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Key features: ♦ Utilizes a consultative design process
♦ Gives design assistance to facilitate mold- ♦ Offers more than 100 thermoplastic and
ability and scalability thermoset materials
♦ Creates molds that last through at least Injection Mold Designers Comparison Table
100,000 production cycles
Busy executives appreciate quick rundowns of
♦ Fabricates injection molds in as few as seven the top providers, which enrich their research
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3. Protolabs
Business Industry Standout Feature
Name Experience
Protolabs helps clients remain responsive to The Plastek Over 65 Deploys innovative, advanced
changing marketplace needs by offering parts Group years methods for consistently
superior results
on demand with no minimum order quantities. Protoshop Inc. Over 5 years Specializes in complex mold-
Every quote includes real-time pricing and a de- ing projects and does not
sign analysis. Professionals evaluate the associ- have part-geometry limita-
tions
ated files to pinpoint features that may cause Protolabs Over 25 Maintains standard order lead
design challenges and address them with cus- years times of as few as seven days
tomers. Winning in Fast-Moving Consumer Goods
Market.
This provider manufactures 4.4 million injection-
molded parts each month, proving its expertise. Those that work within the competitive brands
Customers can add various services, such as in- in the fast-moving consumer goods industry un-
spection reports and specific finishes. Options derstand the importance of achieving high-quali-
such as these can help them customize out- ty results. It is their priority to work towards con-
comes while also maintaining noteworthy quali- sistency and functionality to their customers. For
ty. Their talented designers can typically achieve this reason, injection mold designers are critical
tolerances of 0.08 millimeters. for meeting these goals and others, helping cli-
Key features: ents address changing packaging requirements.
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