500pieces in ceramic

Discussion in 'General Discussion' started by denistilloy, Jan 24, 2014.

  1. denistilloy
    denistilloy Member
    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
     
  2. mkroeker
    mkroeker Well-Known Member
    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.