OEM's

China Array is an ideal solution for OEM's seeking to manufacture High Performance Thermoplastics (HPTP) components in China. The company handles a variety of high-end applications for OEM's.

Due to higher material and processing costs, High Performance Thermoplastics components are more expensive than standard plastic component. If an OEM selects to make a part from HPTP there is a reason behind the selection: heat, wear, impact or chemical resistance, dimensional integrity, weatherability, etc., meaning the component's performance is critical to the application. To insure proper performance and quality of the HPTP component an OEM needs an injection molder hat specializes in molding these types of high end materials.

China Array is dedicated to injection molding High Performance Thermoplastics

Engineering: Molding HPTP requires HPTP engineers. Even the simple transfer of an existing HPTP part's production from the US to China requires a certain level of engineering know how. For new product development top flight design, materials and processing engineers are imperative. China Array's Materials and Processing Engineers came out of GE Plastics (now Sabic Innovative Plastic) where many of today's high performance thermoplastics were developed. Based in the US and China, they coordinate production transfer and product development smoothly between the two countries.

Processing: High Performance Thermoplastics are high temperature and highly temperamental (i.e. unique melt and flow characteristics). They require specialized equipment for molding: for example, mold temperatures are controlled with oil based controllers, as opposed to the water controllers used for standard plastics; Injection molding machines for HPTP have ceramic heater bands to cope with the material's high melt temperatures; Screws and barrels must be top of the line to withstand heat and abrasion. China Array's injection molding facility is equipped with these requirements in mind.

Consistent Quality

In addition to understanding high-end plastics, China Array also understands manufacturing in China. Over 28 years, the company has perfected Quality Control methods geared toward Chinese manufacturers that concentrates on consistency of quality (historically a stumbling block for Chinese manufacturers). The company's injection molding facility, located in Wuhan, China, is a Wholly Owned Foreign Enterprise (WOFE) owned 100% by China Array Plastics, a US Corporation. This ownership arrangement gives China Array complete production control and accountability.

Competitive Costing

While quality is the most important aspect of HPTP injection molding, China Array is also competitive in costing. The company is staffed and managed by Chinese nationals. It sells domestically to Chinese and multinational firms, as well as exporting to western companies. Wuhan, a major manufacturing city in central China located well inland from the country's high cost coastal cities, possesses a large pool of highly skilled, low cost labor. China Array offers OEM's an excellent combination of engineering and production capabilities at competitive costs.

Smooth transition

A western OEM faced with moving production to China has various options: find a Chinese partner, sometimes a difficult proposition with issues of quality and IP protection; set up its own manufacturing facility, an option requiring significant investment in money and management resources (resources that may not be well versed in doing business in China); or outsourcing to one of the large multinational injection molding companies, which may or may not be interested in smaller, high performance plastics projects.

China Array, as a boutique producer specializing in molding high performance resins, can offer an OEM significant engineering and molding capabilities focused on the its particular products with a strong continuing liaison between the OEM and China Array. And, the company can have an OEM's project up and running in a reasonable time period with a minimum drain on the OEM's management time.

Distribution, Logistics and Supply Chain management

Distribution is still in its infancy in China and bears scant resemblance to what an OEM would call distribution in the US or Europe. Over 28 years, China Array has developed a strong capability in distribution, supply chain management and logistics. It has a strong team of legal, accounting, and domestic and foreign trade personnel to handle shipping, invoicing, and the attendant bureaucracy in China. The company also has a broad network of trusted vendors within the manufacturing community to draw on for advice and/or outsourcing of specialized products and services.

Accessories: Frequently high performance thermoplastics components are used in conjuntion with non-plastic accessories (steel, ceramic, silicone, rubber etc.). China Array's manufacturing experience outside the plastics industry allows it to produce in-house or source non-plastic components better than most injection molders. And, the firm's HPTP engineers insure that accessories will work with well with the specific plastic component for which they are intended.

Mission Statement: To provide customers expert engineering, design and materials advice , and a fully integrated molding operation for a consistently superior product at a competitive price.