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.
Author
Potobelo Editorial Team
Sourcing and engineering staff at Potobelo, a stainless steel cookware brand built on 30 years of Zoombo manufacturing in Guangdong, China. We write from inside the plant that makes the product, not from reviewing it.
Why we can answer these questions
- of Zoombo manufacturing behind the brand
- 30 yearsof Zoombo manufacturing behind the brand
- plant floor in Guangdong, China
- 66,000+ m²plant floor in Guangdong, China
- proprietary core-process production lines
- 70+proprietary core-process production lines
- pieces a day at full output
- 26,000pieces a day at full output
Every guide here is written by the people who run the process it describes, checked against the plant’s own tolerances and test reports before it publishes, and illustrated with photographs of our own lines rather than stock. Where we do not know something — another factory’s costs, a market we have not shipped into — we say so instead of estimating.
Published guides (2)
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.