1. What to Look for in an
Injection Molding Company

2. Do Your Homework
• Finding the right
company out of all of
the many injection
molding companies
can be challenging.
• Ask questions and
look around if you
can.
• Do your homework!

3. 4 Important Attributes
1. Expertise
2. Flexibility
3. Proper Equipment
4. Decent Pricing

4. 1. Expertise
• Staff that has experience running the
machinery.
• Full-time engineer on hand.
• Injection molding companies need to have
experience.

5. 2. Flexibility
• Designer needs to be flexible to your
needs and the needs of the project.
• Your product won’t turn out right without
some flexible time management.

6. 3. Proper Equipment
• 3-D printing may be
essential for your
project.
• Make sure the
machinery can
handle your order in
the necessary time.

7. 4. Decent Pricing
• Competitive pricing
is always desirable.
• Don’t sacrifice
quality for pricing,
check for the other
attributes first
before finding
lowest price.

8. Helpful Questions to Ask
• Do you have a full-time engineer on your staff?
• Do you perform your own in-house design work?
• Are you willing to work with clients on a design?
• How fully formed does the design need to be?
• Do you work with prototypes?
• Do you work more particularly with one industry?
• Do you have a 3-D printer on hand?
• How many injection molding machines do you have in
operation, and how much work can they handle?
• What is your pricing for a smaller project? What is your
pricing for a larger project?

9. What Is Your Industry?
Certain industries may have companies that
specialize in that industry.
1. Plastic Packaging
2. Automotive Parts
3. Medical Plastics
4. Industrial Plastics

10. Getting the Right Services
• Finding injection molding companies can
be difficult.
• Contact Streamline Plastics today for a
free quote.