Our Wooden Cutlery Manufacturing Capability
We are the manufacturer — not a trading company placing your order elsewhere. Moulds, presses, sanding, sterilisation, QC laboratory and packing hall are all on one site in Huizhou, Guangdong, and we welcome customer or third-party audits at any time.
Six controlled stages from log to carton
Timber selection
We buy graded birch logs from FSC®-certified forests and reject any batch outside our density and knot tolerance before it reaches the mill.
Slicing & drying
Veneer is sliced to thickness, then kiln-dried to a controlled 8–12% moisture content — the single biggest factor in whether cutlery warps in a UK warehouse.
Hot pressing
Automated presses form the product against hardened steel moulds. Each mould is inspected weekly and re-polished on a fixed schedule.
Sanding & polishing
Multi-stage sanding, then double polishing on all edges. Knife edges receive an additional dedicated pass and 100% visual inspection.
Sterilisation & drying
High-temperature sterilisation removes surface contamination and residual wood aroma, followed by controlled cooling to lock in moisture content.
Packing & metal detection
Bulk, wrapped or retail packing lines, with every finished carton passing a metal detector before palletising.
What we check, and how often
Our QC team reports independently of production, which means an inspector can stop a line without needing sign-off from the production manager. In-line checks run every two hours against the golden sample you approved before mass production began.
- Moisture content controlled at 8–12% to prevent warping in transit and in humid storage
- Zero-splinter edge inspection on 100% of knife production
- Metal detection pass on every finished carton
- Batch-level traceability from log supplier to container number
- Golden sample retained for 24 months after shipment
- AQL 2.5 major / 4.0 minor final random inspection as standard
Shipping built around UK distribution
Ports
Regular consolidations to Felixstowe, Southampton and London Gateway from Ningbo and Shanghai.
Pallets
Cartons sized to standard UK pallet footprints, shrink-wrapped and corner-protected for onward racking.
Documents
Commercial invoice, packing list, certificate of origin, test reports and Declaration of Compliance issued with every shipment.
Want to audit us before you commit?
We host customer visits and third-party audits year-round. If you cannot travel, we will run a live video walkthrough of the production line at a time that suits UK hours.