Global Sourcing Simplified
ET2C International is your strategic bridge to low cost manufacturing partners across China, India, Vietnam, and Turkey. We provide the on-the-ground expertise you need to build a resilient, ethical, and cost-effective supply chain. From factory audits, quality & compliance, risk management to end-to-end buying office solutions, we manage the complexity so you can scale with confidence.
Integrity and Accountability
Are central to all we do
ET2C is a comprehensive global sourcing company that is committed to providing businesses with access to low-cost country manufacturing territories (China, India and Vietnam). We offer multi-industry sourcing services to startups, medium to large retailers and wholesalers that are seeking quality-assured products and sourcing strategies from Asia.
Our Global Services
We bring to our clients a wealth of knowledge about operating in Asia. This includes both strategic and operational advice and tangible solutions to maximise value direct through to our clients’ bottom line, whilst mitigating the inherent risk of outsource manufacturing.
Our Key Industries
Industrial Components
Precision matters when tolerances are tight and downtime is expensive. Our teams in China, India and Vietnam manage die casting, forging, CNC machining, sheet metal fabrication, extrusion and plastic injection moulding backed by ISO 9001-aligned quality control at every stage, from mould inspection through to final production. Best suited to businesses with technically demanding components and an existing in-house sourcing or quality function looking for upstream manufacturing capability.
Retail Products
retail products alternative text is here, teh link goes to QA instead of retail products if you can look at that as well. new text “Fast-moving retail categories need suppliers who can move with them, shorter runs, quicker reorders, and design-to-shelf speed without sacrificing quality. With over 25 years experience sourcing consumer goods across Asia, we help retailers and wholesalers manage product development, factory selection, quality assurance, and category innovation for a wide range of product types. From fashion accessories to homeware, so you can react to demand rather than lock into risky seasonal forecasts.
Your Sourcing Company in Asia
Service Focused
We prioritize exceptional service by maintaining strong communication channels to bridge language and cultural differences. With local staff in key markets, we ensure timely and clear communication in your language. Partnering with us offers you the benefits of sourcing from Asia, with the added advantage of having a reliable, on the ground team to manage your supply base effectively.
FAQ
Frequent Asked Questions
Global sourcing is buying products or components from suppliers in other countries to reduce costs, access expertise, or improve capacity.Building competitive advantage
ET2C has over 200 colleagues based in major and emerging sourcing markets China, India, Vietnam, and Turkey, helping you diversify supply. Reducing risk and building resilience .
Sourcing is finding and qualifying suppliers with right capability and capacity in the right sourcing markets to deliver strategioc ambition. . Procurement is the wider process of buying—quoting, contracting, ordering, expediting, inspection, and payments.
A buying office is a local team that manages suppliers for you—communication, samples, production follow-up, inspections, and shipping documents—so you don’t need your own staff on the ground.
ET2C has 25 years experience working with clients to deliver all the benefits of global sourcing. From strategy creation to effective execution in asian markets. ET2C can deliver quality and compliance control, risk management and sourcing and procurement support
You may need one if you don’t have local supplier relationships, lack in-country quality control, want to reduce risk, or need faster problem-solving during sampling and production. Our unique buying office model gives you a team on teh ground in asia and direct to factory realtionships maximising your benefit and compettive advantage
Start with supplier screening, factory capability checks, reference checks, sample validation, and a small pilot order before scaling.
Check capability, capacity, quality systems, lead times, pricing structure, export experience, compliance requirements, and how they handle defects and corrective actions. Ensure they are manufacturers and not agents or middlement
A factory audit is an on-site evaluation of a supplier’s operations (quality system, processes, workforce, and compliance). It helps verify the factory is real, capable, and suitable before large orders. Essentially checking that all website claims are correct. If the factory was in your country you would visit before engaging them
