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Last updated: May 8, 2026

NRE Costs Exposed: How One-Time Engineering Bills Can Sink Your Product (Ep. 49 revisited)

Posted on May 8, 2026 by Adrian Leighton

In episode 327 of China Manufacturing Decoded, Adrian and Renaud revisit a topic that still catches many product developers and importers by surprise: What are non-recurring engineering costs, and why do they matter so much before production starts? NRE costs … Continue reading →

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9 Questions You Need Answers To When Developing A New Product (Part 2)

Posted on May 12, 2023 by Adrian Leighton

Sofeast’s CEO Renaud completes part 2 of his journey through 9 of the key questions businesses who’re developing new products commonly need answers to. Here’s part 2 of the podcast covering questions 5-9…(by the way, you can catch up on part … Continue reading →

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How to Calculate the Cash Needed to Prototype & Launch your New Product [Podcast]

Posted on September 2, 2022 by Adrian Leighton

Sofeast’s CEO Renaud Anjoran and Adrian kick off the episode by talking about Hong Kong’s new and improved immigration and Covid procedures and the heatwaves and droughts in China that have been affecting manufacturing there. The main topic is learning … Continue reading →

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Getting To Grips With Non-Recurring Engineering Costs (NRE) [Podcast]

Posted on April 16, 2021 by Adrian Leighton

In this episode of the podcast, we discuss Non-Recurring Engineering costs for manufacturers. As the name suggests, these costs are usually one-off and are what it takes to get your product into production. These costs are perhaps better known as … Continue reading →

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