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Neil,

I have the advantage of years of offshore production experience.
While I am reluctant to manufacture in China because of minimum
labor/material/builds AND rip off of my designs (happened with 4 chip mot=
ion outdoor lights went to 1 chip back in the early 90's)
I helped a lot of USA companies manufacture in China.

But my heart is in Thailand.
Friends/propriorty manufacturing.
Not as low cost as China but better engineering talent
Because of Thai law, BOI export companies can't sell local.

The only real problem is that there is not too much local material.
I have to import from the rest of SE Asia.
But less than US$0.05/part is very possible and SMD is even cheaper when =
they have equipment.

BUT
most material suppliers require 1,000 pcs min.
So some day I will go back.
For the cost of 250 here I can get 1,000 there.

Per part is just a guide line.
Real estimates require prep time per part.
Some are easy and some are not.
I have the sales but not the cash.
So I am trying to find local help.
Ray


On Fri, 23 Jun 2006 19:55:27 -0500, PicDude wrote:
>=A0On Thursday 22 June 2006 21:18, Ray Newman wrote:
>>=A0Doug,
>>=A0What is the average going rate per part or per pin for assembly
>>=A0down there??? I am in upstate NY and it is almost impossible to
>>=A0find anyone for small production/prototyping. And if I do, I pay
>>=A0$0.10 to $0.20 per part. And that is for thru hole. SMD is more.
>>=A0Found individual who is not using his smd equipment too much but
>>=A0he wants twice as much.
>>
>
>=A0Per part, regardless or numbers of pins on the part?
>
>
>>=A0So I am always looking for individuals, that I can trust. But
>>=A0maybe I am too cheap.
>>
>
>=A0I'm in the same boat, but it's not about being cheap, but about
>=A0being cost-competitive. =A0My products are made in the USA, but I
>=A0still have to compete with foreign-made products.
>
>=A0Cheers,
>=A0-Neil.





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