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Check out our Hardware Guide<\/a> for more information about our materials so that you can find the material that is best suited for your needs. Alternatively, you can look through our Capabilities pages accessible via Fictiv.com <\/a>for in-depth overviews of each of the rigid plastics, elastomers, and metals we offer on our platform.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As always, feel free to message us in the chat box to make sure you are getting the right material for your design and your needs. Let us know what stage of development you are in, how the parts will be used, material property requirements, etc. and we’ll help guide you to the best option.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Check out our Hardware Guide for more information about our materials so that you can find the material that is best suited for your needs. Alternatively, you can look through our Capabilities pages accessible via Fictiv.com for in-depth overviews of each of the rigid plastics, elastomers, and metals we offer on our platform. 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