Consumer Market Injection Molding
Consumers expect affordable products that perform as needed, when needed. Consumer market OEMs need to consistently deliver on product promises or risk their reputation and business growth.
Used for everything from basic personal care items to intricate applications such as household garbage disposal or faucet assemblies, injection-molded parts are necessary — and the right injection molding partner is essential.
How Proven Injection Molders Benefit Consumer Market OEMs
Product quality is key for consumer market OEMs. However, aligning quality with performance must be done at a reasonable cost, or the market generally won’t bear the price point. Sensitivities around the economy cause consumer purchase confidence to ebb and flow.
These reasons drive OEM decisions about injection molding for consumer products and suppliers. Injection molding partners must be flexible enough to accommodate volume changes in demand, yet disciplined in structured lead times and meeting product launch deadlines — all often within a strict budget.
Injection molders with diverse capabilities provide expertise and value required to balance the competing priorities consumer market OEMs face. Experience matters. Specialization in sophisticated modeling programs and methodologies such as Design for Manufacturability (DfM), as well as strategic use of advanced processes like overmolding, and metal-to-plastic conversion help get stronger, better performing, and competitively priced products to market faster.
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Value-Added Services
A custom injection molder maintains a broad view of any project. In addition to guiding decisions regarding the best design, tools, and processes there are post-molding considerations that impact quality, cost, and time to market.
OEMs working with vertically integrated suppliers reap the benefits of in-house value-added services like those provided by Kaysun:
- Ultrasonic, spin, laser, and vibration welding
- Insert assembly
- Heat staking
- Plastic machining
- Potting/sealing
- Continuity testing
- Pad printing
- Labeling and identification
- Clean Infrared technology
- Thermal processing
- Packaging and assembly
Use these resources to objectively assess injection molder experience and credentials against your project needs or in comparison to offshoring opportunities:
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