Metal injection molding is a relatively new manufacturing technology.  The process been around for about 25 years.  When the industry first started out, there were only a few suppliers who used their own proprietary feed stocks and materials for making the small intricate metal components.The capabilities of the process captured the minds and imagination of engineers and technical people throughout the world.  But they were all thinking the same saying.  How could a process that has 18 to 20% shrink, make consistent, repeatable product?We have been involved in the business for 10 years.  Have made product ranging in size from so small that is difficult to see to parts as large as 7 inches long.  And the amazing fact about the whole process is that even with the 18 to 20% shrink, the consistency from part to part is excellent.