How to find a manufacturer to produce custom lid for star-up water bottle brank? Starting a drink bottle tumbler company comes with exciting opportunities, but also unique challenges—especially when it comes to sourcing high-quality, custom lids. The right drink bottle manufactory can make all the difference, ensuring that your lids not only meet functional requirements but also comply with your brand’s vision.
In this guide, we’ll explore the key steps to finding a reliable manufacturer who can bring your custom lid designs to life, and share some practical information concerning custom lid and cap for water bottle. This will help you make the right decision and create a product that stands out in the market.
Key Steps to Find A Reliable Manufacturer to Produce Custom Lid
Step 1: Define Your Product Specifications
Consider factors like size, shape, sealing mechanism, and material (e.g., BPA-free plastic, stainless steel).
Step 2: Research Potential Manufacturers
- Use online directories and marketplaces
- Attend industry trade shows and exhibitions
- Seek referrals and recommendations
- Focus on manufacturers with relevant experience
- Evaluate customization options (material choices, design features, branding options)
- Evaluate manufacturer capabilities (capacity, lead times, and quality control processes)
Step 3: Assess Material Quality and Compliance
- Ensure that the materials used for the lids are safe, durable, and compliant with relevant industry standards (e.g., FDA, Prop65, LFGB).
- Consider eco-friendly options if sustainability is a priority for your brand.
Step 4: Request Samples and Test Prototypes
After receiving the sample, test its usability and functionality:
e.g.,
- Does it snap securely in place?
- Is it durable enough for repeated use?
- Will it be easy for your customers to open and close?
- Is the sealing mechanism effective in preventing leaks?
- Is it comfortable to use, and does it align with your brand’s user experience goals?
Step 5: Consider Cost, Lead Time, and MOQ (Minimum Order Quantity)
- Balance cost with quality
- Assess lead times
- Clarify the manufacturer’s minimum order quantities
- Consider possible hidden costs:
- Tooling and setup fees
- Shipping and freight
- Import tariffs and customs
Why is KingStar the Ideal Choice for Start-Ups?
1. A Wide Range of Customization Options
KingStar offers the whole range of customization options, including material, custom graphic, custom logos, custom mold tooling, custom packaging. Just tell us your idea, and we’ll make it come true.
(1) Materials:
To begin with, KingStar offers a variety of metal and plastic materials to customize lid and cap for jug, thermos, coffee mug, flask, sports water bottle, beverage vessel according to your preferences.
Here are some common materials for lid with their advantages and disadvantages as follows.
①Stainless steel:
SS304:
- Advantages: Food-grade material. High tensile strength. Good weldability, formability, corrosion resistance, and durability.
- Disadvantages: Poor sulfur resistance, poor reduction resistance. Difficult to process.
SS316:
- Advantages: Medical-grade material. Excellent heat resistance, acid resistance and alkali corrosion resistance. Good weldability, formability, corrosion resistant.
- Disadvantages: Poor sulfur resistance, poor reduction resistance.
②Plastic
Polypropylene (PP):
- Advantages: High strength plastic resin, extremely high resistance to heat, moisture, and chemicals.
Acrylonitrile-Styrene (AS):
- Advantages: Solvent resistance. High Strength.
- Disadvantages: Insufficient toughness. May gradually turn yellow after prolonged use.
Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene (ABS)
- Advantages: Good mechanical and thermal properties. High hardness and impact strength. Easy metal plating on the surface. Fatigue resistance and stress cracking resistance. Chemical corrosion resistance such as acid and alkali. Easy to process and form.
- Disadvantages: Poor weather resistance. Not UV resistant. Easy to age under hot oxygen conditions. Poor dissolution resistance.
- Usually used as buttons and gears of the cup lid.
Polyoxymethylene (POM)
- Advantages: High tensile strength. Fatigue resistance, creep resistance. Less water absorption. Good dielectric properties. Normal use at 120℃. Small friction coefficient. Excellent elasticity.
- Disadvantages: No self-extinguishing. High molding shrinkage.
- Usually used as buttons and gears of the cup lid.
ThermoplasticElastomer (TPE)
- Advantages: Environmentally friendly. Wide range of hardness. Excellent colorability. Soft touch. Weather resistance, fatigue resistance and temperature resistance. No vulcanization. Can be covered and bonded with base materials such as PP, PE, PC, PS, ABS, etc.
- Disadvantages: Poor heat resistance. Physical properties decrease greatly as temperature rises. Easy to deform under pressure. Poor resilience and durability.
- Usually used as overmolding for lid handle part.
Polycarbonate (PC)
- Advantages: High impact strength. Good creep resistance and heat resistance. Low embrittlement temperature (-130℃). High transparency. Good dielectric properties. Good dimensional stability.
- Disadvantages: Contains BPA. Poor solvent resistance. Easy to crack. Easy to hydrolyze when immersed in boiling water for a long time. Poor fatigue strength.
TRITAN (PCTG)
- Advantages: Good transparency and toughness. Strong impact strength. Hydrolysis resistance and temperature resistance. Easy processing. Chemical resistance.
- Disadvantages: Deformation and cracking may occur when the temperature exceeds 94 degrees Celsius.
Recycled Ocean Plastic
- Advantages: Conducive to reducing marine environmental pollution.
- Disadvantages: High MOQ. Processing technology is complex and difficult.
