Plastic Contract Manufacturing

Receive full program management with a team that customizes our services to optimize the cost, quantity, and quality of your order

  • Volume pricing built to fit your budget
  • Hundreds of plastics available or supply your own resin
  • Large orders up to 1 million+ parts are possible
  • No minimum order quantity and flexible warehousing options


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Protolabs is a full-service global manufacturing service that can help you onshore your supply chain no matter where you are in the world. Our in-house manufacturing factories and global manufacturing network of more than 250 suppliers around the world enables a responsive supply chain for sourcing custom parts. 


How We Help Bring Products to Market

 

Low-Volume Production

Ramp up production to get quality end-use parts to market fast and use batch production to reduce financial risk with no order minimums and low total cost of ownership

Mass Production

Order quantities up to 1 million+ parts with volume pricing built to fit your budget 


On-Demand Production

Build agility into your supply chain by ordering quick-turn parts when needed



Manufacturing Capabilities for High-Volume Plastic Orders

 

Plastic Injection Molding

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Liquid Silicone Rubber Molding

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Insert Molding

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Overmolding

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Additional Capabilities for Plastic Parts

 


Your Strategic Manufacturing Partner

We have a team of manufacturing experts working behind the scenes to fulfill your production order—we manage the entire process and keep you updated along the way. We support you with: 

  • A dedicated account manager with production expertise
  • CAD and cost-reduction advice from in-house applications engineers
  • Logistics fulfillment from operations specialists
  • On-site quality control
  • Assistance with platform and file uploads to help navigate orders with complex bills of material (BoMs) and sourcing from both Protolabs and its network partners

Major Industries Served

We work with more than 90% of Fortune 500 companies from our target industries.

 

Aerospace

High-quality components from early prototyping to hot-fire testing to launch

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Automotive

Rapid prototyping and ramp-up production for traditional, electric, and autonomous vehicles

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Consumer Electronics

Functional prototyping and on-demand production of consumer and computer electronics parts

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Medical

Accelerated development of medical devices and health care products

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Quality Measures for Plastic Parts

Our industry-standard procedures and certifications guarantee quality and regulatory compliance.

CMM inspection report First Article Inspection (FAI)
Dimensional Inspection Report (DIR) PPAP
Material Certificates + Certificate of Analysis Conflict Minerals Reporting
REACH + RoHS Certificates Prop65
Certificate of Conformance (CoC) Industry Certifications: ISO 9001, AS 9100, ISO 13485, ISO 14001, ISO 45001, and ISO TS16949


How the Production Process Works

We want to make partnering with us on a production project as smooth and streamlined as possible.


1. Talk with a manufacturing expert who will help customize your production quote around your full bill of materials.

2. Work with our team to optimize your project for production, including design for manufacturability and cost-down options.

3. An initial sample run of parts is manufactured and sent to you to ensure parts meet your standards before the full production begins.

4. Get process transparency and quality control as full production begins.

5. Post-processing and final quality measures are applied before parts are shipped.

6. Place subsequent batch production orders for the project at any time with our virtual warehouse.