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Fabien Gaussorgues
Comments Off on Logistics from China – The Basics For Importers

Many companies want to benefit from low-cost manufacturing in China. However, they sometimes forget

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Comments Off on The Basics about Laboratory Tests in China

The Basics about Laboratory Tests For Buyers From China Although it might not be obvious for new buy

Fabien Gaussorgues
Comments Off on Prices Raw Materials in China Just Increased! Bad News From Suppliers

If you work with Chinese suppliers, you have certainly received a number of messages about increasin

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Comments Off on Selecting a Plastic Injection Material for China Manufacturing

Do you need to manufacture a plastic part in China? The first question, before prototyping and deciding on a manufacturer, is: what is the best material to use? Unfortunately,there often is no straightforward answer. First of all, there are a lot of different plastics, all coming with different characteristics. The most common plastics used in China are PMMA, POM, PET,

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Comments Off on Why you should check your product’s compliance – A case study

There recently has been a case for exporting a large volume of electric car toys to the UK. The buyer had found a supplier and negotiated a price, so most things had been settled already. Before making the final order, he wanted some basic due diligence to be done on the products he was going to buy. Just to be

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Comments Off on How Quality Inspections are saving you costs – A case study

This month, an (article) of Asia Inspection confirmed that about 30-40% of the quality inspections in China fail. (source: Asia Inspection) There are multiple reasons for these failures: - Part(s) missing in the assembly - Scratches or poor workmanship - Mistakes on the subparts, for example material or color - Packaging marking not according to regulation Many of the clients who