As a policy, PassageMaker does not accept referral fees from our Endorsed Service Providers. Helping our clients find the right Endorsed Service Providers is paramount.
Banking & Finance
Business Intelligence, Investigations, and Surveillance
Engineering
Intellectual Property (IP) Protection and Legal Counsel
Laboratory Testing
Logistics
Medical Device Production
Packaging/Printing
Third-Party Quality Control
Custom House, a Western Union Company
International Foreign Currency Exchange Services
As the number of companies doing business internationally continues to grow, so does the need for fast and secure global payment solutions that solve all of today’s unique business requirements. With Custom House | A Western Union Company, you can ensure that all of your payments are handled in the quickest, most secure and cost effective way possible in over 140 foreign currencies and through our banking relationships around the world.
Branches in most major cities around the globe. When both client and PassageMaker use HSBC the bank fees associated with transactions, transfer of funds, letters of credit and project financing can be reduced.
Business Intelligence, Investigations, and Surveillance
Bringing a business to China, whether to manufacture products, sell goods and services, expand a presence in Asia, or all of the above, can be a major source of potential growth. It can also open any business to a host of risks.
From product safety concerns to underage or mistreated workers in factories;
from intellectual property theft, to supply chain crises,the Chinese market is veritably
challenging and complex, requiring constant diligence, expert intelligence, and on-the-ground know-how.
Services offered:
Contract Engineering Services (CES) is a cost effective, efficient and results-oriented solutions for your Mechanical Engineering challenges.
CES’ niche is helping buyers (especially small to medium sized firms on a fixed budget) turn their product concepts into “ready for manufacturing” specifications.
CES provides you with the skills and experience you need… when you need them. With as much or as little involvement as you require, CES will work with you to develop your ideas, minimize tooling costs, make materials decisions and reduce time to market.
At CES they have available state-of-the-art tools to accurately produce your design. Simulation and modeling of your product is the best way to save money in the long run. CES can predict where your product pitfalls are, and correct them before you even make the first prototype.
CES is a six sigma organization, and with strategic Endorsed Service Providers like PassageMaker, can offer an integrated product solution for the end client, from design to production. For more information please visit the CES website at www.ce-services.com
Intellectual Property (IP) Protection & Legal Counsel
Chibridge is a Chinese law firm servicing international clients by providing legal advice and services relevant to foreign buyers. Owner Sophie Mao previously work in an international law firm and states “I understand how the big multinational law firms work, and my Chinese law firm can provide the same level of service at a better rate. The international firms often get business because they communicate with the overseas clients very well, but at my firm not only do we strive for excellent communications, but we have the local understanding: local lawyers, local prices, local culture and business environment”. In short, Chibridge offers “professional service”, “efficient communication” and is “solution oriented”.
Services Offered:
Legal costs reflect scope of services. For example:
Visit www.chibridge.net for more information. Contact PassageMaker if you would like to be introduced to Sophie.
Nexsen Pruet represents companies from China and from other countries doing business in the Carolinas and elsewhere in the United States. We advise clients on economic development incentives, site acquisition and zoning approvals, contracting, corporate and tax issues, consumer product compliance and regulation, employment and labor law matters, and environmental issues. We also assist clients with mergers and acquisitions and other corporate transactions throughout the world; with litigation and arbitration before United States courts and international arbitral organizations; with intellectual property matters in virtually every country in the world; and with immigration and visa matters. We have attorneys and support staff who are fluent in six languages, and we are active in networks of leading independent law firms in some 50 countries. Visit www.nexsenpruet.com for more information or contact Mike Mann at mmann@nexsenpruet.com USA (803-253-8282). Reference PassageMaker to ensure the most favorable pricing.
Strategically located throughout the world, Specialized Technology Resources (STR) has a global reach in providing laboratory testing to retailers, manufacturers, importers, exporters, and raw materials suppliers. STR is headquartered in the US with offices in over 60 countries.
Here in China they have a state of the art laboratory in Nanshan, Shenzhen not far from the PassageMaker main office. STR is our endorsed service provider for laboratory testing as they are able to confirm the applicable standards and conduct relevant laboratory testing for a wide range of industries and markets.
