Custom Soft & Hard
Plastic Fishing Lure
Manufacturer
From P20 Tooling to Finished, Packed Export
KTM builds production-grade fishing lures for brands, not retail tackle. We tool and mold ABS hard baits and TPE/TPU soft plastic fishing lures, then carry the work through injection, painting, hook sourcing, and export packing. You can come to us three ways — buy the mold, keep it here for production, or hand off the whole program from CAD file to labeled carton. Send a drawing and you deal with one factory, engineer to engineer.
Send your drawing to our engineering team. We will review and return preliminary DFM feedback within 48 hours.
Our engineers are on duty until 20:00 to cover time zones. Direct engineer-to-engineer communication, no intermediaries.
Three Ways We Build
Your Lures
Pick the model that matches how you produce. Every path runs through the same tooling standards and the same engineering team, so quality holds no matter where production lands.
Mold Export
We cut soft and hard fishing lure molds in the steel your program needs: aluminum, P20, or H13 for high volume. Tools ship sampled and dimension-checked, ready to run on your own floor.
Mold + Injection Production
Keep the tool here and we run the parts. Injection molding soft plastic fishing lures in TPE/TPU, or ABS hard baits, on presses dedicated to your tool — no machine investment on your end.
Full-Service — Finished, Painted & Packed
Design, molding, painting, hook sourcing, and export packing under one PO, from your CAD file to a labeled carton.
Which materials you run decides how the part performs. Here is how ABS and TPE/TPU behave in the water.
Materials & Processes
for Soft and Hard Plastic Lures
Your bait's action and durability start with the resin. We mold both families daily, so you can run a hard line and a soft line through one supplier instead of two.
ABS Hard Baits
ABS is the standard for mass-produced hard plastic fishing lures — crankbaits, jerkbaits, topwater bodies — chosen for impact resistance and clean detail. We run clear ABS most often. PC is available when you need higher shatter resistance for saltwater work, and we can mold to a resin you specify. Two-shot tooling forms body and lip, or two colors, in a single cycle.
TPE / TPU Soft Baits (Fluorescent-Ready)
For soft plastic fishing lures — worms, swimbaits, craws — we mold TPE and TPU. Both stretch, hold fine detail, and survive repeated strikes. Fluorescent pigment blends into the melt to lift visibility in stained water. Gas-assist tooling handles thick or hollow sections without sink.
ABS, TPE, and TPU are what we run most — not the limit. PC or a customer-specified resin works the same way, and mold steel follows the same logic: matched to your volume, not fixed to one grade.
Have a material spec or fluorescent color in mind? Our engineers confirm feasibility before you commit.
The steel behind both materials sets how many parts you sell before the tool gives out — which is where aluminum and P20 part ways.
Aluminum Hobby Molds
vs. P20 Production Molds
Both have a place. The right call depends on whether you pour for yourself or build a brand that ships volume.
Hobby Aluminum Molds
Hobby aluminum molds suit DIY pourers running small batches. P20 steel molds suit brands running production — and P20 is what we cut. Lure bodies are geometrically simple and run in multi-cavity tools, so P20 comfortably reaches several hundred thousand parts before the tool needs attention. When a program runs into the millions, we step up to hardened H13 or S136 rather than overspending on steel you don't need.
P20 Production (KTM)
P20 steel molds suit brands running production — and P20 is what we cut. Lure bodies are geometrically simple and run in multi-cavity tools, so P20 comfortably reaches several hundred thousand parts before the tool needs attention. When a program runs into the millions, we step up to hardened H13 or S136 rather than overspending on steel you don't need.
This is why brands ordering soft plastic fishing lure molds for production specify P20 over aluminum: the tool outlasts the launch and parts stay identical from the first shot to the last.
A lure program is more than a mold. Here is the full path from drawing to export carton.
Single-Supplier Service: From Product Design to
Finished, Painted & Packed Lures
You stop coordinating five vendors when one factory owns every step from CAD file to packed export carton. We run the full fishing-lure supply chain in house, so your project moves from sketch to shipment without handoffs between a mold shop, a molder, and an outside paint line. Each stage hands the next a documented output, which is how dimensions and finish stay consistent across repeat orders.
Product Design
Reviewed 3D model and parting-line plan
DFM
Preliminary feedback within 48 hours
P20 Moldmaking
Production tooling cut on Fanuc CNC
Injection Molding
ABS, TPE/TPU — or PC / your specified resin
Painting
Coated, cured hard-bait bodies
Hooks Sourcing
Matched hooks, rings, and hardware
Packaging
Retail or bulk export packing
Export
Labeled cartons, ready to ship
Because every stage sits under one roof, scaling to bulk soft plastic fishing lures or hard plastic fishing lures in bulk runs on a single purchase order and one point of contact.
One supplier, from CAD file to painted, packed export carton — stop coordinating five vendors.
The next question most engineers ask is whether the floor behind this service can hold tolerance at volume.
One file in, packed cartons out. Send your lure drawing and we'll quote the full path — tooling, molding, painting, and export packing — on a single PO. No vendor juggling.
