CROSS-BORDER INDUSTRIAL TRADE
I check the factory before you wire the money.
Shanghai based. Hong Kong invoicing. Working for buyers only. On-site factory verification, sourcing, and a direct supply desk for solar, batteries, steel, filtration and machinery.
Shanghai · Hong Kong | Serving United States · Gulf · Europe · LATAM
The Trade Desk
What the desk trades
Industrial goods, sourced and qualified in China and priced landed — trading with the check built in. Send a spec, get a quote from a person.
Custom Small Solar Panels
Tiny custom ETFE panels, 0.1–10 W — any size, shape and voltage, built to your device. Simple to import, and paired with the battery line.
Wide-Temperature Batteries & Storage
Lithium, sodium and LTO that run −50 °C to +80 °C — cells, 12–48 V packs, cold-cranking and solar storage. UL/IEC/UN38.3 certified.
Steel Plant Equipment & Spares
High-speed wire rod, bar and rebar mills and their wear parts, from leading Chinese mill builders, qualified by the desk.
Automotive & High-Strength Flat Steel
DP/AHSS, 22MnB5 hot-stamping, GI/GA galvanized and deep-draw cold-rolled — automotive grades sourced direct, mill certificates on every lot, workable volumes, open markets only.
Industrial Filtration
Dust-collector cartridges, high-temperature filter bags and sintered plates, sized to your baghouse and your dust.
Industrial Machinery
CNC machines, cranes, motors and compressors — qualified at the factory in Shanghai before you wire a deposit.
Refractory Materials
Bricks, castables and precast shapes for furnaces, ladles and kilns — matched to your thermal profile.
More lines are being added as suppliers are qualified. Need something not listed? Send the spec — if the desk can source and verify it, it will quote it.
Before You Wire a Deposit
Verify the factory before you pay for it.
Buying from a supplier you've never seen? I arrange an independent audit on the ground in China — factory check, pre-shipment inspection, loading supervision — with photo and video proof, before your deposit moves. You don't travel.
Pre-shipment inspection or a one-day audit from $349. Prefer a remote check first? The $497 Supplier Risk Diagnostic — my desk analysis of a supplier you already found. A written verdict before your deposit moves.
Arrange a Factory Audit →Buying From China, Into the US?
US importer? Some lanes closed. Others are wide open.
The 50% steel tariffs shut some doors and left others open. See what still lands profitably in the US, check your true landed cost 24/7, and put my eyes on the factory before you wire a deposit. Straight answers, buyers only.
Open the US Importers Desk →Recent Work
Delivered, not promised
Real verification work, delivered for real buyers — the cases, not adjectives.
Factory audits, delivered
On-site factory audits delivered across China — Shenzhen, Ningbo, Nanjing, Suzhou and Kunming. Live verification and a clear go or no-go verdict, with the full report in the buyer's inbox in 24 to 48 hours — before a single deposit moved.
One buyer, three times
A buyer in the United States came back three times — a contract, then a factory visit, then more work. Repeat business is the only review that counts, and it is the one I care about most.
The core question
Is the factory real?
I stand in the building so my clients don't have to. My own field-app checklist, built for that specific factory — my eyes, my camera, my photos on the floor. I check the factory exists, is owned by who they were told, and can actually build your product, before a single dollar is wired.
What buyers have bought
China trade contracts
NNN, OEM, and sales-agency (commission) agreements — the top three sellers.
On-site factory audits & verification
Delivered across China — Shenzhen, Ningbo, Nanjing, Suzhou and Kunming. Report in 24 to 48 hours.
Factory visits & sourcing support
Booked by a returning buyer in the United States.
Digital sourcing tools & guides
Used by importers in the United States, Germany, and the United Kingdom.
Real work, for real buyers in the United States, Germany, the United Kingdom, and here in China.
What started as one referred client has grown into six completed factory audits. This is the work.
Thinking about sourcing from China? Let's talk before you wire anything.
Book a CallHow we work
Trading, with the check built in
Five principles that decide who we engage with, and how.
FIXED FEE
Every engagement is a written scope at a fixed number. No hourly billing. No open-ended retainers that quietly expand.
ON THE GROUND
Factory qualification means a Chinese-speaking operator walks the floor. Not a remote consultant. Not a video call translated into a report.
