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I mentioned this in a reply in another forum, on another thread, but I thought I might have a better chance of getting a reply if I started a thread. Does any contributor to this site know what equipment is needed to make clay chips? Are their industrial catalogues for the equipment? Basically, does anyone have any info helpful to someone interested in starting their own chip-producing company get started.
I'm interested because there seems to be a market for collectable chips, and limited options for enthusiasts.
Seeing as there are only 4 companies in the US who produce these chips, 3 of them being derived from the same original family, and even that family has had a previous business relationship with the 4th company, I'd say it's a pretty limited market and it's not something you're likely to break into at this stage of the game. Do also be aware that the home market only represents a small portion of the business for any of those companies. The equipment itself along with the forumlations appear to be somewhat guarded.
And ... I don't think there is any clay in compression molded chips.
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Originally Posted by beekeeper
I mentioned this in a reply in another forum, on another thread, but I thought I might have a better chance of getting a reply if I started a thread. Does any contributor to this site know what equipment is needed to make clay chips? Are their industrial catalogues for the equipment? Basically, does anyone have any info helpful to someone interested in starting their own chip-producing company get started.
I'm interested because there seems to be a market for collectable chips, and limited options for enthusiasts.
I think this is exactly what makes the situation ripe for a new contender.
Sure, we're not going to jump right in and be at their caliber, but why discourage someone from considering it?
Maybe a new company will be a little more open to new ideas?
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Originally Posted by PocketRocket
Seeing as there are only 4 companies in the US who produce these chips, 3 of them being derived from the same original family, and even that family has had a previous business relationship with the 4th company, I'd say it's a pretty limited market and it's not something you're likely to break into at this stage of the game. Do also be aware that the home market only represents a small portion of the business for any of those companies. The equipment itself along with the forumlations appear to be somewhat guarded.
And ... I don't think there is any clay in compression molded chips.
I had a feeling it was a pretty guarded enterprise, but thanks tripod (i think) for looking into it for me. I'm mostly asking out of curiousity, but it's always fun to fantasize.
I do think that for the immediate future, there's a greater market then it appears--there's collectors, but also those who could use chips for advertising, like business cards, or for hosting charity games and auctioning off the chips after, etc.
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