New molds from your design
A new silicone part starts with a drawing. We have the drawing evaluated, quote the mold and the unit prices, then coordinate the tool and the physical first sample.
Custom silicone tooling
We coordinate custom silicone development for overseas B2B clients. A long-term partner factory evaluates the drawing and builds the tool, and we carry the quotation, the contract, the payment terms and the delivery.
Yiwu Gaoran Trading Company is a trading company and project coordinator. We have no factory of our own: the tooling and the production run are done by a partner silicone factory, and our work is evaluation, quotation, communication, contract, payment, delivery and after-sales.
This page is about parts that need a new tool. That covers three kinds of client: a brand or product team that already has a finished drawing, a company whose own product needs a silicone component, and a small brand or start-up with an original idea that is not yet fully drawn.
What we evaluate
Every inquiry is reviewed with the partner factory before anything is quoted.
Overall shape, wall thickness, undercuts, draft and the way the part sits against the product it belongs to. The key dimensions and the tolerances that matter for assembly are reviewed first, because they decide how the tool is built.
The silicone grade has to suit the way the part is used, and the hardness has to suit both the feel and the function. Surface finish is agreed on a sample rather than assumed from a drawing.
Colour, a molded or printed logo and retail packaging are quoted as separate items, because each one can add tooling, a minimum quantity or another production step.
Quantity, destination market and testing needs belong to the same review. Quantity decides which tool and which unit price tier apply. The market the part is sold in and the way it is used decide whether extra material or product testing is worth quoting, and that is checked per project rather than assumed.
What to send
A drawing is the strongest start, and a short written brief next to it answers most questions before they are asked.
Send a 2D or 3D drawing; a 3D file (STEP or the format your CAD tool exports) works for evaluation. If a dimension, a tolerance or a material is still open, say so in the same message instead of waiting to settle it.
Files are used for evaluation and quotation only, and are handled as confidential project material.
Sketch or idea
An incomplete design does not stop the first conversation. With a sketch, a reference part or a written description we can ask the factory for ranges: what looks feasible, which details are still open, and roughly what kind of tool the part would need. Ranges help you decide whether to continue. They are not a formal quotation.
A formal quotation is issued once a finished drawing exists. If design work is needed to get there, a paid design service is arranged separately, and the scope, price, deliverables and number of revision rounds are agreed before it starts.
A pre-tooling sample to check look and feel can be quoted separately as well. It is not credited against the mold cost.
Two separate decisions
Paying for the mold and ordering mass production are two decisions, and we keep them apart on purpose. The mold cost is paid at 100% and the tool is built. A physical first sample is then made from that tool and shipped to you.
Mass production starts only after you confirm the sample in writing and place a separate production order. That order runs on 30% deposit and 70% balance. You hold the part in your hands before any production quantity is committed, and the confirmed sample becomes the reference for the rest of the work.
Send a drawing, a sketch or a sample of the part you need, plus a note on what it has to do, on the inquiry page. Drawing evaluation and quotation are free. If the silicone part has to fit a product you already make, read custom silicone components first.