Rafael…I did alot of research on plastics manufacturing because my next invention needs many plastic parts.

I like Texas for manufacturing, I think it is the cheapest. The two manufacturers I like are Blackwell Plastics in Houston, TX. they claim to be one of the pioneers that started plastic injection.

The other is Cypress Industries in Austin, TX. They have a number of plastic injection machines. They manufacture in Texas and have operations in China but they said there is not much difference in price because of automation.

Just a thought…Blackwell does alot of small parts like that including little plastic stuff McDonalds so they know how to handle volume.

You do live in NJ…right? There’s lots in NJ too…I have connections through a well known plastics engineer.

Ron Komorowski
Inventor of Handi-Straps
www.handi-straps.com

Thanks Ron!
I live in NY. I’ve dealt with a few plastics co’s. But its usually on the recommendation of a vendor, and under tight time constraints. On this (potential) project, I have the luxury of time; so I would like to compare prices/quality between the ones I know, those recommended by the vendor, and those recommended by EN Team and EN members.

I’ll look up your recommendations on the internet and check them out.

Again, thanks!

Good…glad I might be able to help. I spent time with those companies, so it’s not like I heard about them in a conversation over coffee.

That’s the kind of feedback I’m looking for. Thanks again!

http://www.fwjpackaging.com/ is North American and specializes in this category

Thanks Daniel. Their site looks good. We’ll look into them.

Please help me understand plastic injection. Is that considered for all plastic products manufactured…I am looking to get a prototype made of plastic and all I hear is scad..is that to tell the computer the specs.?

Sounds like you’re a better fit for rapid prototyping. Here’s info on injection molding.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Injection_molding

SCAD: stands for Savannah Collage of Art and Design.
CAD: stands for generic Computer Aided Design

Daniel,

Is there anyone who TricorBraun has not bought out? ugh

They bought out our guy in Denver, and then the service got so bad, we switched to another company. We figured it was because we are a super small mom and pop company, and they fired our rep from post merger restructuring.

We are a color concentrate manufacturer in NC, IL and China. We can possibly provide you with colors/matches and our lab can recommend some of our molders for you to contact.

Are you looking for someone domestic of oversees?
email me off-line if you’e still in need and I’ll hook you up.
ian@grasshopperproducts.com

Rafael, you could try protomold, they do small jobs with much potential and they are quite reasonably priced. Otherwise you could try http://www.mfg.com. mfg.com lets you put your rfq on the site and companies bid on it, that way you can get a number of quotes to compare.

Nicole, injection molding is one of the most common ways to make plastic parts. I think you are referring to CAD, computer aided design. with CAD I can send the file to a manufacturer in a format which lets them use it to make a part, as well as create 3D images of the part.