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Welcome
to
KENWALT
DIE CASTING COMPANY
Casting
Your Success
Since
1967
Aluminum and
Zinc Die Castings
1-800-KENWALT
Costs of Offshore
Sourcing Die Castings
- Market
Share Risk
By
offshore sourcing your die castings you run a very high risk
of creating a new competitor for your products. Your products
can
be copied and developed using your specifications, your
marketing, and even your own tooling. Imagine parts made from
your tooling being sold in stores under a foreign company's
name.
And good luck trying to take legal action in another country
where betrayal and covert actions are acceptable.
- Technology Risk
Any
time you release proprietary or secret technology to an offshore
suppler, you run the risk of finding your technology being
shared with your competitors - at home or abroad.
- Miscommunications
Even
simple miscommunications can add extra costs to the process
such
as casting design changes, tooling design changes, shipping
instructions and shipping costs, machining and other secondary
processes. And don't forget commonly overlooked travel time
and
expenses which add to part costs. Overcoming language
barriers,
distance, and culture can be expensive.
- Long Lead Times
Long
offshore production lead times and delays are common. If a
company's product demands increase or decrease, commitments to
overseas suppliers aren't easily changed and may not be accepted at
all. Short-term cancellations are virtually impossible.
- Cheap
Dies and Frequent Need for New Dies
Cheap
overseas die cast molds made from sub-standard die steels, and with no
guarantees of tooling life, often fail prematurely,
forcing
you to pay again and again for new tooling.
- High
Risk Legal Liabilities
There
is a high risk of liability for any
company using offshore
die casters and other overseas suppliers using uncertified
aluminum or zinc alloys
that may contain dangerous amounts of lead or other toxins. Such
materials incorporated into products can lead to product
failures
and product recalls and can amount to high risks and costly legal
liabilities.
- Payments
Due Before You See Products
Due
to advance payment requirements, you must pay for parts first before
you even get to see them. and you have no right to review shipments for
quality or quantities.
- Bad
Quality Castings - No Responsibility
Not
only are bad quality castings common, but you have to
pay for castings before you receive them and you
take the risks and
responsibility
for bad quality castings from offshore sources for die
castings.
3
REASONS WHY
KENWALT
Should Be Your Die
Casting Products Supplier
1. Smart Part Engineering - Better Part
Designs...Innovative
Tooling Designs...Engineered for
Cost Effective Manufacturing to Maximize Performance
and Casting Quality while Minimizing the need for Secondary Operations!
Take advantage of
our Engineering Design Review Process to Optimize your New
and Existing Parts...at NO
COST to You!
2. Lower Tooling Costs - KenWalt's 'Insert
Only' Tooling Strategy reduces Die
Casting Molds Costs, Permits Quicker
Die
Set-ups, Increased Efficiency, Lower Part Costs...and an
Overall
COST SAVINGS opportunity for you!
3. Lower
Part Costs
- We utilize Advanced Die Casting Production Technologies such as Automatic Die Cast Machines,
Automatic Ladlers, Robotic Die Sprayers
and Vacuum Die
Casting to Maximize Casting Integrity and
Reduce Part Costs...New State-of-the-Art Technologies to
insure you Stay
Ahead of Your Competition!
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