By 2025, the proportion of overseas business of China ‘s export-oriented teeth strip factories will reach 65% of their revenue. Among them, 60% of the leading enterprises hold FDA/CE certifications. For example, a top whitening strips teeth factory in shenzhen manufactures products for Unilever with hydrogen peroxide concentration accurate to 8%±0.3%. In compliance with the EU regulation EC 1223/2009, the annual export volume exceeds 200 million pieces. The factory has compressed the delivery cycle to 12 days (the industry average is 25 days) through a digital supply chain system, kept the logistics damage rate below 0.2%, and helped customers reduce the risk of overstocking in overseas warehouses by 15%. According to the data from the General Administration of Customs, the export value of dental stickers reached 680 million US dollars in 2024. The Top 5 factories occupied 53% of the market share, and their minimum order quantity has been reduced to 5,000 pieces, with a FOB price of 0.5 US dollars per piece.
The core technology is adapted to international standards as the foundation of cooperation. Leading factories are equipped with multilingual R&D teams (with an average of 15 engineers). Customizable parameters include patch length of 22±0.1 millimeters, dissolution time adjustable from 6 to 15 minutes, and pH value range of 5.5 to 6.5. Take Procter & Gamble’s collaboration with a contract manufacturer in Zhejiang in 2023 as an example. Its innovative sustained-release layer technology reduced the peroxide release rate to 0.06mg/min, meeting the needs of sensitive teeth in North America (clinical test sensitivity rate <3%). The factory renovated a 100,000-level clean workshop, with a temperature fluctuation of ±0.5℃ and a humidity deviation of less than 3%, ensuring that the product stability passed the 40-day sea transportation test (retention rate of active ingredients ≥99%).
The innovative cooperation model drives growth. Leading factories adopt the VMI (Vendor Managed Inventory) model, increasing the customer turnover rate to 8 times per year. A project designed by a certain Guangdong-based manufacturer for the German supermarket chain Lidl offers a minimum order price of 500,000 pieces at a stepped rate (0.48 US dollars per piece), and supports ODM services covering packaging design (120 language versions) and regulatory documents (MSDS/COA, etc.). Its payment terms are a 30% deposit plus 70% payment upon sight of the bill of lading. Combined with China Export & Credit Insurance Corporation’s coverage of 98% credit risk, the renewal rate of overseas customers in 2024 will reach 92%. According to a survey by Global Sources, the commission for e-commerce channels of this type of factory has dropped to 12% (15-20% for traditional trade), and the conversion rate of traffic diversion through TikTok cooperation has increased to 5.7%.
Risk control reflects professional competence. Compliant factories conduct monthly sampling tests covering 200 indicators (lead content of heavy metal <1ppm, total bacterial count <100 CFU/g). After the EU revised its cosmetics regulations in 2025, leading manufacturers invested 2 million US dollars to upgrade their testing equipment, using HPLC (High Performance Liquid Chromatography) to compress the peroxide concentration error from ±0.5% to ±0.1%. Referring to the case of Amazon’s best-selling products, the products it collaborated with a certain factory in Shanghai passed the 7-day accelerated whitening test (88% of the color scale was improved by 3 levels), with a return rate of less than 0.8% and an annual sales growth rate of 30%. This type of whitening strips teeth factory generally implements BSCI social responsibility audits to ensure compliance with overseas ESG requirements, with a 22% reduction in carbon footprint compared to 2020.