What are the options for manufacturing plastic parts?
Based on your requirements, we offer four industrial manufacturing options for your plastic components:
Plastic parts manufacturing solution chart
| Solution | Minimum quantity | Advantages | Disadvantages |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plastic injection moulding | From 500 parts | Lower unit price for volume production | High tooling cost |
| Small-batch plastic injection moulding | From 30 pieces | Reasonable tooling and unit costs | Limited tooling life |
| Plastic machining | From one part | Flexible quantities; no tooling required | Limited geometry options and high unit cost |
| 3D printing | From one part | Fast; no tooling required | Higher unit price; appearance and material strength may be inferior to other solutions |
PTFE bogie joint
Railway gearbox joint
Plastic casing assembly for electronics
ABS-PC and transparent PMMA
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3D printing Lens
PMMA printing LED lighting lens
Why subcontract my plastic parts in China ?
- -Low tooling cost
- Wide availability of raw materials
- Flexibility and reactivity
- High local competition :
- +Expertise
- +Competitiveness
Why AGC is the right supplier for my plastic components ?
- Very competitive pricing
- Quality guarantee
- Technical support
- Flexibility (from prototyping to large series, deliveries everywhere in the world)
- One-stop solution
What about logistic costs ?
We can provide both Ex-works/FOB or DAP/DDP (see details about incoterms) and offer different shipment solutions including Air-shipment, Rail shipment or Sea shipment. Our global volume of orders make our logistic offer very competitive and trouble free.
Cost of transportation is including in our part price, so you don’t have to worry about last minute logistics costs increase. Our long term logistics partners have solutions for deliveries everywhere in the world.