In-House Equipment
& Quality Control
You want proof that a supplier can run plastic injection molding fishing lures at volume and back every shot with data. Here is what sits on our floor and what leaves with your parts.
Tooling
Fanuc CNC machining centers, Sodick mirror-finish EDM, grinding and milling
Molding
40+ Fanuc and Haitian injection machines, 90-400T, all robot-fed for 24-hour runs
Special Processes
Two-shot injection, gas-assist tooling
Inspection
CMM, optical projector, pin/plug gauges, micrometers, hardness testers
Every machine feeds a traceable quality system, so a flagged dimension routes back to its shot record rather than a guess. With your tooling we deliver a defined document set: DFM analysis, Moldflow on complex parts, trial-shot reports, CMM dimensional reports, and material certifications.
That file package is what lets your engineers approve a mold remotely instead of flying out to witness a trial.
Sample Inspection Package
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1DFM Analysis Report
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2Moldflow Simulation (complex parts)
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3Trial-Shot Report
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4CMM Dimensional Report
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5Material Certifications
Equipment proves capacity. Brands stay for a decade for reasons no machine list covers.
Why Brands Stay
With Us 10+ Years
The risk you carry with overseas tooling is rarely the machine. It is the silence after a problem, the invoice that grows mid-project, the supplier who blames the drawing. We removed those four failure points, which is why several clients have stayed 10 to 15 years.
Does the owner understand tooling?
Founder holds a mold design and manufacturing degree, 20+ years on the technical floor.
Will the price change later?
Quotes are itemized — no hidden fees, no mid-project add-ons unless you revise the drawing or product spec.
Will communication stall?
Engineers handle your project directly, on duty until 20:00 to cover time zones.
Who owns the mold and IP?
Tooling and IP stay yours, under NDA.
Global Export Reach
Among plastic fishing lure manufacturers working from China, this is the difference that holds long programs together: a technical founder solving problems on the line, not a sales rep forwarding messages.
We export to the United States, Mexico, Canada, Costa Rica, and across Europe — the UK, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, and Scandinavia.
Engineer-to-engineer communication, no hidden fees, no mid-project surprises. Talk to the team that's kept clients for over 10 years.
If you would rather start from a proven design than tool from scratch, our in-stock lures give you a faster path to market.
Send the drawing. Get a real reply in 12 hours. Our engineers return preliminary DFM feedback within 48 hours — under NDA, engineer to engineer. We'd rather flag a molding issue before you commit than fix it after.
Send Your Drawing — Free DFM FeedbackIn-Stock Lure Designs
for Wholesale & OEM
Some buyers don't need a new tool — they need proven lures, fast. We keep a line of in-house TPU/TPE soft baits and ABS hard baits ready for branding: worms, swimbaits, and craws in soft formats; crankbaits and jerkbaits in hard ABS. Order full cartons under your own label, with fluorescent options on the soft range and other resins available on request.
OEM private label
Your logo, your packaging, our molds
Bulk stock order
Existing designs, full-carton pricing
Free samples
Physical units shipped for testing
Need to confirm the action before you commit volume? Request samples first — we ship physical units so your team tests swim, fall, and durability in real water.
If your questions are more technical — material specs, mold life, or MOQ — the answers are below.
Fishing Lure
Manufacturing FAQ
It depends on the bait. For soft lures like worms and swimbaits we run TPE and TPU — durable, stretchy, buoyant, with fluorescent powder on request. For hard baits like crankbaits and jerkbaits, ABS is the standard: it molds cleanly, holds impact, and finishes well under paint. Most clients run clear ABS; PC or a customer-specified resin is available when needed.
ABS is rigid and holds a fixed shape — right for hard bodies that need structure and a paintable surface. TPE and TPU stay flexible, so the tail moves in water and survives repeated strikes without tearing. The two material families are not tooled or processed the same way.
A P20 steel mold runs several hundred thousand shots for typical lure geometry. For millions-part programs we tool in hardened H13 or S136. Aluminum suits low-volume DIY pouring; P20 suits brands running ongoing production, where dimensional stability matters across the full run.
MOQ depends on the lure and cavity layout — share your drawing and we'll confirm exact numbers. Sampling follows mold trials, and you receive a dimensional report before mass production starts.
Yes. We sign an NDA before reviewing files. The mold belongs to you, and your design stays confidential.
Yes. We cover injection, painting, hook sourcing, and packaging through to export carton, so you brief one supplier instead of five.
Ready to move? Send your drawing and we'll respond with feedback within 48 hours.
Send Your DrawingSend Your Drawing —
Get Free DFM Feedback
You've seen the materials, the tooling, and the process. The next step costs you nothing. Send your lure drawing or 3D file, and our engineers return preliminary DFM feedback within 48 hours — engineer to engineer, under NDA. As a custom plastic fishing lure manufacturer, we'd rather flag a molding issue before you commit than fix it after.
Send the drawing. Get a real reply in 12 hours. Our engineers return preliminary DFM feedback within 48 hours — under NDA, engineer to engineer. We'd rather flag a molding issue before you commit than fix it after.