The four questions that decide a silicone program
Most sourcing problems on moulded silicone trace back to one of four things: the supplier is not the plant, the tooling was never quoted as a separate line, the unit price was agreed before the part weight was fixed, or a certificate was assumed to cover a model it does not name. Each guide below takes one of those in turn.
| Guide | Answers |
|---|---|
| Checking a silicone supplier | How to tell a plant from a trading office, what to ask about tooling, equipment and inspection |
| MOQ and unit price | What sets a minimum run, why price steps down with quantity, how to ask for a comparable quote |
| Tooling and lead time | Compression and injection moulds, sample versus production tooling, what stretches a schedule |
| Material grades and compliance | Curing systems, hardness, and the document each market requires — and what a document does not cover |
These pages describe how the work is done at our plant in Huangjiang, Dongguan. Where a figure is specific to us it is stated as ours; general industry practice is described as practice, not as a claim.