Material selection is one of the first conversations we have on every project. Bring us a finished spec or a rough idea — we'll guide the resin choice based on load, environment, regulatory needs, and cost.
We process all major commodity and engineering resins. The table below covers the families we run regularly. Specific grades — flame-retardant, UV-stabilized, food-contact, medical-grade — are matched to your part during the quote process.
If your spec calls for something not on this list — PEEK, LCP, TPU, TPE — ask. We've run most of them at one point or another.
You don't need to bring us a finalized resin spec. You need to bring us a part that has to work in a specific environment, under a specific load, at a specific cost.
Our two in-house engineers will:
Structural? Cosmetic? Wear surface? Container?
Indoors, outdoors, under hood, in a body, in space?
Food, blood, fuel, solvents, skin, sterilizer?
Static, cyclic, impact, thermal? At what temperature?
Material cost is often the biggest lever in piece price.
The fastest path to a stiffer, stronger, dimensionally-stable part without going to a higher-cost engineering resin. Common in drone airframes, automotive replacement parts, and structural brackets.
If your application allows for regrind in the feedstock, we can often deliver a 5–15% material cost reduction. We'll discuss whether your part qualifies.
FDA-compliant grades for food, NSF/ANSI 51 and 61 for water contact. Documentation chain on every batch.
UL 94 V-0 grades for electronics, defense, and aerospace housings. Not all flame-retardant grades are created equal — we'll match the exact UL listing your end customer requires.
Send us the part requirement, not the resin spec. We'll figure out the rest.
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