Industrial sourcing · China to Europe
Buyer-firstOpen route · visible proof

What we do

How it works

You choose the factory, approve the specification, approve the order and release every payment. We manage the process and put the evidence in front of you.

The route

One route.
Five visible stages.

Each stage ends with something you can inspect, approve or reject.

01

Define

Purpose, material, output, voltage and budget become a brief a factory can answer. The material matters most, because it changes how the machine is built.

02

Source

Factories that manufacture rather than trade. Each one quotes the same specification, so you can compare the prices directly.

03

Verify

Company registration, export history, and whether they build this machine. On request an independent inspector visits and calls you on video.

04

Inspect

We agree written acceptance criteria before production. Quantity, model, specification, condition and packaging are checked before it ships.

05

Land

We check export documents before they are issued, compare forwarders and follow loading. Freight, duty, tax and site costs are separate numbers.

In scope

What the fee covers.

Agreed in writing before any work starts.

Not in scope

What we do not do.

Named here in the same voice as the strengths, because an exclusion you find later is worse than one you read first.

01

We do not own the product

The factory manufactures the machine and carries the warranty. We do not resell it and we take no margin on it.

02

We do not sign off compliance

We check documents, parts and conformity steps and we name the gaps. A specialist signs off, not us.

03

We do not hold your money

You approve the order and release every payment yourself, directly to the factory.

04

We do not choose for you

We shortlist and we show the reasoning. The decision is yours, including the decision not to buy in China.

On the ground

What the work looks like.

Someone stands in the building, opens the panel and reads the drawing against the machine.

Illustrative sourcing adviser and factory engineer reviewing industrial machineryIllustrative
In the factoryReviewing the machine against the specification.
Illustrative factory field inspection sceneIllustrative
Field inspectionPeople, production, capability, paperwork.

Common questions

Questions buyers ask.

Do you take a margin on the machine?+

No. We charge a fee for the sourcing work. We do not resell the machine and we take no commission from the factory.

Who pays the factory?+

You do, directly. You approve the order and release every payment yourself.

What if the machine fails inspection?+

The acceptance criteria are agreed in writing before production. If the machine fails them, the final payment has not been released yet.

Contact

Tell us what you need.

Send a machine, a quotation you want checked, or a question. We reply with what we would look at first.

A person reads it. No marketing automation. Based in the Netherlands.

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