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  1. Originally, an OEM (original equipment manufacturer) was a company that supplied equipment to other companies to resell or incorporate into another product using the reseller's brand name. For example, a maker of refrigerators like Frigidaire might sell its refrigerators to a retailer like Sears to resell under a brand name owned by Sears. A number of companies, both equipment suppliers and equipment resellers, still use this meaning.
  2. More recently, OEM is used to refer to the company that acquires a product or component and reuses or incorporates it into a new product with its own brand name.
  3. Not of course to be confused with OEM-Team Moulding, a moulding supplier based in Riverside, CA!
 
More recently OEM applied to moulding often means there's a 3000+ foot minimum order. That's a lotta frames.
 
The term "OEM" has been bastardized extensively since it came into the industrial lexicon years ago. These days it is often used in reference to any production situation. An "OEM framer" manufactures no equipment, just lots of frames. "OEM pricing" refers to pricing based on significant quantity, generally the lowest pricing available.
 
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