hi, I need your help. I designed and printed a cup of coffe in ceramic, with a logo of a company. it was just for fun, but this company likes it and asks me a quotation for 500pieces ! I work as technical project manager, I know some suppliers, but not in ceramic. Shapeways team can do 500 pieces ? (with an other way than 3Dprint ?) Somebody knows a supplier ? (in France, or Europe) thanks ! have a nice day. Denis
Can you tell us more about the object - is its form at all suitable to "traditional" production processes such as slipcasting ? Shapeways could probably produce 500 copies given enough time, but there would probably be no volume discount - no economies of scale. Try looking for a small-scale producer of tableware in your region, the only one I know is "Zeller Keramik" in Germany close to the French border and I do not think they do contract manufacturing.