WHAT'S NEW AT HEDC
Addition to Shanghai Office staff
New Automated 3D Scanner Added to Our Shop
New 3D Printer Addition to Our Shop
We welcome Charles to our QC staff in our Shanghai China Office. He has become a valuable member of our on site quality control inspection team.
January 2018
New 3D Printer Addition to Our Shop
New Automated 3D Scanner Added to Our Shop
New 3D Printer Addition to Our Shop
This new added 3D printer is an excellent addition to our shop. It allows us to now make TPU/Rubber accurate prototype parts.
February 2018
New Automated 3D Scanner Added to Our Shop
New Automated 3D Scanner Added to Our Shop
New Automated 3D Scanner Added to Our Shop
This newly added 3D automated scanner is an excellent addition to our shop. It also compliments the current handheld 3D scanner we have. The maximum scan able area for this machine is a 10" diameter by 10" high.
March 2018
New SLA 3D Printer Added to Our Shop
New Metal Plating and Anodizing Services Added to Our Shop
New Automated 3D Scanner Added to Our Shop
This new added SLA 3D printer is an excellent addition to our shop. It allows us to create highly accurate 3D printed prototype parts with extreme detail in a variety of materials.
May 2019
New Metal Plating and Anodizing Services Added to Our Shop
New Metal Plating and Anodizing Services Added to Our Shop
New Metal Plating and Anodizing Services Added to Our Shop
This new added prototyping finishing service is for steel metal prototypes. The plating service is for Copper, Zinc Plating and Nickel Plating. The anodizing service is for Aluminum metal prototype parts, and we can provide clear, black, yellow, red and blue color finish. We can also provide cold black oxide finishing.
June 2019
New Large Format FDM 3D Printer Added to Our Shop
New Metal Plating and Anodizing Services Added to Our Shop
New Metal Plating and Anodizing Services Added to Our Shop
This newly added large format FDM 3D printer is an excellent addition to our shop. It allows us to create large highly accurate 3D printed prototype parts in a variety of materials.
July 2019
New Laser Cutter and Engraver Added to Our Shop
We have added 3D metal printing to our current prototyping services
New Laser Cutter and Engraver Added to Our Shop
Our newly added 40 watt laser cutter and engraver can create plastic parts, rubber gaskets and stamps, fabric cutouts, cut circuit boards and a multitude of engraved and etched components.
January 2020
New CNC Plasma Cutter Added to Our Shop
We have added 3D metal printing to our current prototyping services
New Laser Cutter and Engraver Added to Our Shop
This newly added 20' x 22" CNC plasma cutter will cut steel or aluminum from 22 GA sheet metal to 3/8" thickness material. It can create very accurate metal prototype parts.
April 2020
We have added 3D metal printing to our current prototyping services
We have added 3D metal printing to our current prototyping services
We have added 3D metal printing to our current prototyping services
Newly added filament materials allow us to create accurate metal prototype parts in stainless steel.
September 2021
New rod, bar, and tube benders have been added to Our Shop
New Sourcing and Quality Control office opened in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
We have added 3D metal printing to our current prototyping services
This newly added tool will bend steel or aluminum rod, bar, and tubing material. It can create very accurate metal prototype parts.
February 2022
HEDC presentation to IACT (Inventors Association of Connecticut)
New Sourcing and Quality Control office opened in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
New Sourcing and Quality Control office opened in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Paul Hebert is a member of IACT and did a presentation on HEDC services and the process of bringing a product from the conceptual stage through design and development, production, shipping, and onto the store shelf.
Link to the zoom presentation: https://vimeo.com/692322926
March 2022
New Sourcing and Quality Control office opened in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
New Sourcing and Quality Control office opened in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
New Sourcing and Quality Control office opened in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
HEDC opened a new sourcing and Quality Control office in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam in October 2022. Hank our new Vietnam on-site QC manager and Vietnamese business partner will be managing all our projects in Vietnam. We will be traveling to our office there 2 to 3 times a year.
October 2022
We have added to our shop a new larger format SLA resin 3D printer
This newly added industrial large format SLA resin 3D printer is a high resolution 8K machine. It can create very accurate and highly detailed 3D-printed plastic prototype parts. This machine has broadened our ability to meet many new product development project requirements.
September 2023
Awards & annoucements
We want to express our sincere appreciation and thanks to the IDA (International Design Awards) for recognizing Hebert Engineering & Design Co. LLC with the 2022 IDA Silver Award for product design and innovation. Our team at HEDC are truly humbled and honored to receive it.
We also want to thank Swaoff, Inc. for allowing us to work with them on their unique Yard-X product.