TRANSPARENT
I work transparently. One deal, one side — I never take money from both the buyer and the seller on the same trade. No games, none of the theater a China trade office is known for. You see the factory on camera, you get the reports from my own field tools, and what I promise goes in the contract. Honest, on the record, verifiable.
NOT A FACTORY
We don't own the plants. We are the desk that qualifies them, prices the goods landed, and stands between you and the deposit until the check is done.
DISCRETION
Names, volumes, and decisions stay confidential. Referenceable cases are shared under NDA only. Most of what we do, you will never read about.
Track Record
Selected deployments
Selected execution references. Full case list shared under NDA.
Supplier Diversification — U.S. Industrial Importer
Client Type
Private-label manufacturer · $80M revenue
Geography
China → Vietnam + Thailand re-qualification
Timeline
14 weeks
Scope Delivered
- 7-Factor audit of incumbent Chinese supplier base (4 factories)
- Alternative supplier shortlists in Vietnam and Thailand (11 factories screened)
- On-site qualification visits, three countries
- Negotiation support on exit terms with incumbent
- Transition roadmap delivered to board
Outcome
Two new qualified suppliers onboarded. Incumbent retained at reduced volume. Category single-point-of-failure eliminated.
Client name withheld under NDA.
Additional deployments available privately (NDA / reference on request).
Geographic Reach
Geographic Capability
China
United States
Brazil & LATAM
South East Asia
Europe
Turkey
MENA
Centralized coordination. Local execution.
LEAD MAGNET
The 7-Factor Asia Factory
Qualification Checklist.
What professional buyers check before wiring a dollar. Free, email-gated, sent to your inbox.
Legal Trading Rights, Not Just a Business License
Ownership, Capital, and the Sister-Factory Problem
Claimed Capacity vs. Actual Production
Certification Integrity, Not Just Existence
Supply Chain Depth and Material Control
Commercial Behavior Under Pressure
Strategic Fit and Long-Term Commercial Alignment
FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions
- What does GZ Visions actually do?
- Two things. I verify Chinese factories before you pay — on-site audits, pre-shipment inspection, and a remote Supplier Risk Diagnostic — and I source industrial goods direct from China: small solar panels, wide-temperature batteries, automotive and plant steel, dust-collection filtration, machinery and refractories. Buyers only. Shanghai operations and factory access, with contracts and invoicing through my Hong Kong entity.
- Where are you based?
- Shanghai for operations and factory access, with a Hong Kong entity handling international contracts and invoicing.
- Who is GZ Visions for?
- Industrial executives, plant operators, and importers in the United States, Brazil, Türkiye, the Middle East, Europe, and Asia.
- How do engagements start?
- A confidential scoping conversation. We confirm fit, define deliverables, and issue a fixed-fee proposal before any work begins.
Operator
One accountable operator
Cengiz Gündüz
Operator · Shanghai / Hong Kong
Born in Germany, raised in Turkey, ten years in the United States, and fifteen in Brazil. Now on the ground in Shanghai. Twenty-five years in global trade, and five languages, so whichever side of the table you sit on is one I already understand. I work for buyers only, never the factory.
Author of Sourcing From China Without Getting Burned — the field guide to importing without the mistakes that cost buyers their margin.
Selected Results
- $1M+Industrial contracts closed across Southeast Asia.
- Shenzhen · NingboTwo on-site factory audits delivered for a US buyer, reports in 24 to 48 hours.
- 2 → 7 storesSão Paulo retailer scaled to ~150 staff.
- ~100 wholesalersTürkiye–Brazil distribution network built.
Contact
Get in touch
Email, LinkedIn, or WhatsApp — answered within minutes, 24/7. A human takes over the same US business day.
Before you reach out, know how we work.
FIXED FEE
Every engagement is a written scope at a fixed number. No hourly billing. No open-ended retainers.
ON THE GROUND
A Chinese-speaking operator walks the factory floor. Not a remote consultant. Not a video call translated into a report.
TRANSPARENT
I work transparently. One deal, one side — never the buyer and the seller on the same trade. You see the factory on camera and get the reports from my own field tools. No games. It's in the contract.
DISCRETION
Names, volumes, and decisions stay confidential. Referenceable cases shared under NDA only.
Answered within minutes, 24/7. A human takes over the same US business day.
Strategic engagements are structured on a project basis. Typical scopes range from market-entry architecture to full deployment coordination.
Sourced in China · Qualified before you commit · Delivered landed.