Knowledge Centre for Plastic Housewares Buyers

Five guides on choosing materials, reading footprints, building container ranges and sourcing from China.

PP or PET for Household Storage Containers

The two plastics used across the Welfan range behave differently. Here is how to choose between them for a given product line.

How to Choose a Food Container Set for a Retail Range

Capacity spread, shape, colour coding and footprint decide whether a container set sells. A buyer's checklist with the Welfan items mapped against it.

Why Shared Footprints Matter in a Storage Range

Stacking only works when boxes share a base. A short guide to reading footprints across the Welfan storage items before you build a bay.

What Goes Into a Bathroom Set and How Many Pieces You Need

Five pieces, six pieces, bin or cotton box. A breakdown of the standard bathroom accessory line-up and which Welfan set covers which scenario.

Sourcing Plastic Housewares From China a Buyer Checklist

What to pin down before a first order of containers, bathroom sets or storage boxes, and which questions are worth asking in writing.

Frequently Asked Questions

What do these guides cover?

Material choice between PP and PET, container set selection, storage footprints, bathroom set piece counts and a sourcing checklist.

Are the guides specific to the Welfan range?

They are written around the Welfan catalogue, with the relevant item numbers named so the advice can be applied directly.

Can we reuse this content in our own catalogue?

Ask us first. We can supply the product facts in a form you can adapt.

Still Deciding Between Two Items

Tell us the two item numbers and the use case, and we will answer with the difference that matters.

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