Barbaras Development Inc. (BDI)
Capabilities

From concept to production.

Our customers build from a menu of services and solutions to get exactly what they want. Four stages, each carried by the division best placed to deliver it. Take one, or take the whole line.

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Components

Supplying the building blocks of your products. Sourced direct from the factory and stocked just in time.

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Fabrics

A broad range of wholesale fabrics in natural and synthetic fibres, woven and non-woven. Each line is tested and precision-made for domestic, industrial or commercial use.

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Fasteners

Hook and loop, zippers and closures, tested for strength, pliability and long-term structural integrity.

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Metal hardware

All-weather, multipurpose metal components in every shape, finish and size, made for the medical, military, bag and backpack, pet and industrial sectors.

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Resins

High-performance resins specified for the part, the process and the compliance target.

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Packaging

Packaging designed to sell. Our design studio produces point-of-purchase packaging that adds value to the product and lifts sell-through.

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Sub assemblies

Modular sub-assembly delivered just in time. Customers offset production, protect margins and keep their own lines focused on final assembly.

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Process

From concept to production, we manage every stage of your product's lifecycle.

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Product development

Our international team manages development, testing and compliance so our customers can focus on innovation, marketing and sales. We map the product's DNA, write detailed specifications and develop quickly.

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Tool making

Precision tooling for manufacturing excellence, whether the product is designed from the ground up with us or arrives as a finished specification.

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Design for manufacture

A design team with years of DFM experience across product prototyping, 3D modelling, tooling design, packaging design and quality engineering.

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Design to value

For years we have worked across industries delivering solutions that raise efficiency, remove downtime, lift product standards and reduce the cost of manufacture.

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Testing & compliance

Testing for global compliance and product durability at every stage of development. It builds transparency and lets our customers understand their vendors and their products.

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Vendor validation

We work with more than 650 verified factories in 9 countries. Success does not come from the lowest price. It comes from aligning values between customer and vendor, which is what keeps a relationship free of friction.

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Manufacturing

If we can't make it, we find someone who can.

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In-house

Our own facilities in Hermosillo, Mexico for plastic injection and in Cambodia for Class 1 medical devices.

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Sub-contract

Vendor selection tailored to the customer's requirements, drawn from our verified network and managed by our own people.

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Production line efficiency

Every digital tool we use retains data for our team to evaluate. Our recommendations are data-driven and our corrective action is never speculative. The numbers don't lie.

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Near shoring

We transfer production lines between vendors to reduce lead times and costs with production closer to the market.

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Emerging markets

Access to cost-effective manufacturing in high-growth regions, with the same oversight as anywhere else.

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Production oversight

We plan, track and manage production with our own people in the plants and digital inspection tools that capture meaningful data.

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Fulfilment

Delivering your products to the world.

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Global logistics

Our warehouses in China, Vietnam, Mexico and the USA let us manage inventory efficiently and move goods to customers quickly. Our in-house logistics team works directly with freight-forwarding partners to secure the best options in a changing market.

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Global distribution

Every aspect of delivery to retailers, distributors and end customers.

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Direct to factory

Just-in-time component and raw-material deliveries straight to the customer's production line.

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Direct to consumer

Current warehousing, kitting and order-fulfilment technology. A full range of 3PL services for retailers, distributors and direct-to-consumer ecommerce.

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Vendor managed inventory

Collaborative inventory management that reduces our customers' costs and improves their efficiency.

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Personalisation & embellishment

Products customised in our facilities to meet specific customer demands, with value-added labelling, branding and packaging enhancements.

Next step

Tell us what you are building.

Take one stage or the whole line. We will map the route and tell you which division carries each part.

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