utilises the most advanced computerised machines and is set to handle high volume precision manufacturing. The medical device market continues to demand devices that are finer, more intricate and more versatile. Duckworth & Kent invest in the latest capital equipment to keep at the forefront, producing exactly what the market requires. The highly skilled team of engineers operate and programme the CNC machines to consistently produce the high quality product you would expect from Duckworth & Kent. With our engineering department located in the same facility as the designers, it enables us to rapidly develop products.
Manufacturing
Engineering is the foundation of Duckworth & Kent, and it is this area where the company excels. Duckworth & Kent started as a small specialised engineering company, primarily involved in high precision contract engineering work for the British Ministry of Defence.
Through expansion we entered the Medical Device industry, which is now our core business. Throughout its transitions, engineering has always been at the heart of the development of the company. Today Duckworth & Kent has a global reputation for innovation and quality, founded and evolved over 60 years of precision engineering manufacturing. Our engineering facility utilises the most advanced computerised machines and is set to handle high volume precision manufacturing. The medical device market continues to demand devices that are finer, more intricate and more versatile. Duckworth & Kent invest in the latest capital equipment to keep at the forefront, producing exactly what the market requires. The highly skilled team of engineers operate and programme the CNC machines to consistently produce the high quality product you would expect from Duckworth & Kent. With our engineering department located in the same facility as the designers, it enables us to rapidly develop products.
Product Assembly
Duckworth & Kent’s vertically integrated manufacturing facility and FDA compliant assembly site distinguishes us from other suppliers. Our device manufacturing capabilities allow us to produce completed medical devices or sub-assemblies. Our assembly capabilities include mechanical and instrumentation assembly, as well as functional testing, inspection, complex integration and packaging.
Duckworth & Kent’s process experts and manufacturing engineers in our assembly operations are integrated into project teams to ensure that critical Design-For-Manufacturability and Assembly (DFMA) issues are translated efficiently from design and development, as well as component engineers responsible for individual aspects of product completion. Duckworth & Kent makes extensive use of lean manufacturing and cellar workflow principles, as well as advanced quality engineering techniques throughout our assembly facilities.
Product Assembly
Duckworth & Kent’s vertically integrated manufacturing facility and FDA compliant assembly site distinguishes us from other suppliers. Our device manufacturing capabilities allow us to produce completed medical devices or sub-assemblies. Our assembly capabilities include mechanical and instrumentation assembly, as well as functional testing, inspection, complex integration and packaging.
Duckworth & Kent’s process experts and manufacturing engineers in our assembly operations are integrated into project teams to ensure that critical Design-For-Manufacturability and Assembly (DFMA) issues are translated efficiently from design and development, as well as component engineers responsible for individual aspects of product completion. Duckworth & Kent makes extensive use of lean manufacturing and cellar workflow principles, as well as advanced quality engineering techniques throughout our assembly facilities.
Quality Control
Quality comes second nature at Duckworth & Kent and we pride ourselves on the quality of medical devices we produce.
Duckworth & Kent applies rigorous inspection procedures throughout the manufacturing process. Everyone in the company is trained to recognise the need for scrupulous attention to detail in the tasks they carry out. Our staff appreciate the importance in producing quality products to ensure guaranteed reliability.
As well as final inspection, the company’s inspection department carries out inspection at various stages of the manufacturing process.
With over 60 years specialising in precision engineering Duckworth & Kent offer a high standard of quality that would be hard to surpass.
Quality Control
Quality comes second nature at Duckworth & Kent and we pride ourselves on the quality of medical devices we produce.
Duckworth & Kent applies rigorous inspection procedures throughout the manufacturing process. Everyone in the company is trained to recognise the need for scrupulous attention to detail in the tasks they carry out. Our staff appreciate the importance in producing quality products to ensure guaranteed reliability.
As well as final inspection, the company’s inspection department carries out inspection at various stages of the manufacturing process.
With over 60 years specialising in precision engineering Duckworth & Kent offer a high standard of quality that would be hard to surpass.
Product Packaging
Product Packaging
We package our products in foam lined plastic boxes. Individual labelling with product information including bar coding (when required) is placed on the boxes.
Packing and Clean Room
Product Packaging
We package our products in foam lined plastic boxes. Individual labelling with product information including bar coding (when required) is placed on the boxes.
Logistics
Business Logistics
Our administration team organise and coordinate resources at Duckworth & Kent. Their roles include inventory management, purchasing and sales, material and job deployment, customer service, warehousing, shipping and transport. It will be this team that you will have a point contact with for placing and tracking progress of orders.
Production Logistics
Production Planning organises and coordinates the manufacturing operations, ensuring maximum efficiencies in workflow and ease of communication with our administration team. We have a dedicated team that manages and organise all aspects of our operations.
Warehousing
Economies of scale can be achieved by running larger production volumes on certain items than may be initially required. Dependant upon your requirements we can maintain and manage stock of assembled devices or components to enable you to offer a quick response to your customer requirements.
Distribution
We can hold your products and ship on your behalf direct to your customers and distributors, thus ensuring delivery in a timely fashion with minimal handling and shipping charges.
Logistics
Business Logistics
Our administration team organise and coordinate resources at Duckworth & Kent. Their roles include inventory management, purchasing and sales, material and job deployment, customer service, warehousing, shipping and transport. It will be this team that you will have a point contact with for placing and tracking progress of orders.
Production Logistics
Production Planning organises and coordinates the manufacturing operations, ensuring maximum efficiencies in workflow and ease of communication with our administration team. We have a dedicated team that manages and organise all aspects of our operations.
Warehousing
Economies of scale can be achieved by running larger production volumes on certain items than may be initially required. Dependant upon your requirements we can maintain and manage stock of assembled devices or components to enable you to offer a quick response to your customer requirements.
Distribution
We can hold your products and ship on your behalf direct to your customers and distributors, thus ensuring delivery in a timely fashion with minimal handling and shipping charges.