Thank you for your warm reply to my e-mail.

I am happy to know that our intention to contribute

to our customers has been understood.

Here I would inform you about the detail

of the information that we need for estimating

the price of the prototypes or products or

the cost for pilot manufacturing, etc.

when we accept your order.

Generally we need the following items of information

of the prototype or product to be manufactured.

1. Name

2. Materials

3. Numbers required

4. Form and size

5. End use/application of the prototype/product

     or the purpose of the manufacture

6. Environmental/atmospheric conditions for use

The item 4 includes the 3D or 2D data or

the drawing of the prototype/product.

Dimensional tolerance should be included in the data

or drawing, if necessary.

The drawing may be hand-drawn which clearly shows

the form and size of the prototype/product.

The item 5 includes the purposes, such as checkup

for mechanical design,

checkup for form or design,

mass production trial and mass production.

If you order mass production trial

or mass production of a product,

we need to know the size of one production lot and

the total amount of the production.

The item 6 includes the conditions, such

as an upper temperature limit

where the prototype/product is used and the possibility

of the prototype/product to be subjected to organic solvents.

I will welcome your questions or requests anytime.

Yours very truly,

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Kenji Miyamoto, President

Arice Inc.

2-8, Kano 4-Chome, Higashi-Osaka, Osaka Pref., 578-0901, Japan

Tel: +81-72-964-2100

Fax: +81-72-964-2101

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