A plastic dish rack manufacturer sells an engineering problem disguised as a commodity: how to hold a day's worth of plates, bowls and cutlery while every drop of water leaves the assembly in under an hour. Buyers who compare only unit price discover the difference at the returns desk, because a rack that pools water at the base is a warranty claim regardless of how cheap it was. This guide covers the format families, materials and commercial terms to settle before an RFQ goes out. Our full kitchenware range is listed in the plastic products category.
Formats: Cutlery Holders, Sink-Side Racks and Cabinets
The category runs three format families. Cutlery holders are compact in-sink units around 329x199x45 mm at 112 g, or 330x260x45 mm at 172 g, with four or five compartments for silverware and utensils. Sink-side racks sit beside the basin at roughly 445x285x180 mm with a self-draining board that returns water to the sink. Drying cabinets run to 520x390x390 mm with a flip-top lid, internal compartments and a pull-out drip tray. Each family has its own tooling family, so mixing formats in one quotation usually means mixing tool houses — ask which formats the supplier actually moulds in-house.
Materials and Food Contact Grades
Racks are moulded from food-grade, BPA-free PP, the standard dish drainer compound for the category, chosen for stiffness at thin walls and resistance to the detergents and hard water of a real kitchen. Where the programme sells into the EU, LFGB and FDA declarations should be requested per grade: our food contact compliance guide walks through what those certificates actually cover, and the polypropylene specifications reference covers copolymer versus homopolymer selection for lids and trays. Drainage geometry — raised floors, sloped channels and removable drip trays — decides drying performance more than any additive does, which is why the tray should be a separate part rather than a moulded-in feature that cannot be cleaned.
- Cutlery holders: 329x199x45 mm to 330x260x45 mm, 96-120 pcs per export carton
- Sink-side racks: about 445x285x180 mm with a drainboard channel back to the basin
- Drying cabinets: up to 520x390x390 mm, 18-26 pcs per carton depending on size
What a Plastic Dish Rack Manufacturer Should Confirm
Retail programmes expect OPP bag or shrink-wrap packing with EAN space, and colour ranges of white, grey and one seasonal accent. MOQs run 500-3,000 pieces per model for stock formats, with samples in 5-7 days and mass production at 25-45 days; custom lid or cabinet programmes with new tools need 20-30 days of tooling first. Tolerances on tray slides and lid hinges should be quoted explicitly, because a kitchen draining rack is judged by whether the tray still slides smoothly after a year of soap film. HS classification sits under 3926.90 for these household articles, and verified partners can be shortlisted through our company directory.
Related product categories
The materials and part types discussed above are grouped in our sourcing directory:
