7/5/2023 0 Comments Jalopy game squash engineI was presented a full set of engineering drawings as well as CAD models for quoting. I was once asked to quote a product for an aftermarket recreational marine component. I am a engineer and have worked in manufacturing and sales. Aftermarket automotive and aircraft and aircraft engine components are big targets with the goal of selling at 50% of the OEM pricing. Also gone are the days when companies can design, develop, tool up and manufacture a product at a price to recoup their expenses before that product shows up on the market at a well reduced price. It is pretty much certain that any product manufactured offshore in China has been copied and will show up for sale. Companies can certainly file lawsuits to protect their products but it is costly and often nonstop. Patents or copyrights are largely ignored. The days of propriety information are pretty much gone. Modern technology as far as measuring and determining the materials composition is relatively quick and cost effective. In today’s world there is a large and growing industry of reverse engineering or copying of all products that may have the ability to generate large profits. Profit is the only motivation and morality and ethics have been sadly forgotten. Welcome to the real world of manufacturing.
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