The short answer The SOMI Partner Network is a vetted group of specialised manufacturing factories in China, coordinated through one point of contact. Buyers get CNC machining, sheet metal fabrication, metal stamping, die casting, injection molding and 3D printing from one programme, with one engineering review, one quality route and one quotation, instead of managing a separate supplier for eve...

The short answer Nothing, in either direction. A manufacturing partner pays no joining fee, no listing fee and no annual subscription, and a buyer pays nothing to use the network - only for the parts actually ordered. What does cost money is the work: samples, tooling, third-party testing, freight, and any audit you ask us to run. What free to join covers, and what it does not Free means acces...

The short answer Two tracks. A buyer joins in one step: send a drawing and the quotation workflow starts, within 24 to 48 hours. A factory joins through qualification - document review, an audit, then sample validation - which takes about two to four weeks for the review and audit and six to fourteen weeks end to end when custom tooling is involved. Two tracks, two timelines One question decid...

The short answer For a buyer the benefit is subtraction: one engineering review, one quotation, one inspection standard, one invoice and one point of accountability across six processes, instead of five separate vendor relationships. For a factory the benefit is inbound work with no listing fee. The hidden surcharge of fragmented sourcing is around 20 percent of the quoted base price. The same...

The short answer Six groups carry most of the work: automotive and e-mobility, industrial machinery and automation, medical devices, aerospace, electronics and semiconductor equipment, and lighting, energy and consumer products. Automotive accounts for roughly a quarter to a third of global precision machining demand, and medical devices grow fastest at close to 10 percent a year. The processes ...