OEM · A US direct-to-consumer cookware brand
US DTC stovetop kettle
A 1.9-litre brushed stainless kettle with a temperature gauge set into the lid knob, made to the brand’s spec and sold under their name.
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Work we have built for other brands
Cookware built on the Zoombo lines that back Potobelo, for brands that put their own name on it. Each partner is described by what we made and how long we have made it, never by name — who a brand buys from is their business, not our advertising.
OEM · A design-led speciality tea startup
Speciality chai brewer
A 600 ml stainless brewer with a ceramic non-stick lining, an integrated strainer and a rim engineered to stop boil-over — a startup’s patented design, manufactured to it.
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Canadian heritage kettle
A 2-quart 18/10 kettle with a folding handle and a spout strainer, built to the brand’s own drawing and finished in the signature colour they specify — on our lines since 2008.
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Co-branding · A Korean kitchenware brand
Korean flagship kettle
The brand’s representative product: an argon-welded stainless kettle with an electrolysis-treated interior and bakelite fittings, in seven capacities from 1 to 7 litres — made here since 2002.
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What these four programmes have in common
Private-label and contract manufacturing programmes — another company’s name goes on the box. The oldest runs since 2002, the newest since 2024, all four still in production at volume. Duration is the point: whether a factory holds a programme for years without the brand leaving.
Longevity is the signal, not the photograph
A contract manufacturing relationship ends quietly when quality drifts, so a programme still running after a decade says more than any single sample. Two of these four have run for over fifteen years.
The spec belongs to the brand, not to us
In three of the four the customer arrived with a finished drawing and we built to it. That is the ordinary shape of OEM work, and it means the engineering credit on the page belongs to them.
We do not publish the names
Who a brand buys from is commercially sensitive and often contractually restricted. We describe what we made and how long we have made it, and leave the naming to the brand.
Where to next
However you arrive, the process is the same
Bring a finished drawing, start from a design we have already engineered, or put both names on it. Consult, sample in 7–10 days, your approval, then production built to match the sample.
Tell us what you need built
Your channel, your market, your volumes. We reply with a plan, MOQ and next steps, usually within one business day.