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Cixi Factory Insources Coating and Molding in 2.8M-Unit Air Fryer Expansion | EPRO Air Fryer Industry Update

November 11, 2026

Editor's note: this article is compiled from third-party industry sources. Product claims quoted herein are those of the brands mentioned and do not represent EPRO's own statements.

【Industry Update】Sourced from Ningbo Qianwan New Area Eco-Environment Bureau (public EIA filing, 23 Sep 2026), original: http://www.qianwan.gov.cn/col/col1229023676/art/2026/art_196e35e54c07493a9fe58549e69856fc.html

Cixi Zhaofeng Electric Appliance Co., Ltd. (慈溪市兆丰电器有限公司) has filed a RMB 30 million (≈US$4.2M) expansion at its site in the Andong industrial park of Ningbo's Qianwan New Area, and the detail that matters to buyers is not the headline number but what the money buys. The project adds three sandblasting machines, one fully-automatic degreasing-and-phosphating line, one fully-automatic water-based paint spray line, five new injection-molding machines, plus pad-printing, screen-printing and laser-marking stations — and explicitly converts processes that were previously outsourced (sandblasting, degreasing, painting) into in-house production. Total plant floor area rises to 75,306 m², and once the line comes online in December 2026 the site will reach an annual capacity of 2.8 million smart air fryers. In other words, a Chinese OEM is spending capital to pull surface treatment and molding back inside its own walls rather than leaving them with subcontractors — a textbook move from "assembler" toward "vertically integrated manufacturer."

EPRO Perspective: As a manufacturer & exporter (one team from mold to shipment), EPRO reads this filing as live confirmation of a principle we repeat to every B2B buyer: a capacity number can be rented from outsiders overnight, but a core-process self-manufacturing rate cannot. When a supplier chooses to own its coating, phosphating and injection molding instead of outsourcing them, it is buying control over delivery, batch-to-batch consistency and material traceability — exactly the variables that decide whether your container ships on time and passes customs. EPRO runs the same logic at its own plant: ~90% in-house components, 500,000 air fryers/month across 8 lines, mold-to-shipment under one team, with full certification support (CE · UKCA · ETL · CB · BIS · SNI) for private-label, OEM and ODM dual-heating and dual-zone programs.

Looking for an air fryer OEM/ODM partner who actually controls the core process, not just the assembly line? Talk to EPRO — manufacturer & exporter, one team from mold to shipment.

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