Contract Manufacturing | Full Service Production
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
- Large orders up to 1 million+ parts are possible
- No minimum order quantity and flexible warehousing option
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Manufacturing for Quick-Turn Prototyping and Full Scale Production
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.
Manufacturing for Plastic Parts
Choose from multiple manufacturing processes for producing low- to high-volume runs of custom plastic parts.
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Manufacturing for Metal Parts
Full production services for custom metal parts, including several finishing and post-processing options.
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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 |
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
Quality Controls, Inspection Capabilities, and Certifications
Our industry-standard procedures and certifications guarantee quality and regulatory compliance.
- CMM inspection report
- Full dimensional inspections
- Material test reports and certifications
- REACH and RoHS Certificates of Conformance (CoC) First Article Inspection (FAI)
- Industry certifications: ISO 9001, AS 9100, ISO 14001, and ISO TS16949
- PPAP quality management system
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.
Start your production project today with dedicated support from our manufacturing team.
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