Video of Chinese Factories: Injection Molding and Tooling

Want to see how millions of everyday products all around you, including the one your are typing on, are made in China?

I’ve been sitting on quite a bit of video footage of Chinese factories from recent trips over there and thought I’d put some up to give people a quick peek into some of the people, places, and processes that often take place.  This video focuses on the process of plastic injection molding and mold building.  Plastic injection molding is used to create millions of everyday products.

The video is shot at a few different locations in the Dongguan area of southern China.  The factories shown range from "good" to "excellent" in the way of organization, cleanliness, quality of product, technical abilities, etc. 

A quick overview of what’s depicted in this video, in sequential order:

• Injection mold planning taking place in CAD designs
• Mold building shop, including very large and small injection molds as well as the polishing/texturing process
• A few processes used to create molds, including CNC machining and EDS machines
• Plastic injection molding machines, in which the tools are loaded and used to shoot off large volumes of parts
• Product painting, assembly, and packaging

There is no speaking in this video–but video seems to convey a great
deal regardless.  I have included some lively music ("Roll it Up", by Crystal Method) to keep you entertained, so dance or move if needed.
Forgive me if the handheld video quality makes you feel like you are
watching Tom Hanks storm Normandy beach in Saving Private Ryan.  I need
to invest in a tripod.  Or have one manufactured… 

Enjoy.