Greater London Enterprise Awards 2020

10 | Greater London Awards 2020 Sep201020 Best International Leaders of Sourcing & Manufacturing Products 2020 For countries around the world, China has become an intrinsic part of the supply line. It’s impossible to overstate its importance to many industries, but success depends on finding a factory that can deliver to the standards you expect. With so many choices across the region, it pays to pay an expert to ensure standards are met. We take a look at China Global Sourcing, a team who are no strangers to what Chinese production has to offer the world. Businesses wanting to import and manufacture products in China face a unique problem. Often, they are not based in the country, lacking the local knowledge that ensures these sorts of projects go without a hitch. Manufacturing depends on precision, with an ability to deliver built on trust. The team at China Global Sourcing act as an intermediary solution, offering an end- to-end service for business. Since 2015, the team has been a leading provider of this organisational prowess to business, discovering new and exciting factories, then connecting them to businesses that require their services. No matter what the challenge, whether it is sampling, prototyping, manufacturing, certification, branding & packaging, this team knows exactly who to turn to. The work that the team undertakes covers an extraordinary range of different products and industries. Each has its own unique set of demands and challenges. It does mean that the team have quickly acquired a wealth of transferable experiences that ensure that large scale manufacturing, prototype, custom designed sample or branded product can be delivered without any problems. From enquiry to delivery, businesses place their trust in China Global Sourcing and receive exactly what they expected every time. China Global Sourcing are also very proud to have supplied the Department of Health and Social Care and NHS during the height of the Covid-19 Pandemic. After being contacted by the Government, the team sourced and manufactured over 11,000,000 units of PPE in China, the equivalent of over 200 containers worth of product. With global demand so high and delivery time critical, they managed to have a new manufacturing facility built within five days to increase 8 production lines in one factory to 26, working 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. To save shipping time, they sent all 11,000,000 units of PPE by air, which included 2 fully chartered B777 and A380 aircraft and over 100 bulk airfreight shipments from Guangzhou, Shanghai and Beijing, direct to London Heathrow, with up to 800,000 units of PPE landing per day at the height of the pandemic. The team employ specialist consultants who understand in-depth the requirements that each product has. One of the key aspects of what is on offer is the use of recognised laboratories to test and certify products, to regulatory & safety standards. These include CE, UL, SAA, FC, BIS, SASO, IEC, REACH, RoHS, CPSIA, EN71, LFGB, FDA and IP65. Being able to find a provider who can ensure this process is delivered effectively is no easy feat, but one which takes the pressure from other departments. China Global Sourcing covers a host of different departments and requirements. Each production challenge brings its own difficulties, but also its own potential for success. The team has proven skill tackling projects that involve injection moulding, creating a range of products from imported PP, PU, PC and EVA material. Their partners create custom moulds from a client’s designs and specifications using the latest moulding machinery. A more heavy-duty practice offered by the team is the supply of various metal products, such as zinc and aluminium ingots, as well as high purity scrap copper, which they ship to Europe and India. China Global Sourcing is also able to offer solutions that suit the technological end of the scale, with their work on custom touch screen kiosks being incredibly popular in a wide range of industries. These are designed and made specifically for the requirements a client demands. The team test these products thoroughly to ensure they meet the required electrical safety standards and Ingress protection rating. For products that simply need a more precise touch, CNC production is also an option many take up, with the guarantee of consistency throughout. Working with China Global Sourcing has benefitted many businesses, smoothing