You're right at the quantity where it'll probably cost the same as
doing it in-house if you don't have assembly machines.

Lower quantity and in-house is cheaper, higher quantities and local
assemblers are cheaper.

The primary difference between the two is machine setup time/cost.  If
the quantity isn't very high, then this speed bump is too large to
overcome, and hand assembly in the US is very expensive.

If you do find an assembler that gives you a better price than
in-house for this quantity, please let us all know!

I haven't used them yet, but have toured and met with Saline
Lectronics in southeast Michigan.

-Adam

On 10/24/07, Forrest W Christian <forrestc@imach.com> wrote:
> I would really like to outsource some of the circuit board assembly for
> our better-selling products.   However, I have yet to find an assembler
> which can even come close to the cost of doing it in-house.  Seems like
> everywhere wants more than the parts themselves cost to put them on the
> board...
>
> Is there somewhere I haven't looked?
>
> -forrest
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