Global supply chain · US robotics

One BOM.
One invoice.
Parts delivered.

A US company that runs your overseas supply chain end to end. Send us a bill of materials — we source it, quote in dollars, manage the factories in their language, and deliver to your shop with freight and duties handled.

Before / after design review Per unit · USD, approx.
Torso panel, lower≈ 450 × 190 × 175 mm
$480
$110
Base shell≈ 510 × 370 × 220 mm
$400
$245
Torso bracket≈ 220 × 185 × 70 mm
$100
$45
Neck housing, upper≈ 280 × 155 × 85 mm
$130
$30
Set of 24 parts−50% Half the cost
From a live engagement. Same supplier, same parts, same finish — the difference is one round of design feedback before the order was placed. Details are specific to each part; we'll tell you yours.
One vendor
A US entity you pay in dollars, on your terms. Someone accountable when a part arrives broken.
Whole BOM
Actuators, wire harnesses, printed and machined parts, moulded parts at volume. Not one process — the parts list.
We speak theirs
We negotiate, iterate and chase quality with the factory directly, in their language and on their schedule.
Sound familiar

How most teams are
sourcing right now.

Every one of these came from robotics engineers we've talked to this month. None of them thought it was a good system. They just didn't have a better one.

“Some parts arrive broken. Completely broken.”
Nobody inspected them before they shipped, and by the time you open the box the factory has moved on.
“The actuators have defects and it's very difficult to claim warranty.”
Buying direct off a marketplace means no recourse, no consistency between batches, and no one to escalate to.
“Protolabs is very expensive.”
The convenient option prices you out of production. The affordable option is a supply chain you don't have.
“It gets difficult to work with overseas suppliers.”
Different time zones, different language, different expectations about what a drawing means. Every round trip costs a week.

What they asked for, unprompted: a US-based company they could send a BOM to, pay in dollars, and have someone coordinate the rest. That's what we built.

The process

Four steps, and you only
talk to one person.

You don't need a supply chain hire, a factory tour, or an ops team overseas. You need one vendor who already knows which suppliers will take a 50-unit custom order, iterate with you on it, and tell you the truth about your drawing.

STEP 01

Send the BOM

A parts list and CAD, or just the parts list. Work in progress is fine — earlier is better if the design can still move.

Takes you 10 minutes
STEP 02

We quote it

Multiple suppliers per part class, one quote in USD, plus a flag on anything in the design that's costing more than it's worth.

48 hours
STEP 03

Samples first

You approve a sample before we run the batch. If the finish or fit is wrong, we iterate with the factory — not you.

Before any volume order
STEP 04

Inspected, then shipped

Parts checked before they leave, freight and duties handled, delivered to your shop. One invoice, in dollars.

Typically 25–30 days
What we source

The whole parts list.

Robotics BOMs cross five or six processes and a dozen vendors. Managing that is most of the work, and it's the part we take off your desk.

Actuators & motors
Qualified suppliers with batch consistency and a warranty path that actually works
Wire harnesses
Pre-made power and CAN looms, XT30 and JST connectors, built to your pinout
Printed parts
SLA and FDM for prototype and low volume, painted to spec
Machined parts
Aluminium and steel linkages, brackets, mounting plates
Injection moulding
Once volume justifies tooling — we tell you when that crossover actually is
Freight & duties
Air or sea, customs handled, landed cost quoted before you commit
Co-design

The factory knows things
your CAD doesn't.

Sourcing is the service. This is the part that saves you real money. A supplier who has made ten thousand versions of your part can tell you which features are free and which are quietly expensive — and that's worth the most before the design is locked.

What suppliers tell you early

  • Which tolerances you actually need to hold, and which ones you called out by habit
  • Where a wall, radius or draft angle is fighting the process you chose
  • Which features force an extra operation, a side action, or a second setup
  • Where a different material or finish gets you the same result for less
  • What can stay exactly as designed — often more than teams expect

Why it has to happen early

Once geometry is frozen and downstream parts are designed against it, every manufacturing note becomes a revision cycle: re-CAD, re-check fit, re-run the assembly. Teams end up paying for the design they already have rather than changing it.

Bringing suppliers in during design turns that into a conversation instead of a change order. You keep the design intent that matters to you and give up the parts that were never load-bearing decisions in the first place.

Start with a design review →
Capabilities

Parts we source.

Structural and mechanical components for robotic assemblies — printed, machined, moulded and finished, through to inspected subassemblies.

CNC machining · linkages, brackets, mounting plates
Assembly · articulated subassemblies, built and inspected
Moulded shells · production covers and housings
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Painted enclosures · matte finishes, Ra-controlled surfaces
Printed housings · SLA and FDM, prototype to low volume
SLA / FDM
Prototype and low-volume enclosures, housings, covers
CNC machining
Aluminium and steel linkages, brackets, mounting plates
Injection moulding
Production shells once volume justifies tooling
Sheet metal
Chassis, frames, panels, brackets
Finishing
Painting, anodising, deburring, silk-screen
Assembly
Subassembly build and inspection before shipment
Request a quote

Tell us what you're building.

There's no price on custom parts until someone looks at the geometry — so this isn't a checkout. Send us what you have, even if the design isn't finished. You'll get supplier feedback and quotes within 48 hours.

Pick any that apply. "Not sure yet" is a fine answer — we'll advise.
If changes are still possible, say so. That's where we can help most.
Mutual NDA — accept here, no back and forth Mutual, two years of disclosure, no exclusivity, no right of first refusal, survives whether or not you order. It permits us to share only what a supplier needs to quote your part, and only with suppliers under equivalent written terms.
Accepting records your name, title, company, email and a timestamp. We'll email you a countersigned copy.
Straight answers

The questions engineers actually ask.

How do you make money?

A percentage of parts value, built into the quoted price. No retainer, no equity, no fee for the design review or the quote. If you don't order, you've paid nothing and you keep the feedback.

Why not just buy direct off a marketplace?

You can, and plenty of teams do. The problems show up later: batch-to-batch inconsistency, no practical warranty path, and no one to escalate to when a shipment arrives damaged. We qualify the supplier, hold them to a sample, and inspect before shipment.

Why not just use a sourcing agent?

Most can find someone to make a plastic enclosure. Fewer can read your drawing and tell you which callouts are costing you money, or which supplier will accept a 12-unit order and iterate with you three times. We work on robotics parts specifically, and we start before the design is frozen.

Isn't design feedback just a way to sell us parts?

We only make money if you order, so yes — our incentive is for you to like the quote. That's also why we tell you which features to keep. A review that changed everything would be a review nobody trusts.

What about freight, duties and compliance?

Quotes exclude freight and duties and say so. We'll tell you the landed cost before you commit, and flag anything in your BOM where sourcing origin affects your ability to certify the finished product.

Who owns the design?

You do. We sign a mutual NDA before opening files, every supplier signs one before receiving them, and tooling you pay for belongs to you. We don't quote your parts to anyone else and we don't build a competing product.

What if we want to go direct later?

Then you go direct. We're not hiding the factories from you. Most customers stay because the value is in the next forty parts, not the one you already sourced.