[jacquesm]

20 Ton presses are $200:

http://www.harborfreight.com/20-ton-shop-press-32879.html

Agreed on the injection moulding, that's expensive (and rightly so). But a simple press is not going to be a showstopper on any budget.

If you're going to do sheetmetal manufacturing there are a ton of companies waiting to get your business just about anywhere up to a reasonable volume. Manufacturing hasn't completely moved out (yet).

Small series, prototypes, even your first batch of some product can usually (definitely not always) be manufactured locally in just about any country.