At least once a month someone will tell us they don not need a China-centric contract with their China-based manufacturer because their China-based manufacturer is owned by an American or a European company. To which I always say, “no it isn’t.” Here’s the deal. No American or European or Australian company (or any other non-Chinese
How to protect your molds and tooling when manufacturing overseas
The big manufacturing trend is nearshoring and that means moving your manufacturing to Mexico/Latin America for U.S. product sales or to Poland or Turkey for Europe product sales.
How China's slowing economy impacts foreign businesses.
How and why to move your manufacturing from China and where to move it.
How to prevent China manufacturing scams: Due Diligence, China-specific manufacturing contract, good payment terms.
China factory scams are rising. These are the three most common China factory scams.
If you want your Chinese manufacturer to do something, you need to put that in your China manufacturing contract.
As buyers work to diversify their supply chains out of China, many are finding the process extremely difficult. Most buyers are finding they have been spoiled by China. Foreign buyers have been working in China for over thirty years and during that thirty year period, these buyers have been training Chinese suppliers on the whole
Being first to market is usually no protection at all. You must protect your IP from China with IP registrations and appropriate contracts.
