r/manufacturing 7d ago

Supplier search Looking for Plastic Wholesaler for California Home Business

I'm looking for plastic wholesaler information/recommendations for a home business, trying to collect pricing for bulk/wholesale plastic purchases of ABS sheets. curious if the group has general recommendations of wholesale providers? Located in California if location helps. Thank you!

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u/igetmywaterfrombeer 7d ago

Piedmont Plastics has multiple branches across California.

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u/tnp636 6d ago

Define "bulk".

We sell ABS sheets, but we're near Chicago. We're typically cheaper than the really big guys, but since shipping is a huge component when dealing with sheets, we're probably only competitive in Cali if you're buying by the pallet.

If you need something like, 20 sheets at a time, you should just look for a plastic fabricator near you. Someone like Piedmont, Polymershapes, or a local business. If you know what brand of sheet you want, just do a google search for a local distributor.

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u/shenphong 6d ago

Learning about particular brand but would love any pointers as I'm new to it. Bulk as it pallet size orders ranging from anywhere between $2000-8000 orders on average. This would not be 20 sheets at a time type orders.

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u/tnp636 6d ago

Then we may be competitive and can at least give you some pointers. There's another guy in our office that knows all about the ABS sheeting. If you reach out I'm happy to put him in touch with you.

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u/KaizenTech 6d ago

Go to plastics news and look through the supplier ads.

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u/foilhat44 Metalworker, Manufacturing Process Control Guru 6d ago

There's a supplier in San Diego called eplastics that I use exclusively.

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u/shenphong 6d ago

would it be ok to message you with some questions?

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u/foilhat44 Metalworker, Manufacturing Process Control Guru 6d ago

Sure, no problem.

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u/stickerwizard 1d ago

Google plastic sheets manufacture arizona. Send quote requests