Sourcing & Supplier Vetting
How to Source Cookware From China: A B2B Guide
A factory-side walkthrough of the whole sourcing journey — shortlisting suppliers, telling a factory from a trader, samples, QC, terms and lead times.
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Stainless steel cookware, explained by the factory that makes it.
Grades, sourcing, MOQs and certification — what a wholesale buyer has to get right, written from 30 years on the production floor.
- 30 yrs
- Making cookware
- 66,000 m²
- Under one roof
- 70+
- Production lines
- 26,000
- Pieces a day
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Materials & Construction
Stainless Steel Cookware Grades: A Buyer's Guide
What 304, 316, 201, 430 and 18/10 mean on a cookware spec sheet, how they differ in corrosion resistance and cost, and which to specify.
What we cover
Materials & Construction
Grades, gauges and bonded bases explained for the people who have to specify them — what 304, 316, 201 and 18/10 actually mean on a purchase order.
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Sourcing & Supplier Vetting
How to tell a factory from a trading company, what to inspect before you order, and which questions separate a real production line from a showroom.
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Wholesale & Product Line
MOQ economics, landed cost, packaging formats and which categories to stock first when you are building a cookware range.
In production
OEM & Custom Manufacturing
Tooling, samples, drawings and lead times — what actually happens between your spec sheet and a container of finished cookware.
In production
Private Label & Co-Branding
Putting your own mark on the pan: branding methods, packaging, colourways and the commercial terms behind a private-label programme.
In production
Certification & Compliance
FDA, LFGB, REACH, GS and the rest — which certificate your market actually requires, and how to read a test report without taking anyone at their word.
In production
Talk to the factory
A question these guides do not answer?
Send us the spec, the market and the volume you are planning for. You will get an answer from the people who run the lines — not a brochure.