OEM & ODM
Custom tooling, moulding and packing: from your drawing to a loaded container
Bring a drawing, a sample or nothing but a size you cannot find. We develop the tool, run the moulding or the extrusion, print the branding and pack for export — all on one 26,000 m² site in Linyi, Shandong. This page sets out what we can customise, how an order runs, and the commercial numbers we work to.
What OEM means here
You keep the brand. We build the packaging behind it.
OEM and ODM work is a normal part of the factory, not a side service. External processing and custom production run alongside our own catalogue, and product customisation is carried out for clients in multiple countries. What we need from you is the requirement; what we bring is the tooling, the process choice and the packing plan.
Customisation is available across the parts a buyer actually chooses:
- Size, capacity and wall section — from your drawing or a sample
- Material grade, including PP, PET, PS, paperboard and coated board
- Colour, matched to a masterbatch reference you approve
- Print and branding on containers, lids, cups and cartons
- Packing format: bulk, nested, wrapped, kitted or private label
- Carton count, shipping marks and mixed-size container loads
Ten capability areas
What we can do on your order
Each entry below is a working capability, described the way it will be described on your quotation — what the process does, and what it needs from you.
Custom tooling and mould development
Most OEM projects start with a drawing, a sample part, or a size that does not exist in our range. We review the geometry, the wall section, the material and the way the part has to pack before quoting. Where an existing tool comes close, we modify it; where it does not, we build a new one. Tooling is quoted separately and visibly, so you know what you are paying for.
Thin-wall injection moulding
Thin-wall moulding is how we make light parts that still hold their shape under hot, wet food: PP containers, bowls and boxes, PS cutlery, juice cups and lids. Wall thickness, gate position and cooling all move unit weight, and unit weight moves your freight cost — so we optimise them together rather than one at a time.
Blister extrusion
Sheet is extruded and formed over a tool to produce larger, flatter parts: fruit containers, fresh produce trays and blister takeaway boxes. Blister forming gives translucent walls, a wide display area for produce that has to be seen, and trays that nest flat so they do not pay for air in the container.
Integrated moulding
A container and its lid are one system, so we design and tool them as one. Integrated moulding keeps body, rim and lid in a matched tooling scheme: nesting height, snap or press fit, and stacking strength are set together. That is what makes a mixed carton of bodies and lids behave predictably when it is filled and stacked on a pallet.
In-house R&D and product design
Our R&D team works on new product development; that is how the catalogue has grown to dozens of product lines with new items launched each year. On an OEM project the same team takes your drawing or sample and returns a manufacturable design — material, wall section, lid strategy, packing and carton fit.
Custom colour and masterbatch
Bodies, lids and cutlery can be run in a colour you specify rather than only in black, clear, white or translucent. Masterbatch is matched to an approved physical sample, and that sample is kept as the reference for the run — so a colour is judged against the approved part, not against memory or a screen.
Printing and branding
Paper containers, printed boxes and paper cups carry your artwork. We print from a print-ready file you supply, confirm a proof with you first, and print from the approved version. Board grade, coating and print coverage are quoted together, because each of them changes both the price and the food-contact performance of the finished item.
External processing and custom production
Alongside our own catalogue we accept external processing and custom production: your order can be moulded, formed or printed to your specification and packed to your requirement, including private-label packing, mixed cartons and buyer-specific shipping marks. Send the requirement and we will confirm what is possible before you commit to a volume.
Quality control and inspection
Inspection is built into the run rather than added at the end: incoming material checks, in-process checks at set intervals and finished-goods inspection, with the results recorded against the production batch. The full process is set out on the quality page, including the third-party laboratory testing we can arrange for your market.
Packing and export logistics
We pack for the container, not for the warehouse. Pieces per carton, carton dimensions, CBM and cartons per 40HQ are published for every catalogue item, so you can calculate landed cost before you order. We prepare the shipping documents, work with your forwarder or ours, and can photograph loading with the container and seal numbers for your file.