We have be very happy with their pricing, lead times and services.
Visit www.strquality.com for more information. Should you require their services, email Andy Blahnik at andyblahnik@strcn.com and reference PassageMaker to ensure the most favorable pricing.
A mid-sized freight forwarder with a global network. Mission Links is able to deliver good to all major ports with short lead times, flexible scheduling and at preferential rates.
Rhythmlink is an American medical device manufacturing company based in Columbia, SC. Rhythmlink employs a staff of 25+ in the US including an engineering team that specializes in medical device design, production, quality control, packaging and regulatory matters. In a partnership with PassageMaker, Rhythmlink owns a manufacturing, production, packaging and assembly center in Shenzhen, China.
We hold decades of expertise in the areas of product development, manufacturing processes, quality assurance and regulatory management. In addition, we maintain strong partnerships throughout the world which allows us to leverage economies of scale and take advantage of multiple vendors. Our facilities total 45,000 square feet including our ISO Class 8 clean room. We also focus heavily on Lean Manufacturing practices, Good Manufacturing Processes [GMP] and have ISO 13485 registered facilities.
Stay ahead of the curve and bring your custom medical device application needs to the next level by partnering with Rhythmlink to produce state-of-the-art custom engineered solutions for every aspect of your clinical and critical patient care. Take advantage of our proven and industry-leading innovation, design and manufacturing systems.
From “Concept to Product” Development
By partnering with Rhythmlink, you instantly become part of an integrated and focused development team that brings decades of clinical, design and manufacturing experience to the project. We have a proven track record that allows our OEM projects to go to market faster and produce higher quality solutions for rapid ROI while allowing your organization to concentrate on your core competencies.
Services and Support
Turnkey Solutions
Rhythmlink’s structure complements user-driven design, lower production costs, faster time to market and on-time delivery. We strive to maintain outstanding customer service levels regardless of the size and demands of each project. Our goal is to provide each customer with a turnkey solution to your problem. Learn more at www.rhythmlink.com
What can the cat’s meow of fast package printing do for you?
Digital technology has changed the way savvy consumer goods manufacturers are bringing new products to market – faster and cheaper. Providing fast and furious one-stop digital package printing solutions is what we’ve done every day since 1995. Our customers – including many Fortune 500 consumer products manufacturers – count on CL&D Digital’s full production-run quality for their package and label sales samples, prototypes, and comps. To get your product on the shelf in record time and complement your label or packaging, CL&D Digital can help build your brand with complete design services from thought to consumer, including:
The convenience of cold storage and packing, along with fulfillment, drop-shipping, and storage are just more ways CL&D is working for you.
Get in touch with the digital difference.
We invite you to call or click – and find out why customers are roaring about our quick turn-around times and exceptional customer service, too.
Visit www.clddigital.com, or email or call Bob Scherer directly at: bscherer@clddigital.com 262.569.6732.
Third-Party Quality Control (3PQC) & Specialized Auditing
For those clients that need additional product inspection and factory auditing beyond PassageMaker’s core services, our partner Asia Quality Focus (AQF) can be of support.
Asia Quality Focus (AQF) is a French-American owned and operated company based in China. AQF provides quality control inspections, factory audits and helps buyers determine the relevant certifications needed for their various products. The AQF team is composed of Chinese and Western quality experts, combining local cultural roots and Western background & business practices. Moreover, their expertise covers a wide range of products and they are able to help and support clients from various industries.
AQF was selected as a PassageMaker partner because they share our commitment to protection of Intellectual Property in China and demonstrate a clear value in the China supply chains of our clients.
AQF focuses on conducting product inspection at the sub supplier’s location. While the majority of PassageMaker clients have their goods delivered to PassageMaker for assembly and 100% inspection before shipping out of China, in the following cases it may be cost effect to retain the services of our partner AQF and perform product inspection at the sub supplier rather than have the inspection done at PassageMaker’s assembly/inspection center:
AQF is also our preferred partner for the following tasks which can be added on “a la carte” to compliment PassageMaker’s core Services:
Visit www.asiaqualityfocus.com for more information. Should you require their services, reference PassageMaker to ensure your project is given priority.
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