280 ml / 320 ml / 550 ml, thickened borosilicate glass. It offers several capacities sharing one design, so a mixed-size container ships as one line, thicker walls than the rest of the range. Custom logo from 500 pieces.
Thickened borosilicate glass, which handles thermal shock and survives long-haul freight far better than the thin-wall glass that dominates the low end of this category.
The detail behind that claim: Borosilicate rather than soda-lime, which survives thermal shock and long-haul freight at a loss rate you can live with. The wall thickness is above what this category usually ships, which is what keeps breakage low in freight. The glass clarity shows the drink properly, which for tea and infused water is half the product.
Also on the buyer’s checklist here: thickened, borosilicate, glass, too thin, the body finish, clear, rim.
The reorder logic, in the buyers’ own framing: the size lands with the widest slice of end users, which is what a retailer cares about more than any single feature; complaints are rare enough that the buyer stops budgeting for replacements; the entry quantity is low enough to trial without a warehouse full of stock; end-user repurchase is high enough that the retailer keeps the facing. We track this deliberately, because what makes a buyer come back is rarely the thing that made them enquire in the first place.
Also cited on repeat orders: acceptance at the end-user level, consistency, gifting, too thin.
Choosing between them
How TR-1038 compares with the rest of the range
Buyers rarely arrive knowing which model they want — they arrive knowing the brief. This table is the fastest way to check whether TR-1038 is the right answer or whether a sibling fits better. The row highlighted is the one you are looking at. Every model listed runs from 500 pieces per design.
Every model above ships from 500 pieces per design. Mixing several of them in one container is normal — a 20ft container holds roughly 26 m³ of cartons, so a mixed load is planned on carton volume rather than on piece count. Send the full list at enquiry rather than model by model.
Who is buying TR-1038, and what they do with it
A buyer in Paris takes this one for premium buyers, and from there out to smaller shops downstream. Design-led gift shops and Keeps reordering.
Also on the buyer’s checklist here: gifting, consistent reorder, restock cadence.
The use cases behind the orders: shelf retail; loose-leaf tea at a desk; gifting. The spread matters commercially: a model that only suits one of these is a harder listing to justify.
A job worth mentioning: A buyer in Canada across mixed colours with their own logo printed timed to a seasonal peak. They have reordered 2 times. We would rather show a job that stretched us than a routine one, because the routine ones tell you nothing about what happens when something goes wrong.
Also in play on that job: mixed loading, custom decoration, christmas, peak season, reorder.
Importers & wholesalers
This model packs 50 per carton (33cm×26cm×40cm for the base size — the full carton table is in the spec above), and that number decides how many pieces fit a 20ft container far more than the FOB price does. What decides your landed cost here is the carton, not the unit price: ask for the container plan before you fix a retail price, because a wide-body jar fills a 20ft on volume long before it hits the weight limit. We quote EXW Yongkang, FOB Ningbo or Shanghai, or DDP door to door, and we will say which of the three costs you least given where you are rather than defaulting to whichever is easiest for us.
Brand owners & private label
TR-1038 ships clear only — the colour on this one comes from the sleeve, lid or your print, not the body, so a Pantone brief should name that part. Budget it as three lines, not one: decoration sits inside the unit price, a matched Pantone is its own spray run from 1,000 pieces, and packaging is separate with its own tooling and proofing round. Brands that budget these as a single number are the ones surprised at quotation: decoration sits in the unit price, a matched Pantone is a separate spray run from 1,000 pieces, and a printed colour box carries its own tooling and one proofing round. We sign an NDA before you share artwork, and a shape you tool for stays reserved to you — the same terms we have run with Hallmark since 2017 and with KRAUS for over ten years.
Retail chains
TR-1038 packs 50 per carton, so a 12-store drop lands on a clean carton multiple rather than a split case. Retail-ready means more than a colour box: UPC or EAN printed and scan-tested before the carton is sealed, carton marking to your own packaging manual, and inner counts that match what your DC expects. A barcode that fails at the till becomes a chargeback, and it is entirely preventable at our end: we print and scan-test every UPC or EAN before the carton is sealed. Ask for the retail packaging spec sheet with your first quote — it lists carton dimensions, inner counts and the UPC placement we scan-test before sealing.
Promotional distributors
TR-1038 runs 3 capacities on one design, so a mixed-size order still moves as a single production run rather than 3 queued ones. Work backwards from the in-hands date, not forwards from the order date: 7–10 days for a pre-production sample, about 30 days production after approval, then 30–35 days sea freight to Europe or 25–30 to the US west coast. Production is 30 days after deposit and artwork approval, plus 7–10 days for a printed pre-production sample, plus sea freight — roughly 30–35 days to Europe, 25–30 to the US west coast. Late artwork is normal in this business; a date discovered late is not survivable — artwork approval is what starts the 30-day production clock, not the deposit. Tell us the date at enquiry and we will say honestly whether it is achievable.
Failures we hear about from buyers who switch to us
The complaints below come from buyers who arrived here after a bad run elsewhere. Ask any supplier about them directly — the way they answer tells you more than the answer.
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Is uneven
This is the failure buyers describe when they explain why they changed supplier.
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Rims that are not properly polished
An unfinished rim catches on the lip and chips in transit. Every rim in this range is machine-polished — it matters more on glass than on steel.
