Hi, american guys, where did you build you molds

I understand what you mean denonpmb. I don't know if you need be present on every tool trial. Longer you worked with the factory, more understanding the factory has. As for the language barrier,that's really takes time to find a good communicator especially when involves in technical issue!

hello, so i think you should find a supplier which have some project engineers who have very good professional tooling english.

What about your comments?

I think the salary should be $500~800. it is not good for the industry development in too low salary, the technich worker need several years to be experienced, they will give up in the middle if they can not get the money they want.
but i have to say china has many qualified factories, and price is not high.

Hi,

I am a moldmaker from China. I think even Portugal and Italy moldmaker are under extremely pressure comparing with the mold price in China as the labor cost in China is extremely low, a normal worker's salary is only 200-300USD per month. On the other hand, with several years developing, Chinese moldmaker own many good machines and experienced workers, and the important point is that some of them have known how to communicate with their customer and how to manage their projects as customer's require.

Richard
sales01@mouldspace.com
www.mouldspace.com

We build our tools in Portugal (Celmex) and Italy ( Stamplast), I cannot say that I am 100% pleased with the situation, but it is a long term relationship for the company, so I accept it, for the moment. My biggest issue with this is the fact that it requires much more extensive travel to test the tooling, nad therefore, many times we dont send anyone. I find tht on average our tools go back to the toolmaker 2.3 times before they are ready for full production. There is also the language barrier to deal with. I already have English/Spanish, and a smattering of Mandarin, and I find myself purchasing training tools for Portugese and Italian now. A simple misunderstanding based on translation in a phone call can be very costly for us.
In a perfect world, I would prefer to have my tools made in the US if for no other reason than convenience, but we all know about the labor cost and pricing differentials. I fear that it cannot be done anymore, at least not in our case.