Aerosol & Liquid Contract Manufacturing UK | James Briggs Ltd
UK aerosol & liquid contract manufacturer

We fill your product. In the UK. At scale.

Formulation, aerosol and liquid filling, packing and compliance — all under one roof in Cheshire. Send us the brief and a manufacturing engineer replies within one working day.

  • Runs from 5,000 units to 4 million a week
  • Your formulation, or ours — 16,000 developed in-house
  • Every enquiry handled under NDA, no obligation

Tell us what you need made

Two short steps. A reply from a real engineer within one working day.

Confidential. Nothing is shared outside our technical team.

Enquiry sent

A manufacturing engineer will come back to you within one working day. If it's urgent, call 01270 757 500.

Audited, certified, inspected.

ISO 9001Quality management
ISO 14001Environmental
UKASAccredited testing
UEIL / CEPEIndustry membership
COMAHUpper tier site

Where are you starting from?

Pick the one that fits and we'll take the enquiry from there — no forms to start again.

What we can actually run

The questions procurement asks first, answered before you pick up the phone.

Aerosol filling

Cans
Tinplate and aluminium
Fill sizes
100ml – 1000ml
Propellants
Compressed gas, LPG, bag-on-valve
10,000units, typical minimum run

Liquid filling

Packs
Bottles, trigger sprays, jerry cans, drums
Fill sizes
50ml – 25L
Handles
Viscous and solvent-based products
5,000units, typical minimum run

Formulation

Markets
Automotive, household, industrial, personal care
Scope
New development, reformulation, cost-down
Compliance
Reformulation for UK and EU regulation
Projectscoped and costed per brief

Packing

Formats
Shrink, cartoning, multipacks, display-ready units
Finishing
Labelling, coding, date marking
Retail
Built to grocery and trade pack specifications
Includedruns in line with filling

Lead time: trial batch typically 6–8 weeks from brief, then scheduled commercial production.

Indicative figures — confirmed against your specification at quotation.

They took a formulation that had failed twice with another filler, fixed the stability issue, and had us on shelf for the spring season.

Operations Director, automotive aftercare brand · replace with a named, approved customer quote before launch

Sectors we fill for

Automotive aftercare
Household & cleaning
Industrial & MRO
Personal care
DIY & trade
Agriculture & garden

From enquiry to first pallet

Four stages. You'll know where your project sits at every one.

Stage 1 · Day 1

We call you back

A technical contact, not a call centre. We establish whether the project is a fit before anyone wastes a meeting.

Stage 2 · Week 1–2

Technical review

Formulation, pack format, propellant and compliance assessed against our lines. You get a costed proposal.

Stage 3 · Week 3–6

Sample & trial batch

Samples for sign-off, stability testing, artwork and regulatory checks completed in parallel.

Stage 4 · Week 6+

Commercial production

Scheduled runs, QC release, and stock held or shipped to your distribution as agreed.

Before you enquire

What's your minimum order quantity?

Typically 10,000 units for aerosols and 5,000 for liquids, though it depends on the fill size and pack format. Development and trial batches run far smaller — tell us your volume and we'll be straight about whether it works.

Can you manufacture our existing formulation?

Yes. Send the spec under NDA and our technical team confirms whether it runs on our lines as-is, needs adjustment, or can be improved on cost or performance.

Will you develop a formulation from scratch?

Yes. Our chemists have developed around 16,000 formulations across automotive, household, industrial and personal care. You own the resulting specification.

How is our intellectual property protected?

Every enquiry is treated as confidential and we'll sign your NDA before any technical detail changes hands. Formulations are not shared across customers.

Do you handle regulatory compliance and labelling?

We support classification, safety data sheets, transport requirements and label artwork checks for UK and EU markets as part of the project.

Where do you manufacture?

Sandbach, Cheshire, plus three further UK sites. Everything is filled and packed in the UK — no overseas shipping risk on your supply chain.

Send the brief. We'll tell you straight if we can make it.

Existing formulation, rough idea, or a supplier you need to move away from — a two minute enquiry gets you a technical answer within one working day.

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