Looking to move injection molding production from China to the US

Miko · Feb 5, 2021

We are looking to move production of our new product from China to the US.
We would like to get in touch with injection molding manufacturers in the states, is this the right forum?
If not I would appreciate if you could point me in the right direction.
Thank you

sealark37 · Feb 5, 2021

You may produce your product in the U.S., but you will have a tough time extracting any investment you have made in China.

Miko · Feb 5, 2021

sealark37 said:
You may produce your product in the U.S., but you will have a tough time extracting any investment you have made in China.

Well we are just before ordering the final mold, so this is the perfect timing for a change.

DDoug · Feb 5, 2021

Erie, Pa has many plastic molding shops.
Search Erie, and Meadville area.

Your gonna have to pin down some things:
1. What kind of plastic ?
2. What size mold ?
3. What processing ?
4. What qty's ?

This simple search doesn't even hit them all, refine your search with different terms:
Google Maps

There are many shops like this around:
Custom Plastic Injection Molding and Turn Key Solutions - GeorgeKo Industries

EmGo · Feb 5, 2021

digger doug said:
Erie, Pa has many plastic molding shops.

digger, don't most molding shops want to be involved in the design of the molds ? The places we have used want to make the molds themselves, or work together with a shop they already know and trust.

DDoug · Feb 6, 2021

EmanuelGoldstein said:
digger, don't most molding shops want to be involved in the design of the molds ? The places we have used want to make the molds themselves, or work together with a shop they already know and trust.

I don't know.

I doo know there are many independent mold shops around here as well.
Penn State univ. (Erie campus) offers degrees in mold design, and has a large plastic
centered program, along with a large lab.

Kyle Smith · Feb 6, 2021

This is the best shop I’ve used. They have run millions of parts for us.

MPR Plastics Inc | Precision Injection Molding | Short Run Molding

EmGo · Feb 6, 2021

Kyle Smith said:
This is the best shop I’ve used. They have run millions of parts for us.

MPR Plastics Inc | Precision Injection Molding | Short Run Molding

Oops

MPR China | Molded Plastic Research | World Class Tooling

Mike1974 · Feb 6, 2021

Many moons ago I worked in injection molding. We almost exclusively ran customer owned molds, not sure if that is different now... Probably need to do some homework about "test shot required and approved" blah blah...

Kyle Smith · Feb 8, 2021

EmanuelGoldstein said:
Oops

MPR China | Molded Plastic Research | World Class Tooling

If you want to pay for it they will make the tool domestically. All the production molding is run in Elgin, IL.

DDoug · Feb 8, 2021

Kyle Smith said:
If you want to pay for it they will make the tool domestically. All the production molding is run in Elgin, IL.

Why even consider them ?

Too easy for them to run it in their china facility, with off spec material.

Kyle Smith · Feb 9, 2021

digger doug said:
Why even consider them ?

Too easy for them to run it in their china facility, with off spec material.

I've been to their facility numerous times, made a few dozen tools with them, millions of parts, that isn't how they operate. But don't let that stop you from regaling me with your extensive experience with this company.

DDoug · Feb 9, 2021

Kyle Smith said:
I've been to their facility numerous times, made a few dozen tools with them, millions of parts, that isn't how they operate. But don't let that stop you from regaling me with your extensive experience with this company.

Not at all.

but walking around the shop floor don't tell you much.
Looking in the office computer will.

local shop making consumer items, same set-up "chinese operation"....uhh huh.

Other shop, internal tool & die to make 5 molds, to be run by other department.
Farms out mold making to China, screwing their own internal shop out of work.
All 5 molds need extensive re-work to get them going. Internal tool shop
does the work.

The whole place is now out of business, both molding & the die department.

"Oh but the molds from China were sooo much cheaper....how could we not go with them ?"

xqghc.com · Mar 12, 2022

Miko said:
We are looking to move production of our new product from China to the US.
We would like to get in touch with injection molding manufacturers in the states, is this the right forum?
If not I would appreciate if you could point me in the right direction.
Thank you

I would like to ask, why do you want to move out of China? I am in China, have I encountered any problems?

CITIZEN F16 · Mar 12, 2022

xqghc.com said:
I would like to ask, why do you want to move out of China? I am in China, have I encountered any problems?

How would we know whether you encounter problems or not. If you are trying to solicit business from the USA why don't you hire someone who speaks English? We don't speak Chinglish.

Yan Wo · Mar 12, 2022

Good news. I hope this is the start of a trend! I'm sick of virtually EVERYTHING coming from China.

dalmatiangirl61 · Mar 12, 2022

xqghc.com said:
I would like to ask, why do you want to move out of China? I am in China, have I encountered any problems?

FUCK china, is that clear enough?

vincent eggleton · Mar 17, 2022

I know this is an older post but if you are still looking our shop here does all sorts of tools and dies. We where doing Ti MIM dies a few years ago before the world fell apart. Feel free to message me and send prints etc.

Like Doug asked
"Your gonna have to pin down some things:
1. What kind of plastic ?
2. What size mold ?
3. What processing ?
4. What qty's ?"

Vincent
[email protected]

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