Resources
The Things Buyers Ask For Before They Ask For A Price
Container maths, reference data, the standards list and the process. Use them to check us, or to build the case internally that gets your programme funded.
Container Loading & Landed Cost
Work out cartons per container, units per container, gross weight and CBM utilisation, then spread a freight rate you supply across the units.
Open the calculator ReferenceProcurement Data
The pack-out, size and thermal reference ranges we publish, with the caveat that the final carton and thermal result are confirmed against the chosen configuration.
See the tables ComplianceStandards & Certification
Every standard we are tested against, grouped by what you are trying to satisfy — food contact, restricted substances, systems, durability and transit.
Open the standard list ProcessManufacturing Process
Twelve production steps with the machine, the control point, the failure mode and the check for each one — including the piece-by-piece vacuum test.
Walk the line VerificationFactory Audits & Records
Which audits run over this site, against which standard, and which of those reports are yours to keep rather than ours to lend.
See the audit record SamplesSampling Policy
Stock, decorated and new-tool samples: what each one takes, what it costs and what is reused in the production run.
Understand sampling CommercialWhat Moves The Price
The eight lines a quotation is built from, the lever on each one, what does not move the price, and how to compare two quotations like for like.
Read the cost guide QualityQC Checklist & Inspection Plan
The eight inspection stages from incoming steel to a loaded container, the AQL sampling plan, and a printable checklist for your own inspector.
Open the checklist ComplianceCertifications
Every standard that applies to drinkware, by what it covers and which market asks for it, with the document set mapped to your item number.
See the matrix ReferenceSourcing Glossary
The vocabulary of the trade in plain definitions — materials, processes, performance, documents and commercial terms, with links to the pages that go further.
Open the glossaryBuying Reference
Pack-Out And Thermal Ranges
| Family reference | Pcs per carton | Master carton | Unit weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12–40 oz family | 25 | 50 × 50 × 27 cm | Per model — see the range below |
| 50–87 oz family | 12 | 50 × 50 × 27 cm | Per model — see the range below |
| 128 oz reference | 9 | 50 × 50 × 27 cm | Per model — see the range below |
| Cold retention | Up to 24 hours on a standard double-wall 500 ml+ body, filled and closed at 20 °C ambient. |
|---|---|
| Hot retention | Up to 12 hours to the same method. The lid design moves this number more than the wall does. |
| Vacuum integrity | Every body evacuated and measured individually before assembly — not sampled. |
| Unit weight | approximately 180–768 g across the 12–64 oz range. From the supplied family size charts. Exact SKU weight is confirmed from the selected mould. The loading calculator takes the figure you supply rather than assuming one. |
| Evidence | Pack-out chart · Thermal chart · Capacity chart |
- ISO 9001
- FDA 21 CFR
- LFGB §30/§31
- EU 1935/2004
- REACH SVHC
- California Prop 65
- CPSIA
- EN 12546-1
- ISTA 1A
- BSCI / SMETA
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