Investigate Chinese Supplier

[eak24]

Looked into this company, Tongjie Image Production and talked to Bella Xu there. She said for an order of 20 sheets, they could do the following prices (all 4'x8'):

Prices ($)	5 mm	8 mm
PVC
ABS
Acrylic	108	178

[eak24]

Quote from Mechanical Plastics (Agawam):

E2GEN13153251.PDF

Quote from Tri-star (Shrewsbury):

Clear Acrylic Sheet .236” x 48” x 96” 5-10 sheets $187.45 /ea Approx. 1 lead time

Gray PVC Sheet .250” x 48” x 96” 5-10 sheets $112.65 /ea In stock

Black ABS Sheet, Haircell one side .236” x 48” x 96” 5-10 sheets $120.45 /ea Approx. 1 week to ship

Quote from Emco (cedar Grove, NJ):

Gray PVC – ¼” x 48” x 96” 1 sheet - $145.25 10 sheets - $126.10 each 20 sheets - $116.90 each 50 sheets - $109.55 each 100 sheets - $101.65 each

Black ABS – ¼” x 48” x 96” 1 sheet - $107.75 10 sheets - $97.95 each 20 sheets - $89.35 each 50 sheets - $85.20 each 100 sheets - $81.85 each

Clear Plexi – ¼” x 48” x 96" 1 sheet - $167.30 10 sheets - $120.45 each 20 sheets - $110.20 each 50 sheets - $104.05 each 100 sheets - $94.95 each

Quote from Thyssenkrupp (Canton, MA)

Quote 201278.pdf

[eak24]

I went with 10 sheets of ABS from Mechanical Plastics.

[eak24]

We're not going to use a Chinese plastics supplier. Instead, see #4