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Insights, stories and updates from the world of product manufacturing.
Our Work Process: From Idea to Scalable Production
Discover how Production Heroes guides products from initial concept through prototyping, tooling, manufacturing and scaling — with a clear, structured approach that reduces risks and surprises.
Molding Matters: engineering decisions that impact looks
Split lines, gate marks, sink marks and colour matching: the engineering choices behind a mold decide how your finished product looks. Here is what to settle before steel is cut.
Reshoring, what is it and why should you do it?
Reshoring brings production back from far-away factories to where your products are actually sold. What it means, how it differs from nearshoring, and why companies make the move.
Blow Molding vs. Injection Molding
Two of the most-used plastic manufacturing methods side by side: how each process works, what it is good at, and which one fits the product you are developing.
The injection molding process in three basic steps
From product design to mold making to the first production run: the three steps every injection molding project goes through, and the decisions that matter in each one.
Industrial manufacturing trends transforming the industry
Supply chain complexity, smart manufacturing and 5G, agility, 3D printing and sustainability: the trends reshaping industrial manufacturing, and what they mean for your production.
How to optimize your ejection strategy
Ejector surface, ejection area and ejection type: three mold design decisions that determine whether your parts release cleanly or cost you cycle time, scrap and damaged tooling.
Product Manufacturing: how to get your own product made?
Where to produce, what to arrange before you start, how to get from prototype to a full production run, and what to expect once the first batch is on its way.