Question & Answer library
Browse focused answers about tooling, sampling, production, quality, and the information needed for an accurate quote.
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A complete RFQ gets a firm quote in one round instead of three. Six items cover almost everything a molder needs to price tooling and parts.
Orders & Logistics
Fourteen confirmed industries, from consumer goods and housewares to hardware, industrial components, and pet products. Several sectors we deliberately do not serve.
Production & Quality
We are a general injection molding manufacturer, not a high-precision molder. Commercial tolerances are what we quote against, and we will say so if a drawing needs tighter.
Orders & Logistics
Yes. We sign a mutual NDA on request before reviewing sensitive designs, and we do not produce a customer part for another party.
Orders & Logistics
OEM means we manufacture to your design. ODM means we start from an existing or jointly developed design. The distinction matters for tooling, IP, and speed.
Production & Quality
Inspection runs at four stages — incoming material, in-process sampling, first article, and final outgoing QC against an agreed AQL.
Materials & Finish
Yes, from a physical sample or a colour reference. Matching is verified against a physical target under agreed lighting, not against a screen or a printed page.
Orders & Logistics
A 3D model in STEP or IGES is the working minimum. A drawing, resin, colour, and annual volume turn a provisional quote into a firm one.
Production & Quality
T1 is the first set of parts shot from a new tool. It is a diagnostic checkpoint, not a delivery, and it is the last cheap opportunity to change anything.
Tooling & Cost
Tool build is the longest single phase of a new program, and it scales with cavitation, complexity, and finish. Approval turnaround is what most often extends it.
Tooling & Cost
When a customer pays for tooling, the customer owns the tool. It is worth writing that into the purchase order along with what happens at end of life.
Tooling & Cost
Tooling is quoted per project, and the price is driven by part size, cavitation, complexity, steel grade, and surface finish rather than by a standard rate.
