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Struggling with labor shortages? Tired of the endless cycle of hiring, training, and retaining assembly line workers? 74% of MN manufacturers are in the same boat. It’s time to get out of the workforce management business and back to focusing on your core operations. Outsourcing assembly is the first step. See the financial case for yourself with our cost calculator.

Your $18.50/hr assembler doesn’t cost $18.50/hr. The fully-loaded cost is over 2.1x their base salary when you factor in benefits, recruitment, facility overhead, and turnover. Most manufacturers don’t track these hidden costs, but they erode your margins every year. Stop guessing. Calculate your true cost of in-house assembly vs. outsourcing in 60 seconds. See the real numbers.

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Most shops assume a better waterjet brick costs more. MDI bricks are polyethylene with curved C-Fluting and mechanical fasteners, built to handle repeated jet impact without the corner cracking you get from standard polypropylene I-Flute bricks. We are competitive on price against those standard bricks. You are not paying a premium for the engineering. Ask for a free sample piece and see the cross section for yourself.

You replace a cracked waterjet brick, and a few months later the same crack shows up in the same place. Two things cause it, and a third one nobody checks. Here is what to look for before you order your next set.

You can see the difference before you ever install it. Cut a standard waterjet brick in half and you will find straight, rectangular flutes. Every right-angle corner is a stress concentration point. Cracks start there and travel outward. Cut an MDI brick in half and the flutes are curved. Stress disperses along the arc instead of piling up at a corner. Same table, same pressure, different failure behavior. And we are competitive on price against the standard polypropylene brick you are running now. Ask for a free sample piece and look at the cross section yourself.