Manufacturer infomation: This is a factory specialized in producing ashtrays, located in Foshan City, Guangdong Province, China. The factory size is not very big, but the machinery and equipment are complete. From design to production, except the coloring process (due to environmental protection reasons) needs outsourcing processing, all other processes are finished inside their own factory. This factory mainly uses aluminum as raw material, and all the samples we can see in the factory are made of aluminum. Because the factory is not big manufacturer, I negotiated a very low MOQ. If it is an ODM order, only 50 pieces can start to make. If it is OEM, it needs to confirm separately, because the boss informed that it mainly depends on the mold fee and the product weight required by the customer, which involves the cost of cutting materials.
Manufacturer ID: 020
Industry: Hardware (Aluminum Ashtrays)
Minimum Order Quantity: 50pcs
Workers: 18
Upfront Deposit: 30%
Localtion: Foshan city Guangdong province China.
My assessment: This factory specialized in producing ashtrays is really hard to find, and I got to know it because a big boss in the hardware industry introduced it to me. The factory is not very big, but the things they do are very professional. In the factory, I saw many ashtrays customized by some domestic big brand manufacturers in China. These big brand manufacturers customized these ashtrays to give as gifts.
In my photo album, there is a video showing a car ashtray. That was specially designed and produced by the factory for a car club. The hand feel is very good, it is very beautiful and also very practical. On China’s Taobao website, the boss showed me that many aluminum ashtrays being sold all come from this small factory.
Actually, I like to connect with this kind of small factory very much. There are mainly two benefits: first is directly connecting with the boss himself, the communication cost is very low; second is being able to get a lower MOQ.
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