(2) Custom Graphic, Decorating
KingStar provides numerous decorating/surface methods, including different kinds of coating and printing options.
- Coating options: Spray Painting, Powder Coating, Rubber Coating, Ceramic Coating, Glitter Painting, Electroplating, Polish.
- Printing options: Silk Screening / Silk Printing, Sublimation Transfer, Heat Transfer, Water Transfer, Air Transfer, Digital Printing, Water Decal, 3D Printing.
(3) Custom Logos, Text, Monogram
KingStar supports various methods of logo printing:
- Logo Printing Options: Silk Screening / Silk Printing, Heat Transfer, Digital Printing, 3D Printing.
- Engraving and Embossing: Laser Etching / Engraving, Embossing by Punching or Stamping, Debossing by Punching or Stamping.
- Labeling: Metal Emblem, Tag.
To customize graphic, logo, or monogram on the cap, just give us your desired color Pantone code, and send your artwork in EPS or AI format. Our sales team will guide you.
(4) Custom Mold Tooling
Custom design molding for an entirely new shaped cap/tumbler lid:
- Plastic injection mold.
Custom variations to existing caps molding include:
- Embossing on the surface of stainless steel lid
- Embossing/engraving on silicone bottle sleeves or rings
Custom shape lid/cap mold tooling processes:
①Sign NDA: To protect your proprietary information and ensure your custom designs remain confidential, we sign NDA with you before disclosure of any confidential information.
②Complete design drawing: Based on your drawing, our engineering team will release DFM (Design For Manufacturing) report and help revise the drawing. Moreover, our R&D team offers design support to complete the drawing, if you only have a design concept.
(5) Custom Packaging
KingStar offers any sort of packaging materials including gift boxes, display boxes, bubble bags, UPC sticker labels, hang tags, etc. To better comply with your brand value, all packaging materials can be customized.
Additionally, our own designers can help complete the design drawing and send it for your approval.
2. Rich Experience
Founded in 2002, KingStar is a leading stainless steel water bottle manufacturer. We have delivered countless custom water bottle lids and caps with high quality. With over 20 years of experience, we have the expertise in manufacturing custom lids and caps.
KingStar occupies a 30,000-square-meter facility and employs over 900 skilled workers. Our in-house designers and engineers excel in both OEM and ODM projects. They can transform your hand-drawn sketches or ideas into detailed 3D drawings. Then, we’ll provide a 3D-printed prototype for review. Besides, our experienced R&D team is always expanding our product lines. We strive to walk in the forefront of the industry and adapt to market changes.
In addition, we are equipped with mature technology and well-established manufacturing procedures.
Evidently, KingStar is dedicated to helping start-up water bottle companies and wholesalers achieve significant profit growth.
4. Quality Control
KingStar has a fully effective quality control process. All of our products strictly meet the standards of FDA, RoHS, LFGB, and Prop65.
Furthermore, every single product is tested in multiple rounds, to ensure premium quality.
There are several factors that affect overall manufacturing costs, as outlined below.
1. The Cost of Material
The cost of material is often valued in per g. The cost of the main materials for lid are:
- 18/8 Stainless steel:$0.005 / g
- 316 Stainless steel:$0.006 / g
- Polypropylene:$0.002 / g
- AS:$0.0025 / g
- TRITAN:$0.005 / g
2. Different Order Quantities
Generally, the bigger volume of your cap order quantities, the more discount you can obtain. See the figures below:
- MOQ 3000PCS
- 10000PCS (1% cost down)
- 30000PCS (2% cost down)
- 50000PCS (2.5% cost down）
- 100000PCS (3% cost down)
- 500000PCS(3.5% cost down)
Since KingStar is highly supportive of start-up water bottle companies, the first order can be less than 3000pcs. However, if your purchase quantity is less than 3000pcs, the unit price will increase by at least 10%. After all, the order quantity of less than 3000pcs will generate additional waste in each production process.
3. The Timing of Your Order
When your lid order quantities are small, and you want them urgently, the price would be higher than usual.
Equally, when it is one-time order and is with urgent time, the price also would be higher than usual.
4. Packaging Methods
For companies that need a custom design packaging, additional cost is inevitable.
- Square white box: 0.1USD
- Square color box: 0.2USD
- Cylinder color box: 0.5USD
- Display box: 0.4USD-0.5USD it depends on the design.
Lastly, the cost of a bottle lid is very much affected by the complexity of the lid.
Lead Time
- Custom logo on existing stock products:1 week
- Custom color sample manufacturing: 2 weeks
- Custom Graphic inclusive of transfer printing plate fabrication: 2 weeks
- Tooling fabrication: 5 weeks
- Mass production: 45days
Conclusion
Without doubt, it is especially important to find the right manufacturer for custom lids and caps for a start-up water bottle company. Choosing a suitable manufacturer can save you a lot of troubles in business. And it is helpful to elevate your brand’s identity.
At KingStar, we specialize in producing customizable lids tailored to your specific needs. With extensive experience in the industry, we have delivered countless high-quality custom lids and caps. KingStar has helped many companies and wholesalers to start a successful water bottle business by bringing our clients’ unique ideas to life with exceptional precision and competitive prices. With flexible options, expert support, and a commitment to excellence, KingStar is here to help you stand out in the market.
Lastly, for more information, please send us a message online or via email to sales@waterbottle.tech. We will reply as soon as possible.
