How to Find the Right Manufacturer

1. How to Find the Right Manufacturer Unless you plan on manufacturing your product yourself or plan on licensing your product, you will need to find a quality manufacturer to handle production of your product. So whether you are contract manufacturing, private-label selling, or forming partnerships, you will need to find someone who can cheaply and effectively make your product. Of all the inquiries I get from inventors, finding a manufacturer is probably the inquiry I get first. Be sure you know the production term for your product. For example, is it extruded plastic, thermoset plastic, machined, stamped and a host of other terms that distinguish different ways to make products. You will face trouble finding the right manufacturer if the production process is not described accurately. For example, if you are working for ​Vibrating Screen Manufacturer​, then plan the production for that. If you don't know the process name itself try contacting these groups: Your local inventors club, which you can find on the Inventor's Digest website. These groups generally have monthly meetings or other engineers who can help you understand the process needed to make your product. Your local SCORE (Service Corps of Retired Executives) organization. This organization generally requires several retired plant engineers or people related to that department, who can help recognize the type of production you need to make your product. Your local small business development center. If your local group can't identify the process they normally can direct you to someone who can. Shortcut - Instead of contacting companies and evaluating whether they could make your product, it would be useful to contact companies that make the equipment needed to make your product. For example, if your product requires injection molding equipment, contact manufacturers of injection molding equipment and ask the salesperson there to recommend people in your area that have the right type of equipment. If you are looking for ​Conveyor System Manufacturer​, you can also tell the person that you are looking for companies that would produce small run. The salespeople selling the equipment you need a manufacturer to own often give you the best list of manufactures to contact. Call companies, see if they can produce your product and get an estimate for small and medium volume production appropriate for your part. If could be an order of 500 and 2500 parts for one product, and 50 to 5,000 for another. This way you can see if the companies might be a good fit for you. Don't be discouraged if companies don't want to quote you. Just keep calling till you find one that wants your business.