I work for a subsidiary Co. of an U.S. entrerprise which purchasing metal parts for certain equipment building now. Most of the material been used can be easily found, such as SST304, Al 6061 T6, or free maching brass. I did have known about a lot factories in China, and the price is really cheap. But the quality is not stable, so we have to spent too much time and management cost. Besides that, the raw material sometimes is not as good as I had expected.
I have bought a little standard parts from Swagelok, MDC or other U.S Co. The price is as higher as 3~4* of China parts.
I wonder, is there anyone who could provide parts with a relative cheaper price and good quality performance ?
In fact, I had worked for a large scale SOE of China who provide all kinds of precision parts to many world famouse Co. I believe, both China and the U.S. has special advantages. In my opinion, the salary cost differs a lot, esp. those factories need a lot of manual work.
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