5 Tips for Choosing a Professional Flatware Supplier in China

Compared with other metals, stainless steel has good rust resistance, corrosion resistance, heat resistance and polishing properties, made of utensils with beautiful and durable characteristics, so in recent years it has been used in large quantities in the manufacture of tableware. In the case of meeting the domestic market demand, domestic stainless steel tableware is also exported to overseas markets. Since 2016, China's stainless steel flatware, kitchenware and other household utensils export volume and export value continued to grow, in 2019 China's stainless steel flatware, kitchenware and other household utensils export volume reached 656,000 tons.

Which company exports the most cutlery?

In 2022, China have exported approximately 5.72 billion U.S. dollars worth of cutlery to the rest of the world. with an export value of around 261.6 million U.S. dollars that year, Garbo Flatware was the largest flatware factory of Chinese supplier.

With so many suppliers, how should we make a choice of cooperation? 

According to the characteristics of the top-selling Garbo suppliers, we provide 5 Tips for Choosing an A-grade Flatware Supplier in China

1. Years of Experience

GUANGZHOU GARBO INTERNATIONAL TRADING CO.,LTD has been in tableware business since 1993 and has nearly 30 years of experience in manufacturing and exporting. The rich experience makes Garbo Flatware greatly familiar with the global market, and Garbo can be familiar with the trends and developments in each market; the rich experience also makes Garbo to control the coming risks very well, especially for various unavoidable changes in social policies and the ability to anticipate and adjust the unknown factors in each process of each order, and this strength also gives customers confidence that Garbo has sufficient capital to run and grow the business smoothly and healthily, and that it has a strong enough foundation for customers to choose to maintain a long-term friendly relationship with us.

2. Diversity of Product Range

Garbo has a complete product range, from glassware, ceramic dinnerware, kitchen utensils to stainless steel cutlery, with more than hundreds of branches in each major category. For example, Garbo Flatware can be divided into stainless steel handle, ceramic handle, plastic handle, design style can be divided into classic models, minimalist models, innovative models, holiday design models, etc., the color can be divided into natural silver and PVD gold, rose gold, black, rainbow color, but also according to the use of the crowd into adult models and children's models, according to different hot markets can also be divided into Russian style, Baroque style, Egyptian style, Egyptian style, the Russian style, Egyptian style, Portuguese style, Brazilian style and so on. At the same time, Garbo also has seven professional showrooms displaying hundreds of thousands of different products, flatware alone has tens of thousands to choose from. The rich and diverse products also demonstrate Garbo's strong supply chain resources, from Garbo you can choose any product for any combination, this comprehensive ability is also one of the main strengths of Garbo, which can not be provided by other suppliers.

3. Quality of Products

The quality of products is one of the main factors for customers to choose. For stainless steel cutlery, the material can be roughly divided into four grades: 201ss(18-2)/ 410ss(13-0)/ 430ss(18-0)/ 304ss(18-8). Garbo adopts high quality stainless steel material and professional polishing technology, with tight structure and moderate hand feeling. The products are carved and polished through multiple processes of hand and mechanical grinding, including softening metal material, forging press, cutting out blanks, piercing, punching patterns, polishing to shine, cleaning, inspecting, packing, transport. In order to ensure the quality, each piece of flatware must be carefully forged through dozens of processes. Every product has to go through at least 31 processes to ensure that each part of the product no scratch, no defects, no air holes, fine as silk, bright as a mirror, but also constant and durable. Because of the rigorous production process, each part of the product no scratch, no defects, no air holes, fine as silk, bright as a mirror, but also constant and durable, at the same time, they are dish-washing safe and pass FDA. Garbo always insists on the purpose of Better Tableware Better Life.

4. Professional Services

Professional service is the first impression of a company to customers. Garbo has cultivated a large group of professional elites, and importing flatware from Garbo, customers can enjoy professional one-on-one matchmaking service, and we can meet any needs for products, such as OEM and ODM services, Garbo has a professional design team to meet customers' various customization, including product size, polishing method and color selection, embossed logo design, packaging layout design, etc. Besides, Garbo also has a well-ordered production schedule for customers with delivery requirements, and we can provide 3D printing and send samples to customers for size and quality confirmation for products that they are not sure about. The variety of payment terms is also a great support for our customers.

5. Diversified Marketing Platforms

Diversified marketing platforms are one of the vendor's strengths. In addition to the traditional Alibaba and Made in China websites, Garbo has built three official websites according to different product categories: Garbo Glass, Garbo Tableware and Garbo Flatware. Garbo’s websites not only allow customers to browse the most popular products in the market, but also to learn various industry news and professional knowledge in the News section. In order to meet the public's social media habits, Garbo has also set up accounts on several social media platforms, such as LinkedIn, Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, etc. These platforms will be updated to showcase products simultaneously, so that clients can contact Garbo and browse Garbo's product news in multiple channels. In addition, Garbo also holds regular live streaming events because of the distance that prevents customers from visiting Garbo. Each live event is very informative, and clients can visually tour Garbo's sample rooms on Alibaba and Facebook, while various products can be shown in front of them in a very realistic way. By the way, this September Sourcing Festival live show is also very interesting, customers can follow Garbo Alibaba account and Facebook account, any message about products is welcome, and we will contact you to send more details after the live show.

The above are the 5 aspects of Years of Experience, Types of Products, Quality of Products, Professional Services and Diversified Marketing Platforms to share the tips for choosing the best flatware supplier in China. We believe Garbo will be your first choice, and we promise to continue to provide more diversified product options, more support and more professional services to our customers in the global market.