G Bopp & Co - Precision Woven Metal Meshes and Fabrication

G Bopp & Co is a subsidiary of G Bopp & Co AG, a Swiss-based business with a global customer base which specialises in the production of precision woven stainless steel and synthetic meshes for demanding and reproducible applications in industry worldwide.

With weaving plants in Switzerland and Germany, the Group is one of the largest producers of fine wire cloth in the world, exporting high quality products across the globe.

G Bopp & Co practises the strictest quality assurance systems, guaranteeing total reproducibility, conformity with all relevant specifications as well as traceability beyond the requirements of BS / EN / ISO standards.

Services include:

• Strategic stocks of mesh
• Cutting services
• Mesh fabrications
• Resistance and plasma welding
• Forming and punching
• Binding
• Adhesive bonding / pre-tensioned screens for screen printing applications

Precision woven meshes

G.Bopp & Co provides an extensive range of high quality Bopp SI metal meshes and Sefar synthetic meshes, both manufactured to the highest degree of accuracy for all your sieving and sizing applications.

In addition, Bopp SI mesh can be supplied with full aperture certification. Sieving and sizing using the right Bopp SI woven wire cloth specification guarantees economy through accuracy, efficiency, high capacity and long screen life.

Zero defect meshes for filtration

G Bopp & Co provides a comprehensive range of zero defect meshes, developed specifically for demanding applications within the filtration process. Bopp SI meshes offer significant advantages for sieving and sizing technology:

• Accuracy of apertures
• Long life
• Reproducible performance
• Regular weave
• Easy to use (flat lying, no curl)
• Anti-static properties
• Accurate thickness specifications
• High strength and rigidity
• Corrosion resistance

Screen printing meshes

G Bopp & Co has been serving the screen printing industry in the UK for many years, supplying a range of high quality, high performance stainless steel and polyester meshes developed specifically for even the most demanding applications, backed up by the supply of high quality frames capable of supporting increased mesh tensions in line with quality and ink deposit requirements.

Fast and efficient screen remeshing facilities complement the service.

The Bopp SD range of meshes designed specifically for screen printing applications provides a range of key benefits to the industry:

• Precision aperture size
• Regular weave
• Exceptionally high yield point
• Very narrow thickness tolerances
• Large open area
• Firm mesh binding
• Easy to use (flat lying, no curl)
• No static charge

Fabrications

Fabricating wire cloth to produce a quality end result in line with individual customer specifications requires both specialised equipment and expertise. G Bopp & Co complement the sheet material supply side of the business with an expert fabrications service which is now widely used by the process industry in the UK.

Using advanced plasma and laser cutting techniques as well as traditional methods, any shape of wire cloth can be cut and then joined using resistance, TIG and plasma welding, soldering or bonding. Bopp also offers a range of surface finishing technologies, including calendaring as well as annealing / stress relieving.

Working from purpose-built premises in Derbyshire, Bopp offer assistance with design and materials specification, manufacturing prototypes and samples for approval and fabricating in accordance with the quality and performance criteria specified by individual customers.

Additional services include wire belting, edge binding, tension bonding and mesh forming.