No black boxes. You see the schedule, approve the first article, and know exactly who owns what. Here's the path.
Typical timing — your part may move faster or slower.
Send a sketch, sample, drawing or a need. NDA on request. Your first part evaluation is free — honest assessment and a budget range within one working day.
DFM review, process selection, tolerance and material plan, and a landed-cost estimate with tariff exposure known up front. You see the factory price and my fee separately.
I match the right vetted shop(s) and have a sample / first article made. Multi-process jobs are coordinated as one package.
You receive the FAI report and sample. Volume starts only after you sign off. This is the point of no surprises.
Volume run with in-process QC checkpoints. Lead time depends on process and batch — stated in the quote, tracked on a shared board.
Pre-shipment inspection, photos, export-grade packaging and the paperwork (CoC, inspection report, customs docs) packed with the parts.
Freight to your dock per the agreed Incoterms. Install feedback, quality claims and reorders handled after arrival.
→ Before any volume, a first article is produced to the locked drawing — the real part, not a rendering.
→ Dimensional inspection against every critical feature; the FAI report goes to you with photos.
→ Volume runs only after your written approval. Changes found here cost cents; found in 5,000 units, they cost the job.
If the first article shows a design won't cast, a tolerance can't hold, or a finish won't take — you hear it at Node 3, not at the dock.
Damp-proof, shock-rated, clearly labeled — built for the journey, not the showroom.
EXW / FCA / FOB / CIF / DAP / DDP — you pick the split of cost and risk; I plan around it.
CoC, inspection report and customs paperwork prepared so clearance doesn't stall.
US Section 232 and EU anti-dumping exposure confirmed before you commit — the dock number matches the quote.
I coordinate the factory — I don't hide it. You deal with the factory commercially; I make sure it's the right factory and the parts are right.
Send your drawing — honest assessment within one working day.