 | Bill NobleUsername: bnoble |
Location
St. Louis, MO, USA
Role
Packaging Materials SupplierJob Title
Vice PresidentCompany
EnviroPAK CorporationComments
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Tang, My name is Bill Noble and I am Vice President at EnviroPAK. Hopefully I can shed some light on this for you. Most manufactures request large volumes, in the tens or hundres of thousands, for 2 primary reasons. 1. The most important for end users like yourself is justifying the cost of the molds. Lets assume that a mold is $10,000. Based on your volume of 200 pieces, the tooling cost alone per unit is $50! 2. From a manufacturing point of view, 200 pieces could be produced anywhere from 1 minute to 15 minutes. It would take longer to change the tool than it would to produce the parts, which as you can image is highly inefficient and costly. My company lists minimum annual quantities of 100,000-250,000, which is at volumes that our customers/prospects seem to be able to justify the tooling cost, while at the same time we are able to produce cost effectively. Hopefully this helps make sense of the minimum requirements. Lastly, if you are merely looking for a "box", can't you utilize a kraft corrugate box? It can be recycled, requires low entry costs, small volumes such as 200 can be accomodated and is considered green. Just a thought. Regards, Bill Noble St. Louis MO