Contract manufacturing in China, under one contract
For procurement leads at European manufacturers whose customers want a lower price every year. Sourcing Allies runs turnkey contract manufacturing in China for you. We find the factory, audit it in person and deliver the finished product under one contract.
- Factory
- Found and audited in person
- Contract
- One, for the finished product
- First hour
- Free
Squeezed on price, and new to China
Finding a cheaper price is easy. Finding a supplier you can trust is the hard part.
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Your buyers want a lower price
Every contract renewal comes with a cost-down target, and your margin is already paying for most of it.
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Local suppliers have hit their floor
You’ve renegotiated with your European suppliers more than once. There’s nothing left to take out.
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China is an unknown
You don’t know which factories are real, whether the tenth batch will match the sample, or who picks up the phone when it doesn’t.
China isn’t the cheap option. It’s the efficient one.
Chasing the lowest bid is a race to the bottom. You pay for it later in swapped materials, changing quotes and rejected batches. China’s real advantage is a complete supply chain. Managed well, it lowers your landed cost and gives you supply you can plan around.
Fewer handoffs
Motors, heating elements, compressors, electronics and housings come from one region. Fewer shipments means fewer things that can go wrong.
A specialist for every process
Die casting and forging, metal stamping and fabrication, plastic injection moulding, aluminium extrusion. Each part goes to a factory that runs that process all day, so it matches your drawing.
Room to grow
When your customers order more, you scale up without vetting a new supplier. Warehousing, inventory management and global fulfilment are available when you need them.
You get the finished appliance, not a pile of parts
Ten suppliers in, one tested and packed unit out. You don’t chase the component makers. We do.
Don’t see your product here? Send us a drawing or a bill of materials and we’ll look at it.
Ask about your productOne product. Many suppliers. One partner.
A full production contract covers every line of the bill of materials, not just final assembly.
A product this size is rarely made in one place. The housing is cast in one town, the cover moulded in another, the board populated somewhere else again.
We source, audit and inspect each part separately, then bring them together on one assembly line, under one purchase order.
| No. | Part | Process | Suppliers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Bottom housingADC12 die-cast | Die casting | 1 |
| 02 | Battery packLi-ion 2S · 5,000 mAh | Cell pack assembly | 2 |
| 03 | Main board4-layer FR-4 · SMT | PCB assembly | 3 |
| 04 | SealSilicone · 50 Shore A | Compression moulding | 1 |
| 05 | Top coverPC/ABS · textured | Injection moulding | 1 |
| 06 | Screws ×4M2 × 8 · A2 stainless | Cold heading | 1 |
| 6 parts | 9 |
- Contract
- Full production
- Parts
- 6 shown
- Contact
- One
We build trust on the factory floor, not over email
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Factory audit before any order
We check staff size, machines, process control, management structure, working conditions, worker safety and social responsibility. You only work with factories that pass.
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Someone on site
Bilingual delivery managers based in Ningbo visit your factories and see production for themselves.
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Batch ten should look like sample one
You approve samples first. After that, we inspect during production and again before goods leave the factory.
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Protected on paper
We sign an NDA on every project. You contract through our entities in Sweden, the US or China, so you have legal recourse under a system you know.
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One quote, one person to call
One quote covers components, assembly, packaging and shipping. One contact is accountable for all of it.
148 components, 72 suppliers, 6 countries: a full assembly line built from scratch and delivered on time, with one point of contact for the client.
Read the casePrototype to 5,000 units shipped: 200+ components from 18 suppliers, with assembly, QC and logistics managed for the client.
Read the caseCooling systems without chasing three supply chains. We source the thermal, electronic and housing parts, test pressure and performance, and support certification.
Read the caseSettle these questions before you move production to China
Often, but not by default. If you chase the lowest factory price, you tend to get swapped materials and changing quotes. Contract manufacturing in China pays off through a complete supply chain, factories that specialise in your process and room to scale. Sourcing Allies prices the full landed cost, covering components, assembly, packaging and shipping, so you can compare it fairly with your current supplier.
Start with your drawings, materials and volumes. Then shortlist factories that already make similar products and audit them in person before you place an order. Sourcing Allies audits staff, machines, process control, management and working conditions, and has you approve samples before mass production. Our bilingual delivery managers in Ningbo visit the factories, so you don’t have to travel.
In contract manufacturing, a factory produces parts or products to your design, and you may still handle sourcing, assembly or shipping yourself. In turnkey manufacturing, one partner handles all of it: factory selection, tooling, component sourcing, assembly, quality control and delivery. Sourcing Allies offers both. You can use us for the whole chain or only the parts you need.
The free manufacturing consultation is a one-hour call with Sourcing Allies about your product. We discuss whether it suits production in China, which products to move first, the risks to plan for and the next steps. If you have them, bring drawings, a bill of materials, current volumes and your target price. You’re under no obligation to go further.
Sourcing Allies signs an NDA on every project before any files are shared. You can also contract through our legal entities in Sweden, the US or China. That gives you legal recourse under a system you know, which a China-only agent can’t offer.
Yes. Sourcing Allies works from your existing drawings, specifications and approved samples. We match your product to audited factories, then produce samples for you to approve against your current product. Production runs with in-process and final inspection, and you have one contact from the first drawing review through to delivery.
Spend an hour with people who know the factories
Tell us what you make, what your customers are asking for and what worries you about China. We’ll tell you plainly whether we think China fits your product, and what the first step would be.
Useful to bring: drawings or photos, a bill of materials, annual volumes and your target price.
One hour. No cost. No obligation. A clearer answer than a hundred supplier emails.
A drawing, a sketch or a paragraph is enough to start.