Sunbird Manufacturing

Company

American owned. Proudly made in China.

Our global team of more than 100 personnel quotes from Seattle, molds in Shenzhen, and machines, fabricates, and welds in Chengdu. We are ISO 9001 certified, with IATF 16949 on the Shenzhen molding floor.

Who we are

Seattle, Shenzhen, Chengdu.

  • American owned. Proudly made in China.

    Ed Hoots, an American owner-operator, runs Chengdu Beiji. Production in Chengdu and Shenzhen. RFQs from Seattle.

  • Seattle, Shenzhen, Chengdu

    Seattle: RFQs, DFM review, and follow-up. Shenzhen: precision injection molding, mold design and build, overmolding, and assembly. Chengdu: CNC machining, fab, weld, assembly.

  • Industries and assemblies

    The same aerospace process discipline, applied to semiconductor, aerospace, medical, data-center, robotics, electrical, power, and construction hardware. Parts and turnkey assemblies from your drawing.

  • How we work

    Drawings and DFM, prototypes through production, DDP export logistics. RFQs from Seattle.

Production campus

Team

A global presence

Ed Hoots

Ed Hoots

President and Founder

Chengdu, Sichuan

Founder of Sunbird Manufacturing in the US and Chengdu Beiji Precision Machinery in China. Ex-Boeing engineer with 45 years in aerospace and industrial machining, 30 of those on aviation parts that cannot fail. Originally from Seattle. Living and working in China for 18 years. Opened the Chengdu shop in 2015.

On the floor every day. Prototypes in days, production to spec, from one-offs to multi-thousand runs. Quotes and follow-up in US hours. Production in Chengdu and Shenzhen.

ed@sunbirdmanufacturing.com

John Pierre

John Pierre

Director of Business Development

Seattle

Director of Business Development. Seattle contact for Chengdu Beiji. Takes drawings in US hours, runs DFM review, sets the process route across machining, fab, weld, or Shenzhen molding, and quotes with a lead time.

Based in Seattle. Handles RFQs, follow-up, and plant visits. Coordinates with the Chengdu and Shenzhen shops from quote through production.

john@sunbirdmanufacturing.com

Marie Dayon

Marie Dayon

Marketing and Operations Support

Metro Manila, PH

Marketing and operations support at Chengdu Beiji. B2B lead generation, prospect and supplier research, RFQ coordination, customer follow-up, and marketing content. Helps take a job from inquiry and quote through production, payment, and delivery follow-up.

More than 10 years in sales, marketing, customer service, and administrative support. Also accounts-payable planning, cost tracking, ERP reconciliation, and management reporting.

marie@sunbirdmanufacturing.com

Send a drawing

We will tell you if we can make it, how, and on what lead time.

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