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Saved $400,000 Per Year and Reduced Raw Material Variable Risk
Historically zinc diecast material cost relatively low lending diecast zinc parts as very economical.
Zinc soared from historical low levels of $0.50 - $0.70 per pound to over $2.50 per pound.
Customer searching for alternatives to Zn and requested quotes for non-ferrous alternate materials.
We quoted non-ferrous and ferrous options allowing for density to achieve drop-in replacement.
Average ferrous part < $1.50 each. Non-ferrous options $5.00 - $6.00 per part.
Cost of dies for castings typically 3 to 5 times the cost of powder metal tools.
Designed PM version as drop in replacement for customer eliminating need for product redesign.
Magnitude shift in commodity price variation to the customer with steel and iron vs zinc commodity.