CONTRACT MANUFACTURING
Let us look after some or all of your manufacturing process.
WHY ENGAGE A CONTRACT MANUFACTURER?
You had an idea, had it designed, prototyped, made your first smaller volume production and maybe your second.
Now you realise that to increase sales, market penetration and competitiveness you’re going to need higher volume production.
What do you do? How do you ‘successfully’ bridge the gap from lower volume to higher volume manufacturing? What if you could easily manage one source while having access to a global network and wide range of manufacturing capabilities?
By partnering with Linkeight, we develop and manage the contract manufacturing process for you, with our integrated networks of qualified and reputable factories providing quality engineering services to deliver both components and full product assemblies.
We offer services in:
- Casting
- Machined components and tooling
- Manual or CNC cutting
- Pressed and formed parts
- Heavy and light fabrication
- Prototyping and modeling
- CAD services
Our extensive range of factories offers a broad spectrum of specialised contract manufacturing services. Large factories are available for mass production while the small to medium factories deal easily with customised jobs and lower minimum order quantities.
BENEFITS OF CONTRACT MANUFACTURING
- Reduce costs
- Maintain consistent production
- Prioritise your resources
- Improve manufacturing lead times
- Instant scalability
FIND OUT MORE ABOUT CONTRACT MANUFACTURING WITH LINKEIGHT?
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Yes we can, provide us a 3D CAD file or we can create that using our designer. We can prototype through 3D printing or CNC machining (utilising CAM software).
We specialise in plastic and metals but have also worked with glass, foams and wood.
We can accept 3D native files from most CAD software packages (preferably .stp or .IGS). 2D files (.dxf or .dwg) with pdf working files to accompany. Linkeight can provide these file types for you if required.
Quality controls are specific by customer but typically include material checks, dimensional validation, finishing validation checks (includes paint, powder coating, galvanizing). The rate of checking is typically 1-5% of production quantity, at random. Checking rates will increase to as high as 20% if any issues are found.
Yes, design can include conceptual 3D designs, finalisation of 3D design and 2D working files.
Bulk production supply generally take 90 days as a guide after the design is finalised but is dependent on the complexity of the product.
Production lead time could be as fast as 15-20 days.
We stand by our supplier partners who are experts in their fields and most issues can be resolved fairly quickly.
Depending on the manufacturing process, costs can vary and include set up charges for moulds in addition to the price per unit. Typically our quoted price is FIS to our clients premise. As we trade in USD there may be some price fluctuation between orders from time to time.
No, this is included in our unit pricing for delivered goods.
In New Zealand dollars direct to the nominated Linkeight bank account.
At Linkeight we work with both large and small businesses to deliver clear and easy global manufacturing solutions. Explore the customer stories below to learn more about what it’s like to work with Linkeight and the scope of projects that we can work on.
