Star Prototype China Limited is owned and run by British businessman and engineer Gordon Styles.
After building the UKs largest rapid prototyping company, Gordon founded Star Prototype in 2005 with the intention of offering western clients the opportunity to use a reliable and high-quality rapid prototyping and rapid manufacturing supplier in China. Star Prototype offers the best of the west, but at half of the price.
Low-prices: Chinas cost base is between 7% and 15% of developed countries
Confidentiality: Star Prototype is registered in Hong Kong, which has a legal system similar to the UK; NDAs are defensible
Superb Quality: Chinese rapid prototyping and precision engineers are some of the best educated and trained in the World
Fast Delivery: Shipment by air to most countries is between 2 to 3 days
Excellent English: Star Prototype only employes project managers with excellent English, both written and spoken
Absolutely Bloody Brilliant is how one customer described Star Prototypes rapid prototyping service. So what do we do that is different to others? We respond very quickly to enquiries; we have superb quality; we give expectional customer service in English 24 hours per day; and our prices are very low compared to competitors in developed countries. Using Star Prototype for your rapid prototyping needs is a good business decision.
SLA and SLS rapid prototyping techniques are mainstream in western countries, but in China CNC machining of prototypes is still the most prevalent form of rapid prototyping. The reason for this is that the cost of labour, materials and CNC machinery is very low in China. There are more than 2,000 modelmaking companies in China that do CNC machining of rapid prototypes, but only one is run by a westerner who understands western standards.
Star Prototype is not competitive for raw SL or SLS models: we are nearly the same price as the west. If you need your SL or SLS models finishing to a very high level, then we can be half the price of the west. Our cost of labour is 10% of the west, therefore our finishing costs are negligable compared to the cost of the SL or SLS model. We guarantee to give you a fully finished model for the same price as
Star Prototype uses Axson Resins to make vacuum cast prototypes. Click here to see a list of Axson resins available in China. Models can be painted or self coloured, self textured. Typically, vacuum castings are about half the price of suppliers in the west. Gordon Styles has been involved in vacuum casting and rapid prototyping since 1993 when he was owner of STYLES RPD in the UK. Star-Prototype uses China made vacuum casting machines and many of the resins are also made in China: this keeps the cost very low. Star Prototype also has a very different way of making silicone moulds. Because the cost of labour is so low, we can afford to make the silicone mould in two seperate pourings, as opposed to the single pour process generally used in the west. This ensures that our split line is very accurate. It also ensures that we do not get bubble entrapment against the underside of the model during the pouring process.
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