400 ml, thickened borosilicate glass. It is the one with a shape that suits gift programmes, with 4 stock colours to choose from. 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 closure seals inverted, which is the only test that matters for something that travels in a bag.
Also on the buyer’s checklist here: outer shell, commuting, students, gifting.
In practical terms that means a few specific things: The colourway photographs well, and in social-led retail that decides whether a listing moves. A carry handle or cord, so it travels attached rather than loose. Borosilicate rather than soda-lime, which survives thermal shock and long-haul freight at a loss rate you can live with. The closure seals under inversion rather than merely closing, which is the only test that matters for something carried in a bag. The colourway photographs well, which decides whether a product moves in social-led retail. The glass clarity shows the drink properly, which for tea and infused water is half the product.
Also on the buyer’s checklist here: macaron colours, outer shell, colourway, too thin, paint flaking, substantial, nothing coming loose, shipment planning.
Buyers come back to this one for a combination of reasons rather than a single feature: 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 colours carry the product on social feeds without extra photography spend; mixed-colour containers let them test the range before committing capital to one colour. None of those is a claim about the product on its own — they are the reasons a buyer gave when they placed a second order, which is a different and more useful thing.
Also cited on repeat orders: macaron colours, colourway, acceptance at the end-user level, outer shell, substantial, durable, no paint flaking.
Choosing between them
How TR-1039 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-1039 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-1039, and what they do with it
A retail chain in Berlin takes this one for students and office workers. The orders themselves are for neighbourhood stores; and they picked this model because the colour range lets them mix a container and because the body takes a printed logo cleanly.
Also on the buyer’s checklist here: stores, students, office workers, holiday season, mixed loading, print quality.
End uses we actually see: a commute where there is no microwave at the other end; party favours and school-year gifts; shelf retail; staff welfare and corporate packs; gifting; event giveaways; staff welfare packs. Those are the briefs this model was shaped around, and it is why the spec looks the way it does.
Also on the buyer’s checklist here: students, office workers, commuting, drinks, retail, holiday season, gifting, custom decoration, event gifts.
A harder run we did on this model: A buyer in Brazil across mixed colours with their own logo printed. Running printing in parallel rather than in sequence, we split the run across batches so the first pallets could ship while the rest finished. and delivered ahead of the agreed date They have reordered 2 times. We mention it because a deadline is the one thing a factory cannot negotiate after the fact — either the line is free or it is not, and knowing which is the useful answer.
Also in play on that job: mixed loading, custom decoration, print quality, reorder.
Importers & wholesalers
This model packs 50 per carton (40×40×39cm 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
On TR-1039 the stock range is 4 colours (blue, green, pink, beige), so a Pantone match is only worth the 1,000-piece run if none of those is close enough. 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-1039 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-1039 is a single-capacity line, which is the fastest thing we can turn around when a date is already tight. 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.
Amazon & e-commerce sellers
TR-1039 ships in a 40 × 40 × 39 cm carton — send us your FBA plan and we will confirm whether that splits cleanly under the dimension cap before you book. FNSKU labels, Prop 65 and suffocation warnings applied here, cartons built to FBA dimension limits, and we can split a shipment across fulfilment centres if you send the plan. Doing it at the factory removes a prep-centre handling fee and about a week of transit on every restock. Watch dimensional weight on this category — the carton is light for its size, so FBA usually bills on volume.
Failures we hear about from buyers who switch to us
Almost every buyer who moves this product to us arrives with the same list of complaints about a previous supplier. Worth knowing whoever you end up buying from.
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Coatings that chip
Cheap outer paint scratches through within weeks and the product looks second-hand on a shelf long before it stops working.
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Importers & wholesalers
— A good fit — this one already ships in mixed-colour containers for buyers testing which colours move. Stock colours are blue, green, pink, beige, and 500 pieces per design gets you started rather than 5,000.
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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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Retail chains
— Currently on shelves through buyers in this channel. Retail-ready colour boxes, printed UPC or EAN, and we scan-test the barcode before the carton is sealed.
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End users & institutions
— Suited to schools and campus retail. For institutional buying, specify laser engraving rather than print — a printed logo on a coated body typically fades within one season of daily commercial dishwashing, while an engraved mark is cut into the 304 steel and does not.
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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-1039 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-1039 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-1039 the right one for your programme?
Importers & wholesalers — A good fit — this one already ships in mixed-colour containers for buyers testing which colours move. Stock colours are blue, green, pink, beige, and 500 pieces per design gets you started rather than 5,000.
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.
Retail chains — Currently on shelves through buyers in this channel. Retail-ready colour boxes, printed UPC or EAN, and we scan-test the barcode before the carton is sealed.
End users & institutions — Suited to schools and campus retail. For institutional buying, specify laser engraving rather than print — a printed logo on a coated body typically fades within one season of daily commercial dishwashing, while an engraved mark is cut into the 304 steel and does not.
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-1039 — common questions
Why TR-1039 rather than another model in this range?▾
This one runs 400 ml, and it is the one with a shape that suits gift programmes, with 4 stock colours to choose from. End users are office workers carrying a hot lunch, commuters, students and school lunches, supermarket retail, gifting programmes. If your brief is different from that, say so in the enquiry — we would rather point you at a sibling model than sell you this one and have it come back.
Will TR-1039 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-1039 in?▾
Stock colours are blue, green, pink, beige — 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-1039?▾
On glass we run silk screen for one to three flat colours and UV digital for full-colour artwork. Laser engraving is a stainless process and does not apply. If this model ships with a fabric sleeve, the sleeve is often the better print surface — larger area, easier registration, and your customer can refresh the branding without replacing the glass.
What is the MOQ, lead time and carton spec for TR-1039?▾
From 500 pieces per design in stock colours; a matched Pantone starts at 1,000 because a custom colour means a dedicated run. Production runs 30 days after deposit and artwork approval, sample in 7–10 days. Packing is 50 pcs per carton at 40 × 40 × 39cm. We quote EXW Yongkang, FOB Ningbo or Shanghai, or DDP if you would rather we handled duty and delivery.
Get a quote on TR-1039
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