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Importers & wholesalers
— Workable from 500 pieces per design. At 50 pcs per 280ml: 33cm×26cm×40cm; 320ml: 35cm×28cm×40cm; 550ml: 41cm×41cm×52.5cm carton, a 20ft container takes roughly 15,000 pieces of this model alone — worked from the biggest of this model’s carton sizes, and confirmed on the pro forma once the load plan is fixed. Tell us the full model list at enquiry rather than one at a time — the quote changes when several models share a colour run or a carton size.
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Brand owners & private label
— Already used this way. The body has enough uninterrupted surface for a printed or engraved logo without fighting a curve, and buyers regularly take it with a matched Pantone at 1,000 pieces.
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Promotional & gifting
— One of the stronger uses for this model. Give us the in-hands date at enquiry rather than after artwork approval — we work backwards from it and tell you honestly whether it is achievable.
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Not the right pick if…
— you need food to stay hot for hours. This model is not vacuum insulated — it is a container, not a flask. Look at our vacuum range instead and we will point you at the closest equivalent.
Where TR-1038 is actually made
Eight workshops in Yongkang, Zhejiang, running since 1998 — mould development, vacuum welding, injection moulding, spray painting, laser marking, printing, assembly, inspection and packing, all in one building. For TR-1038 the stage worth watching is glass forming and controlled annealing.
Glass is the category where the step you cannot see decides your loss rate. After forming, every body goes through a controlled annealing cycle, cooled slowly so internal stress comes out. Shorten it and the glass looks identical, passes a drop test, then cracks somewhere between Ningbo and your warehouse. That is why we specify thickened borosilicate rather than soda-lime, and why we ask about the sea leg before quoting inner packaging. Decoration runs on our own lines: laser etching frosts the glass wall itself so the mark cannot lift, screen print for flat colour, UV digital for photographic artwork.
We inspect 8% of every batch rather than a fixed sample per shipment. Buyers are welcome on site — eight workshops in Yongkang, Zhejiang, running since 1998, about three hours by road from Ningbo port and two from Hangzhou airport, which makes a factory visit a realistic side trip rather than a separate journey. Ask to see that bench specifically; it is where the difference shows — we check vacuum integrity on 100% of bodies at the semi-finished stage, before assembly and coating, because a micro-leak is undetectable once the jar is built.
Is TR-1038 the right one for your programme?
Importers & wholesalers — Workable from 500 pieces per design. At 50 pcs per 280ml: 33 cm×26 cm×40 cm; 320ml: 35 cm×28 cm×40 cm; 550ml: 41 cm×41 cm×52.5 cm carton, a 20ft container takes roughly 1,500 pieces of this model alone. Tell us the full model list at enquiry rather than one at a time — the quote changes when several models share a colour run or a carton size.
Brand owners & private label — Already used this way. The body has enough uninterrupted surface for a printed or engraved logo without fighting a curve, and buyers regularly take it with a matched Pantone at 1,000 pieces.
Promotional & gifting — One of the stronger uses for this model. Give us the in-hands date at enquiry rather than after artwork approval — we work backwards from it and tell you honestly whether it is achievable.
Not the right pick if… — you need food to stay hot for hours. This model is not vacuum insulated — it is a container, not a flask. Look at our vacuum range instead and we will point you at the closest equivalent.
FAQ
Ordering TR-1038 — common questions
Why TR-1038 rather than another model in this range?▾
This one runs 280 ml / 320 ml / 550 ml. It offers several capacities sharing one design, so a mixed-size container ships as one line, thicker walls than the rest of the range. End users are supermarket retail, gifting programmes. If that does not describe your programme, send us the brief instead of the model number — picking from a catalogue is how buyers end up with the wrong one.
Will TR-1038 crack with hot water?▾
No — borosilicate handles thermal shock far better than ordinary soda-lime glass, which is exactly why we use it rather than the cheaper alternative. It is also why this survives long-haul freight at a loss rate a glass programme can live with. What it will not survive is a direct flame or a drop onto tile; glass is glass.
Which colours can we order TR-1038 in?▾
Stock colours are clear — those run from 500 pieces per design. A matched Pantone is a separate spray or resin run and starts at 1,000 pieces. Mixed-colour containers are normal here: several buyers deliberately split a container across colours to see which ones move before committing to one.
How do we brand TR-1038?▾
Screen printing for simple marks, UV digital when the artwork has photographs or gradients. The curve of the body matters more on glass than on steel: a tighter radius means the print area is narrower than the bottle looks. We will give you the usable print dimensions rather than the body dimensions.
What is the MOQ, lead time and carton spec for TR-1038?▾
Minimum is 500 per design, or 1,000 if you need the colour matched rather than chosen from stock. Production runs 30 days after deposit and artwork approval, sample in 7–10 days. Packing is 50 pcs per carton at 280ml: 33cm × 26cm × 40cm; 320ml: 35cm × 28cm × 40cm; 550ml: 41cm × 41cm × 52.5cm. Our plant is about three hours from Ningbo port, so FOB Ningbo is usually the cleanest route; EXW and DDP are both available.
Get a quote on TR-1038
Tell us the quantity, colours and how you want the logo applied — we reply within 24 hours, Monday to Saturday.
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