ANNOUNCEMENT
Paul Hebert's Podcast Interview
with Thomas J. Perrone, CLU, CIC
My sincere appreciation and thanks to Tom for allowing me to participate in his podcast "Building and Protecting your Business Worth".
Tom is also the author of "Unlocking your Business DNA"
Which can be found on Amazon.
The Podcast title is: The Quintessential Entrepreneur Creating Unique Services For Manufacturing and Distribution!
Best Prototyping & Product Development Company 2023 - USA
We want to express our appreciation and thanks to the AI Awards (Acquisition International Awards) for recognizing Hebert Engineering & Design Co. LLC with the 2023 Best of Prototyping and Product Development in the USA Award. Our team is truly humbled and honored to receive it.
We Can't wait to tell you what's next
Stay tuned!!!
Trips and Events
China Factory Visit (December 2018)
China Factory Visit (October 2019)
China Factory Visit (December 2018)
We visited our Shanghai Office on this visit and also visited 14 factories in total in Shanghai, Suzhou and Ningbo,. We went to several new factories and our existing manufactures to check on current production orders.
China Factory Visit (May 2019)
China Factory Visit (October 2019)
China Factory Visit (December 2018)
We visited our Shanghai Office on this visit and also visited 22 factories in total in Ningbo, Suzhou, Jinhu, Yiwu and Hangzhou. We went to 11 new factories and 11 of our existing manufactures to check on current production orders.
China Factory Visit (October 2019)
China Factory Visit (October 2019)
China Factory Visit (October 2019)
We visited our Shanghai Office on this visit and also visited 18 factories in total in Ningbo, Suzhou, Beijing, and Yiwu. We went to 7 new factories and 11 of our existing manufactures to check on current production orders.
China Factory Visit (January 2020)
China Has Reopened for Business - Our Factory Visit trip to China and Vietnam (April 2023)
China Factory Visit (October 2019)
We visited our Shanghai Office on this visit and also visited 17 factories in total in Ningbo, Suzhou, Jinhu, Yiwu and Hangzhou. We went to 6 new factories and 11 of our existing manufactures to check on current production orders. We also visited Japan for a day to meet with a client.
Vietnam Office Opening and Factory Visit (October 2022)
China Has Reopened for Business - Our Factory Visit trip to China and Vietnam (April 2023)
China Has Reopened for Business - Our Factory Visit trip to China and Vietnam (April 2023)
We visited Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam and opened our new Office there and visited 25 factories on this trip. I also went to a factory city in Chu Lai, the factory was 35 buildings and had over 200 million sq/ft of factory floor space with an additional 90 million being planned. We sourced out 15 new products for manufacturing on this trip .
China Has Reopened for Business - Our Factory Visit trip to China and Vietnam (April 2023)
China Has Reopened for Business - Our Factory Visit trip to China and Vietnam (April 2023)
China Has Reopened for Business - Our Factory Visit trip to China and Vietnam (April 2023)
After 3 years of Covid travel restrictions now lifted, We have just traveled and visited our Shanghai Office in China. On this trip, we also visited 14 factories in Ningbo, Wuxi, Yiwu, and Suzhou. While in Suzhou we attended a sourcing expo with about 350 Chinese factories attending. The expo was great and it allowed us to expand our factory resources. We then flew to our new office in Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam for 10 days to visit more factories in Vietnam. This trip was to check on existing orders and source new products. This trip was a return to normal business and it was very successful.
Our Factory Visit trip to China and Vietnam (October 2023)
Our Factory Visit trip to China and Vietnam (October 2023)
Our Factory Visit trip to China and Vietnam (October 2023)
On this trip to China, we visited 10 factories in Ningbo, Beijing, Hangzhou, and Suzhou to check on existing orders and source new production. We then flew to our office in Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam for 10 days to visit 4 factories. While in Vietnam we attended a sourcing expo with both Chinese and Vietnamese factories attending. The expo was great and it also allowed us to expand our factory resources. This trip was to check on existing orders and source out new production and it was a very successful.
Our Next Vietnam/China Factory Visit
Our Next Vietnam/China Factory Visit
Our Next Vietnam/China Factory Visit
We are tentatively planning our next trip to China and Vietnam for April 2024. We bring a limited number of projects per trip. If you are interested in having us outsource your production, please feel free to contact us.
We also have our staff located in China and Vietnam conducting regular factory visits for both our existing work and new projects. The timing of these visits may also depend on if there are any current local travel restrictions.
Current FYI
Our Next Vietnam/China Factory Visit
Our Next Vietnam/China Factory Visit
We are tentatively planning an exploratory trip to India in January 2024 to look at possible factory resource expansion and production opportunities in that country.
We have also been following the current oversea shipping prices for 40ft containers to the west and east coast of the USA. They have stabilized and are back to pre-covid pricing. (May 2023)