Engineering · Tooling · Production
From idea
to production.
Wherever you're starting — a sketch, a prototype, or a part that needs to scale — we take it to volume. Engineering, tooling, and injection molding under one partner, with Japanese master engineers behind every part.
You can build three a month.
We build the path to thousands.
The gap between a working prototype and a product you can ship at volume is where most hardware stalls. We close it — design, tooling, and manufacturing, handled as one.
The path to volume
One partner, from first CAD to finished part
No handoffs between a design shop, a toolmaker, and a factory. We carry your part through every stage.
Design
DFM & design-for-volume, reverse engineering, fixtures.
Tooling
Precision mold and die design, built to last.
Molding
Injection molding at production scale.
Assembly
Build, decorate, and pack to spec.
Drop-ship
Delivered FOB Vietnam, ready to scale.
One relationship. Design through delivery.
The scale behind the speed
A Tier-1, automotive-grade factory behind every part
Melipona produces through a large-scale manufacturing campus built to automotive standards — injection molding, in-house tooling, assembly, and drop-ship under one roof.
ISO 9001 · ISO 13485 · IATF 16949 · ISO 14001 · ISO 45001 · FDA-registered
What we do
Engineering that's built to be manufactured
Design for manufacture
Re-engineer your part to mold cleanly and scale at cost.
Mechanical & product design
Housings, mechanisms, and structures, from concept to production-ready drawings.
Tooling & molds
Precision injection molds and dies — quoted fast, built to production life.
Injection molding
Volume production from an FDA-registered, certified factory.
Jigs, fixtures & inspection
The tooling that makes assembly and QC repeatable.
Reverse engineering
Scan or sample to a clean, production-ready CAD model when you need it.
Why Melipona
Built on Japanese mastery.
Priced for the real world.
Japanese master engineers
Veterans from Honda, Toyota, and Nissan lead the work and mentor a rising Vietnamese engineering team — the most demanding manufacturing discipline in the world, on your part.
A U.S.-based principal
You contract with a U.S. company that owns the work end to end. One point of accountability — not an overseas vendor you have to manage.
FDA-registered, ISO-certified
Production from a facility certified to ISO 9001, ISO 13485, and IATF 16949, FDA-registered and tariff-diversified out of Vietnam.
Fast where it counts
Tooling and production quotes in days, not the weeks the industry takes. Speed is how a small team keeps moving.
How we work with you
Two ways to work together
Project engineering & production
Bring us a part or a program. We quote fast, design it for manufacture, tool it, and produce it — one project at a time. The simplest way to start.
- Fast tooling and production quotes
- Design-for-manufacture, mechanical design, reverse engineering
- One part, or a full program
A dedicated engineering team
Your own embedded team in Vietnam — Japanese-trained engineers who work inside your technology and carry you from design through production.
- Engineers dedicated to your product, as an extension of your team
- Monthly engagement — scale the team up or down as you grow
- From design and DFM through tooling and volume production
- The engineering capacity you can't afford to hire — at a fraction of U.S. cost
For founders
Ready to scale?
Get a tooling quote in days.
Send us your part or CAD. We'll come back with a tooling and production quote in days, not the weeks it usually takes — so you can move from prototype to volume without losing momentum.
Your design in.
A tooling & production quote in days out.
The fastest way to see what it costs to scale — and how we'd get you there.
Get a fast tooling quoteMake your hardware portfolio production-ready.
Your companies can build prototypes. Getting to volume, at cost, is where capital and timelines disappear. We get them there — without a round spent on an in-house team.
Talk about your portfolioFor investors & partners
We de-risk the hardest part of your bet.
The leap from prototype to manufacturing is where hardware companies stall. A vetted engineering and production partner makes your portfolio more capital-efficient and more investable. Introduce us to the companies that are scaling hardware.