Our custom designed AI-driven software - Tangible Solutions, supported by our Plyable Services team of advanced engineering and manufacturing experts, alongside our supply chain, provide the perfect recipe for our clients to thrive in the rapidly growing world of metallics and composites.
Seven years ago, Plyable saw a gap in the market; a need for an end-to-end comprehensive online manufacturing journey to link clients with a global supply chain, but to also use technology as a tool to speed up the lengthy and often slow DfM process.
Our software has introduced instant-quotes, auto-generated moulding and risk alerts to offer a ‘fast to market’ approach to our clients.
David Green joined in June 2026, ahead of the launch of the new software products - under the Tangible brand name - that Plyable developed based on seven years of sector expertise and experience. Tangible Auto Quote launched in September and Auto Mould will launch in January 2027.
Appointed by investors in 2024, Mark Runciman steps in as Plyable CEO. Mark employs a new leadership team to further streamline Plyable’s operational processes and strategy. Technology is placed at the heart of the business and as ideas evolve the team recognises the need to re-position as a leading edge consultancy supported by Tech. The tech arm of the business undergoes further development to be relaunched in 2026. The business also secures a technology patent on their new automated-moulding feature.
A group led by Maven Capital Partners invests £2.5m into Plyable to support growth. Investment Director Alexander Sleigh says “The Company has grown strongly in recent years with little external investment, and we are impressed with what the team have achieved to date with the business now a trusted supplier to many tier 1 manufacturers. Maven’s investment will provide Plyable with the capital it requires to accelerate growth and fulfil its potential.”. The team continues to push the boundaries of composite manufacturing technology, introducing key features such as a DFM update that will detect sharp features on molds that are likely to break easily during production. The business also takes part in a British Standards audit, securing an updated BSI9001 certification.
The Plyable team doubled in size between 2018 and 2019 and won Business Start Up Of The Year at the Composites UK 2019 awards dinner. One of Plyable’s investors, Syensqo, instructed their design team to engage with Plyable for design engineering consultancy – Syensqo has since become a long-standing client of Plyable. In 2019 we also received £500k in pre-seed investment from Forward Partners who recognised the innovative capability that our offering brings to many established manufacturing industries whilst in 2021 we received a convertible note from The Boeing HorizonX Global Ventures accelerator programme.
The company was founded in Oxford by Martin Oughton and Adam Lofts. Work began to develop technology solutions to serve the composite manufacturing market and speed up the design to manufacture process. The business was initially called Mouldbox, but was soon changed to Plyable to better reflect the company’s strategic focus on building the future for composites manufacturing.
Product launches, partnerships and industry insight from Plyable and Tangible.
