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Practical writing for people who buy, specify or import drinkware — materials, tooling, compliance and lead times. Grouped by the decision you are actually making.
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Finding the factory, and deciding whether it is the right one.
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Steel, forming, tooling, and what happens on the line.
15 articles
Colour, finish, logo and packaging — and the limits of each.
12 articles
Inspection, documents, and the standards a buyer is held to.
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Minimums, lead time, Incoterms and the money behind a quotation.
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The document set is decided by the destination market, not by the product. A checklist of what to ask for, and what a supplier cannot truthfully promise in advance.
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Sampling is the cheapest stage of a drinkware programme and the one most often rushed. Here is what a sample has to prove, and what decides what it costs.
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Which test applies to which market, and what your supplier has to hand you before the container leaves.
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FDA food contact, Proposition 65 and a retail carton that survives a DC.
Read the US & Canada pageLFGB, REACH and a packaging regime that is getting stricter every year.
Read the EU & UK pageConformity schemes, extreme heat, and a supply chain that rewards planning.
Read the Gulf & Africa pageShort transit, local standards, and the markets that most resemble our own.
Read the APAC & Oceania page