01 · Incoming materials
Rolls checked by weight and lot before they reach the floor. The label on the end of each roll is what an inspection report is traced back to.
The factory
Built for the second order, not the first
Anyone can quote a sample. What matters is whether the tenth container matches the first. Incoming material through to sealed carton happens under one roof. Once a model is approved we keep the cutting die, so your second order costs less to start and looks like the first.
Cutting floor
What the plant can actually do
Per month, at a single shiftThe six production steps are below. This is the part buyers ask about second: how much of it, how fast, and what happens when we are already busy.
Pad cutting
1.2 m pcs
Die and ultrasonic, across six cutting stations. The bottleneck is die changeover, not cutting speed.
Stitching
900 k pcs
Overlock and hook & loop application. This is the step that limits a large pad programme.
Assembly
150 k sets
Poles, frames, buckets and wringers into finished retail sets.
Inspection
Per lot
Sampled to AQL against limits agreed before production starts.
Packing
24,000 / 40HQ
Your artwork and carton mark, palletised to your loading plan.
Warehousing
90 km to port
Shanghai is 90 km from the plant; Ningbo on request.
IndicativeFigures are per month at a single shift and are indicative. Peak capacity and current lead time are confirmed per programme.
The floor, six steps
Raw roll to sealed cartonNothing leaves the building between the roll and the carton, which is why changing a pad size or a backing mid-order takes days rather than a new supplier hunt.
02 · Cutting
Die and ultrasonic cutting. The die in the machine is yours once a size is approved, which is why a reorder carries no new setup charge.
03 · Stitching
Overlocked edges and hook & loop application. This is the step that limits how fast a large pad programme can run.
04 · Assembly
Poles, frames, buckets and wringers into finished retail sets. Boxing happens on the same line, so a pack change does not mean a second handling.
05 · Inspection
Sampled per lot to AQL against limits agreed with you before the line starts. Peel strength, absorbency, shrinkage, colour fastness, appearance.
06 · Packing and loading
Your carton mark, your inner count, your pallet plan. Shanghai is 90 km away, about two hours by truck.
Where a fault gets caught
And what it costs if it does notQuality is not one inspection at the end. It is five points where a specific thing is checked, chosen because those are the five things that generate claims.
| Stage | What is checked | Failure it catches | If it reaches you instead |
|---|---|---|---|
| Incoming | Roll weight and lot | Under-weight material substituted upstream | A pad that fails the wash count on the pack |
| After cutting | First-article against the die | Wrong size, worn die, drifting tolerance | Pads that will not seat on the frame |
| After stitching | Peel strength on the backing | Weak hook & loop bond | The complaint that generates returns |
| Assembly | Function test on moving parts | Wringers, triggers, swivels | A retail return, and the review that follows it |
| Before packing | AQL sample against agreed limits | Appearance, colour drift, print registration | A rejected pallet at your warehouse |
The part most factories leave out
We agree the limits before the line starts, not after you reject something
An inspection standard written after a dispute is not a standard, it is a negotiation. Send us your AQL levels and your defect classification at the quotation stage and we will quote against those. If you do not have one, we will send ours and you can argue with it while it is still cheap to argue.
Reports Issued on request, per lot, with the carton lot number so a claim can be traced.
The floor
Click any frame to enlargePhotographs of the plant, not of a photo library. Every one is captioned with what you are looking at, because a picture with no caption proves nothing.
Placeholder These are stand-ins. Replace them with your own floor photography and rewrite each caption to say what that step is actually doing.
Coming to see it
Buyers, inspectors and auditorsA factory that is easy to visit is telling you something, and so is one that is not. Tell us the week and we will schedule production so there is something to see rather than an empty floor and a slideshow.
What we can arrange
- A walk of the line while your programme is running
- Third-party inspection at any point in the run — SGS, Intertek, Bureau Veritas or your own
- A social or technical audit, with the previous BSCI report available beforehand
- A video walkthrough if travel is not worth it for the order size
Getting here
Suzhou is 30 minutes from Shanghai Hongqiao by high-speed rail and about 90 minutes from Pudong airport by car. We meet visitors at the station.
| Business type | Manufacturer, not a trading company |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2008 |
| What we do in house | Material → cut → stitch → assemble → pack |
| Monthly capacity | 1.2 million pads · 150,000 mop sets |
| Peak headroom | +40% on four weeks' notice |
| Lead time | 35 days |
| Main markets | Europe · North America · Middle East |
| Location | Suzhou, Jiangsu, 90 km from Shanghai port |
| Audits held | ISO 9001:2015 · BSCI |
| Visitors | Welcome, with a week's notice |