For hardware startups & crowdfunded projects
From prototype to mass production
You funded the campaign — now you have to ship. We take DTC hardware brands and funded Kickstarter / Indiegogo projects from a working prototype to production-quality units, on a schedule and a budget you can defend to your backers.
Why founders get stuck in manufacturing
The gap between a great prototype and units in a backer’s hands is where hardware campaigns stall.
Tooling costs hit upfront
Molds and fixtures are due before you ship a single unit — a big cash bite right after a campaign closes.
Quality risk at a distance
You cannot stand on the floor in Ningbo. Without inspection, defects surface only when backers open the box.
No engineering partner
Most factories quote exactly what you send. Nobody flags a wall thickness, draft angle or material that will fail at volume.
Backer deadlines
You promised a ship date. Every re-tool and re-sample eats the runway you have left.
How we de-risk your production
One engineering partner from DFM to delivered units — not a broker forwarding your files.
DFM review of your prototype
We review your CAD and samples for manufacturability — materials, tolerances, draft, wall thickness — before any tooling is cut.
Tooling in the cluster
Injection and casting molds from specialized shops around the plant. For production projects we can arrange deferred settlement of the tooling cost — ask about mold financing for your case.
Ask about mold financingSamples & T1 sign-off
You approve physical samples and first-article (T1) parts in writing before serial production starts. No surprises at scale.
Batch testing in the laboratory
Dimensional and material checks at the plant laboratory — CMM, optical spectrometer, hardness, salt spray, tensile and more.
Staged payments + inspection
Staged 30 / 30 / 40 payments and independent third-party inspection (SGS / TÜV / QIMA) before the final payment.
Logistics to EU / US
We ship on FOB or CIF terms and hand off to your freight forwarder, or arrange sea and air to your market.
A typical project, step by step
Indicative sequence over several weeks — tooling is usually the longest phase. Actual timing depends on your part, tooling and volume, and is fixed in your quotation, not promised here.
- 1DFM review
CAD and samples checked for manufacturability.
- 2Tooling
Molds built in the cluster — usually the longest phase.
- 3Samples & T1
Physical samples and first-article parts for your written sign-off.
- 4Pilot batch
A short validation run before scaling up.
- 5Mass production
Scheduled to your volume, with in-process quality control.
- 6Shipping
Third-party inspection, then FOB / CIF to EU or US.
What we don’t do
We are a metal and plastic manufacturing partner. We do not take on wearables or RF/firmware-heavy consumer electronics — smartwatches, earbuds, app-connected IoT — and we neither offer nor imply that competence. Not sure whether your product fits? Tell us, and you will get a straight answer.
From prototype to delivered units
Send us your prototype specs or your Kickstarter / Indiegogo page — we will tell you what it takes to make it, at volume, on a schedule you can plan around.