Re: Very cheap molded enclosures?

Joerg wrote:
> Hello Tim,
> > Have you investigated going straight to Taiwan? How about having a
> > custom enclosure made (possibly in Taiwan)? It seems that for 10k/year
> > you can afford to have some tooling made. I see stuff in what appears
> > to be ready-made plastic cases that don't come from any of the usual
> > suspects that I see in catalogs; I suspect there's a thriving industry
> > for this over there if you can figure out how to tap into it.
> >
> > If you go to the far east you don't even really need drawings. If you
> > have a case all drilled and ready to go you can send it out as your
> > "drawing" -- but you'll get an exact copy which may upset your local
> > case manufacturer.
> >
>
> I don't have much in terms of good leads over there. But I am working on
> it. China might be another option. The ideal situation would be a
> company that can take care of the enclosure and then produce the whole
> unit as well.
>

Check out www.asiansources.com. I've always gone there whenever I need
to get stuff in large production quantities. When you find interesting
suppliers I'd recommend phoning them as some don't respond well to
email.

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