See your part. Know your mold cost.

Injection molding costs two things: a one-time mold and then a price per part. The mold starts at around 3,000 euros and goes up with the number of cavities, the steel grade and the complexity of the product. The unit price follows from material, weight, cycle time and volume, and drops as the run gets larger. What it comes to for your product therefore depends on your own geometry and quantities. With the QDP calculator above you can calculate both from your own file.

A mold starts at 3,000 euros, with most between 3,000 and 5,000 euros and outliers up to 60,000 euros for large, complex parts. The simpler and more manufacturable the design, the lower the mold cost. At QDP the mold is your property, with a certificate of ownership.

The unit price is determined by material, part weight, cycle time and volume. With larger runs the price per part drops, and a design that is easy to manufacture lowers both the mold price and the unit price. The sweet spot is between 500 and 20,000 parts per run.

With the calculator above you drag your 3D file onto the screen or enter the dimensions and weight yourself, and you immediately see your unit price, your mold cost and shipping to your door. For an exact quote, our engineers review your drawing or CAD file.

The price of a mold depends on the complexity of the product, the number of cavities, the chosen steel grade, the runner system (cold or hot runner) and the expected volumes. Simple molds start at around 3,000 euros; complex multi-cavity molds run up to tens of thousands of euros. At QDP we build the mold in house, so the calculator gives a realistic indication before you even request a quote.

Yes. Many injection molders only become competitive at large volumes; our sweet spot is 500 to 20,000 parts per run, with room for runs in the millions and rush deliveries. Small runs call for a smart choice of mold, so the cost per part stays under control. The calculator takes that into account in the indication.

If you pay for the mold, it is yours. You receive a certificate of ownership as standard, and the mold is used only for your products. That protects your investment and avoids dependence on a single supplier. Customers like Van Geloven chose QDP precisely for that clarity about ownership.

No, you don't. With the three dimensions (x, y, z in mm) and the weight in grams you already get an indication, which is useful at an early stage when there is no CAD yet. If you do have a STEP file, drag it onto the screen: the calculator reads the dimensions, volume and wall thickness itself and the indication becomes considerably more accurate. Your file stays in your own browser.

Because you work directly with the factory: every middleman you leave out saves on the price, and with a reseller you always pay for that extra link. On top of that, smart design lowers the product cost, because thinking in molds means cutting parts and simplifying assembly. At QDP, design, mold making and injection molding are under one roof, with our own WFOE factory that is SMETA 4-Pillars and ISO 9001 certified. The difference lies in the chain and the design, not in where the factory is.

The lead time consists of three blocks that partly run in parallel: mold making, production and transport. The build time of the mold depends on its complexity and the number of cavities and is confirmed per project. The production run itself takes about 3 to 4 weeks, sea freight to your door about 10 weeks. The calculator shows that schedule as a timeline as soon as you enter a quantity.

Yes. Many products can be made in biobased plastics such as PLA or PHA, or in recycled grades of common materials; the choice of material helps determine what your product costs and what it can do. The machines matter too: energy-efficient injection molding machines use 20 to 80 percent less energy than conventional machines. At QDP, production runs on such machines in a SMETA 4-Pillars certified factory, and products get the correct recycling symbol as standard. Ask about it and we will price a sustainable option as well.