Connector Manufacturing FAQ — Factory, MOQ, Lead Time & OEM/ODM Services
Answers to the questions engineers and buyers ask us most. Can’t find yours? Send it to us — we usually reply within a few hours.
- Q:
Are you a factory or a trading company?
- We are a direct manufacturing factory — Shenzhen Hongyian Electronics Co., Ltd., founded in 2012. Our 2,300 square meter plant in Bao'an District runs 30+ automated production lines at 95%+ automation, shipping over 80 million connector sets a year. You deal with the source manufacturer: genuine factory pricing, direct engineering support, zero middleman markup.
- Q:
Where is your factory located?
- Our plant is in Bao'an District, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China — the global hub for precision electronics. It takes about 30 minutes to reach Shenzhen International Airport, and both Shenzhen and Hong Kong ports are close by, so worldwide dispatch is fast. You are welcome to visit in person, or we can set up a live video walk-through via WhatsApp or Zoom.
- Q:
Can you tell me about your company?
- Shenzhen Hongyian Electronics Co., Ltd. is a national high-tech manufacturer founded in 2012. We run a 2,300 sqm facility with 200+ employees, including 8+ senior tooling engineers and 15+ QA/QC specialists. Our portfolio spans Board-to-Board, Wire-to-Board and Wire-to-Wire interconnects for industrial automation, clean energy, medical, automotive and telecom. In-house mold fabrication plus 95%+ automation lets us combine small-batch flexibility with 8-day turnaround on standard items.
- Q:
What industries use your products?
- Three core sectors. Industrial automation is the biggest at around 60% — PLCs, servo drives, robot joints, CNC machinery, sensor networks, HMI panels. Renewable energy and storage run about 20% — solar inverters, BMS boards, EV charging modules, portable power cabinets. The rest covers telecom and consumer hardware: switches, routers, smart home devices, LED display backplanes and medical monitors.
- Q:
What types of connectors do you manufacture?
- Ten major series and over 1,000 active specifications: Pin Headers (0.8–2.54mm pitch), Female Headers, Box & Ejector Headers, DIN41612 Eurocard connectors, machined round pin connectors, IDC sockets and flat ribbon cable assemblies, PCB Terminal Blocks (screw, spring, pluggable), D-Sub / SCSI / RJ45 I/O interfaces, M8/M12 waterproof circular connectors, FPC/FFC connectors, battery holders and contacts, plus fully custom wire harnesses.
- Q:
Do you offer custom connector manufacturing (OEM/ODM)?
- Yes — OEM/ODM is our core strength. Eight senior tooling engineers and an in-house mold shop handle the full cycle: DFM review, tooling design, 3D printed prototypes, mass production. Custom pitch, pin count, plating, insulator height, housing color and wire gauge are all within our wheelhouse. Standard catalog MOQ is 100 pcs; custom runs start at 50–100 pcs. DFM feedback comes back in 2–4 hours, custom samples in 1–2 days, new molds in 7–10 days.
- Q:
Can you make connectors based on our drawings or samples?
- Absolutely. Send a 2D drawing (DWG, DXF, PDF) or 3D model (STEP, IGES, SolidWorks), or even a physical sample. Our engineering team returns a full DFM review with technical optimization within 2–4 hours. Functional 3D-printed prototypes follow in 24–48 hours for mechanical verification, and custom molds are built in-house in 7–10 days. We also accept form-fit-function equivalents — if you name a big-brand part number, we can reverse-engineer a drop-in replacement.
- Q:
What are your best-selling products?
- Four high-volume categories: standard 2.54mm / 2.0mm / 1.27mm gold-plated pin headers and female sockets (industrial control boards, embedded systems); 1.27mm and 2.54mm IDC flat ribbon cable assemblies (signal buses, LED panels); high-temperature PCB terminal blocks in pluggable and spring-clamp types (power supplies); and JST/Molex-compatible custom wire harnesses for automation and clean-energy BMS systems.




