Plastic manufacturers

How Custom Plastic Parts, From Glass Lens Trays Decide Your Landed Cost The most expensive packaging decision in a shipment reviewed. A logistics manager at a precision optics company recently traced a damage claim, eighty thousand dollars of returned glass lenses, back to a generic foam tray that the team had used for three years …

The Quiet Economics of Plastic Trays: Why Packaging Is a Supply Chain Decision Read More »

A Plain Look at Plastic Mold Design: Break-Even Volumes, Cycle Times, and the Cost of Being Wrong The plastic mold design decision that costs you the most money is usually made in twenty minutes. A product engineer asks the tooling estimator for a quote, the estimator picks steel because it feels safe, and a fifty-thousand-dollar …

Steel or Aluminum Molds: Which One Earns Its Keep at Your Volume Read More »