Ten models in solid titanium — not plated. 200 ml to 1 litre, vacuum or single-wall, with the crystal-grain finish we sort by hand.
Titanium is roughly 40% lighter than stainless of the same wall thickness and does not hold flavour: coffee on Monday leaves nothing behind for tea on Tuesday. It also has no coating, so there is no layer that can chip — which is the failure mode that turns a drinkware programme into a returns problem.
It is not the answer to everything. Titanium costs several times what 304 stainless costs, so it only earns its place where the buyer is selling lightness, taste neutrality or a premium material story. If the brief is a promotional giveaway at a low unit price, stainless or Tritan is the honest recommendation and we will say so.
Everything below is solid titanium through the wall — not titanium-coloured plating on steel. The split that matters is vacuum or not.
Hot stays hot, cold stays cold. These are the ones to quote when retention is part of the pitch.
| Model | Capacity | Construction | What it is for |
|---|---|---|---|
| TN-1001 | 450ml/600ml | Double-wall vacuum | The core size — one adult portion, hot or cold |
| TN-1002 | 200ml | Double-wall vacuum | Pocket size; goes in a handbag, not a rucksack |
| TN-1003 | 300ml | Double-wall vacuum | Everyday size, widest colour range |
| TN-1004 | 450ml | Double-wall vacuum | Plain body — pick this if the logo is the point |
| TN-1008 | 300ml | Double-wall vacuum | Open mouth but vacuum — soup and ice both work |
| TN-1010 | 1000ml | Double-wall vacuum | Litre jug with a handle, for a table not a bag |
These do not insulate, and we do not market them as if they do. They are for weight and for the bare-metal look — a 260 ml single-wall titanium body weighs about what an empty aluminium can weighs. Note that these four are not all drinking cups: TN-1005 and TN-1006 are storage canisters, TN-1007 is an open cup with no lid, and TN-1009 is a hip flask for spirits. Campers, outdoor channels and gift buyers pick them for different reasons.
| Model | Capacity | Construction | What it is for |
|---|---|---|---|
| TN-1005 | 260ml | Single-wall | Bare titanium, matt; a storage canister, not a drinking cup |
| TN-1006 | 260ml | Single-wall | Same body as TN-1005 with the crystal finish |
| TN-1007 | 350ml | Single-wall | No lid — drink and rinse in one motion |
| TN-1009 | 660ml | Single-wall | A flask for spirits; the weight is the argument |
| TI-1217 | 480 ml | Double-wall vacuum | TI-1217 280-480 ml Handled Titanium Coffee Cup |
The frost pattern on most of these is not printed. It is grown on the metal with heat, which is why it cannot wear off — and also why it is the single hardest thing to hold steady across a production run. Drift a few degrees and the pattern goes blotchy or dark in patches. On a shelf that reads as a defect, even though the cup is functionally perfect.
One run that shows what this costs us: a US gift wholesaler ordered 800 pieces of TN-1001 in a Pantone colour of their own, and wanted the crystal pattern kept intact underneath it. Those two requirements pull against each other — the colour pass wants one temperature, the pattern wants another. We ran colour and temperature trials until the two could coexist, then sorted the finished batch by eye, unit by unit, holding back anything that broke the pattern. They have reordered on the same spec since.
The practical point for you: if a supplier quotes a custom Pantone on a crystal-finish titanium body without asking about the pattern, they have not done it before. Ask what their reject rate was on the last one.
Across the ten models the buyers cluster into four kinds: gift and premium wholesalers in the US and Europe supplying boutique retail and corporate gifting; outdoor and camping channels, who buy the single-wall models for weight; cross-border sellers working Instagram and social commerce in the health and home category; and corporate buyers ordering staff and client gifts where the material itself is the message.
Laser marking, silkscreen, UV printing and heat transfer are all done on our own lines. Custom Pantone on the body from 1,000 pieces; stock colours from 500 pieces. Box, sticker and insert to your artwork. Sampling is 7–10 days, production 30 days from artwork approval.
See what each decoration method costs and how the price moves with quantity before you brief us — both pages give you the actual figures rather than asking you to enquire first.
Solid titanium through the wall. There is no coating layer, which is why there is nothing that can chip or flake. If you want it verified independently, we will send the material certificate with the sample and you can have it tested — the weight difference against a plated steel cup is measurable on arrival.
No, and we do not list them as if they do. TN-1005, TN-1006, TN-1007 and TN-1009 are single-wall: they are chosen for weight and for the bare-metal look. If retention matters, quote one of the six double-wall vacuum models instead.
Yes, from 1,000 pieces, but it needs trial time. The colour pass and the pattern pass want different temperatures, so we run trials until both hold, then sort the batch visually. Build two extra weeks into your schedule for a first run on a new colour — after that the parameters are on file.
Around 40% lighter at the same wall thickness. On a 300 ml cup which is what decides whether a camper carries and something they leave behind. It is also why hip flasks and small camping cups are the two categories where titanium sells itself.
500 pieces per model in stock colours, 1,000 if you want a custom Pantone on the body. Mixed models can share a shipment. Sampling is 7–10 days and production is 30 days from the point artwork is approved.
No — that is the main functional reason buyers move to it. Titanium does not hold flavour compounds, so a cup used for coffee one day and tea the next carries nothing over. Coated products lose this the moment the coating wears.
Send the market, a rough budget and a reference product. We will tell you which decisions matter for your case and which can wait.
Six kinds of buyer order this range, and each one gets caught by something different. These apply to every model in the range — the model pages then tell you what changes for that particular one.
Importers & wholesalers — What your landed cost actually turns on
Unit price is where buyers negotiate and freight is where the money goes. This model packs the quoted figure per carton (the quoted figure 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. We quote EXW Yongkang, FOB Ningbo or Shanghai, or DDP door to door — and we will tell you which of the three costs you least given where you are, rather than defaulting to whichever is easiest for us. Export documents (CO, BL, invoice, packing list) are prepared in-house, so there is no second party to chase when your customs broker asks for something at short notice.
Brand owners & private label — Three separate budget lines, not one
Logo decoration sits inside the unit price. A matched Pantone is its own run and starts at 1,000 pieces. Packaging is a third line with its own tooling and proofing round — this model ships in the quoted figure as standard, and anything else needs its own lead time. Brands that budget these as one number are the ones that get surprised at quotation. We sign an NDA before you share artwork, and a shape you tool for stays reserved to you.
Retail chains — Getting through the receiving door
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 if you send it, 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. Ask for the retail packaging spec sheet with your first quote rather than after the sample is approved.
Promotional distributors — Working backwards from the in-hands date
Standard production is the quoted figure after deposit and artwork approval, plus sea freight — roughly 30-35 days to Europe, 25-30 to the US west coast. Add 7-10 days for a printed pre-production sample before any of that starts. Give us the in-hands date at enquiry rather than after artwork approval: we work backwards from it and tell you the real cut-off for each stage. Late artwork is normal in this business; a date discovered late is not survivable.
Amazon & e-commerce sellers — FBA-ready at the factory, not at a prep centre
FNSKU labels, Prop 65 warnings and suffocation warnings applied here, cartons built to FBA dimension and weight limits, and shipment splits by fulfilment centre if you send us the plan. Doing this at the factory removes a prep-centre handling fee and a week of transit on every restock. The compliance documents your listing may be asked for — FDA, LFGB, EU 1935/2004 — are downloadable now rather than promised later.
End users & institutions — What survives daily institutional washing
Canteens, schools, hotels and site catering wash hard and often. the quoted figure It costs slightly more up front and removes the complaint entirely.