A Mold Transfer Costs You Once – A 50% Tariff Costs You Every Shot

By |2026-09-14T15:45:19-07:00September 14th, 2026|Logistics, Mold Transfers|

Since August 22, customs entries for Chapter 39 plastic articles molded in Canada have carried a duty charge that works out to roughly half the cost of the part itself, and it comes due on every shipment as long as the parts keep being made north of the border.

Check that at the HTS level before anything else: the 50 percent is an additional duty on enumerated tariff lines, not a →

East Coast Plastic Injection Molding vs West Coast – How Important is Geography?

By |2026-03-08T11:39:50-07:00March 3rd, 2026|Optimization, Logistics|

Many buyers start the same way: they search for an East Coast plastic injection molding company because their plant, warehouse, or team is on the East Coast.

That’s smart, and a reasonable starting point.

Shorter freight lanes. Easier visits. Fewer time zones. Less internal explaining to procurement about why you picked a shop across the country.

Here’s the problem: freight and geography often get more weight because they’re easy to quantify.

Yet, it’s the →

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