The buyer journey
Eight steps from first enquiry to the second order
The sequence below is the same for a standard item and for a bespoke tool. Nothing moves to the next step until the previous one is signed off in writing.
Enquiry
Send the item number, the size you need, a drawing or a photograph, the material you have in mind, the target quantity and the destination market. A physical sample helps; a dimensioned drawing is better.
Drawing and quotation
We review what you sent, confirm what is manufacturable as drawn, and return a quotation: unit price, packing plan, carton data — pieces per carton, CBM and cartons per 40HQ — and the lead time for that combination.
Tooling and sample
Where a new tool is needed we quote it separately and build to the approved drawing; where we already hold the tool, sampling starts immediately. You approve a physical sample — part, colour and packing — before any mass run is scheduled.
Trial production
A short trial run proves the tool, the wall section, the colour and the packing on the actual machine, at production speed. Trial parts are inspected against the approved sample and retained, so both sides work from the same reference afterwards.
Mass production
Once the trial output is approved we schedule the run against your order and confirm the production dates. In-process checks run through the batch, and the results stay with the batch record rather than being summarised afterwards.
Inspection
Finished goods are checked against the approved sample and the sampling plan agreed before the run. Cartons are checked for count, print and marks, and for stacking strength. If you appoint a third-party inspector, we schedule the visit around the run so there is production to be seen.
Shipping documents
We prepare the packing list, the commercial invoice and the carton marks agreed on the order, and work with your forwarder or ours. Container and seal numbers, loading photographs and any additional document your market requires are prepared on request.
After-sales and repeat orders
The approved sample, the drawings, the colour reference and the inspection records are kept against your batch, so a repeat order is matched to the first one instead of being rebuilt from scratch. If something does not match, we start from the batch record, not from a conversation.
Before you write
What to send with an enquiry
Four pieces of information let us quote accurately the first time instead of exchanging three rounds of questions. Send what you have — we will ask for the rest.
Size and drawing
A dimensioned drawing, a physical sample or the item number you want to match. Capacity in ml, overall dimensions and whether the lid is flat, domed or vented.
Material and colour
PP, PET, PS, paperboard, PE- or PLA-coated board. Then the colour: a masterbatch reference, a Pantone number or an approved part we can match against.
Print and branding
Your artwork as a print-ready file, the print coverage, and where the mark belongs — on the container, the lid, the cup or only the outer carton.
Volume and destination
Target quantity per size, whether sizes can be mixed in one container, the destination market and port, and the date you need the goods to arrive.
Commercial defaults
The numbers most orders land on
Buyers ask for these three figures before anything else, so we publish them. They are typical commercial defaults for our range — the starting point for a quotation, not a promise, and not a substitute for the figure written on your order.
| Minimum order quantity | 20,000 pcs per size, as a typical default. A size that already runs in our range, a colour we already hold and a mixed-size container load can all move this number — send the requirement and we will confirm. |
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| Sample lead time | 5–7 days, as a typical default, from a tool we already hold. A new tool, a new masterbatch or a printed item add time before sampling can start; courier transit is additional and depends on the destination. |
| Production lead time | 20–30 days after deposit, as a typical default. Order quantity, number of colours, printing, the material and the vessel schedule all move it, and peak season moves it further. |
Read these as defaults, not as guarantees
20,000 pcs per size, 5–7 days for samples and 20–30 days after deposit are the typical commercial defaults we work to. They describe how most orders run — not what every order will do. The numbers that apply to your order are the ones on your quotation and proforma invoice, confirmed against the material, the tooling and the shipping schedule at the time of ordering.
There is a second kind of honesty in that. If your requirement falls outside what we can hold reliably — a wall thickness, a service temperature, a tolerance, a delivery date — we say so before tooling starts, not after the goods are made.
Let's price your next container
Send your sizes, materials and target volume. We reply with a full quotation, packing plan and lead time within one business day.