How Many Custom Cups Should You Order?
Three different minimums hide behind one MOQ number. The quantity arithmetic that removes the setup premium — and how many spare cups an event actually loses.
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Drinkware Manufacturing & Buying Guides
Six guides written by the people who run the moulds: how many cups a project really needs, where the days in a lead time actually go, how silicone and rigid plastic differ in the hand, when a new mould is the answer, why colour drifts from the Pantone chip, and what an inspection can and cannot see.
Photography from our factory archive is used where relevant. Images labelled illustration are conceptual and are not production or inspection records.
What 7–12 Days of Sampling Actually Contains
The day-by-day anatomy of a sample window, why production runs 25–30 days, and the three calendar weeks in China that quietly decide your launch date.
Silicone vs Plastic Cups, Spec by Spec
One material folds and survives a drop, the other holds a hairline logo. What changes in print, colour, freight weight and carton count for 500 cups.
Does Your Custom Cup Need a New Mould?
The three routes to a custom cup, the arithmetic that tells you when a mould pays for itself, and the six stages between a drawing and a shippable cup.
Why Your Cup Colour Doesn't Match the Chip
The four renderings of one Pantone number, why the light you approve in changes the answer, and how to sign off colour so a repeat order still matches.
What an AQL Inspection Actually Tells You
What the percentages mean, how many pieces get checked out of 10,000, and six defects an inspection cannot see before the container sails.
Six guides, written in-house by the people who run the moulds. Where a number depends on your specification, the guide shows the arithmetic instead of quoting a price.
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