OEM & ODM rackets
Start from one of the moulds our factories already run and change only the layup and the paint, or tool your own shape when the volume justifies it.
- MOQ 300 u
- Lead time 30–40 d
- Sample 10–15 d
Padel, sourced where the rackets are actually pressed
Carbon and fibreglass rackets, EVA cores, pressurised balls, court structures, bags and grips. We work with the racket factories of Guangdong and Fujian that already export to European and Latin American brands, and we test what comes off the line.
300Units: MOQ on an existing mould with your own paint
150+Moulds available across our partner factories
35 dTypical production after the sample is approved
±5 mmBalance tolerance we hold across a production run
The market
The sport grew faster than the supply chain did
Padel went from a Spanish niche to a court in every city in Europe and Latin America, and the brands that grew with it mostly did the same thing: they designed in Madrid or Buenos Aires and pressed in China. The factories that learned to build a good racket in that decade are still there, and most of them still sell through intermediaries who add a margin and remove the accountability.
Our job is the boring half of that story. We know which press holds a clean 3K weave, which supplier quietly swaps the EVA for a cheaper density on the second order, and which one will actually accept a 300-unit first run without treating you as a nuisance.
Anatomy of the cost
Four decisions move a racket from 18 to 45 dollars
Everything else is packaging. If you know these four, you can read any factory quote in the category.
| Component | Options | What it changes |
|---|---|---|
| Face & frame | Fibreglass · 3K · 12K · 18K carbon | The single biggest lever. Fibreglass is forgiving and cheap; 12K and 18K carbon are stiffer, more expensive and only worth it if your player level justifies it. |
| Core | EVA soft · medium · hard · FOAM | EVA density sets the feel and the durability. The cheapest substitution in the industry happens here, and it is invisible until the racket cracks. |
| Mould | Existing · modified · new | An existing mould costs nothing and ships in weeks. A new one is a real tooling cost and pushes your first order out by a month or more. |
| Finish | Paint · rough coat · 3D relief | Rough surface finishes add spin and cost. Multi-layer paint and 3D relief look premium in the photo and add cents per unit, which matters at volume. |
Why the sample is always good and the third order is not
The sample is hand-laid by the best operator in the plant. Mass production is a different animal: the resin ratio drifts, the press cycle gets shortened to hit a delivery date, and the EVA sheet comes from whichever supplier was cheapest that week. That is why our inspection schedule puts a check on the line at 30% of output, and why we measure the racket instead of admiring it.
- Weight ±8 g
- Balance ±5 mm
- Shore A hardness
- Resin ratio
- Delamination check
- Grommet fit
Product lines
The whole padel catalogue, from one desk
Pressurised balls
Tubes of three, printed to your brand, with rebound and pressure tested against the reference so the batch does not go flat on the shelf.
- MOQ 500 tubes
- Lead time 25–35 d
- Test Rebound / pressure
Court structures
Galvanised steel structure, 10 mm or 12 mm tempered glass, artificial turf and nets, packed as a complete court and shipped in one container.
- Unit 1 court
- Lead time 35–50 d
- Freight 1 × 40' HC
Bags & backpacks
Racket bags, backpacks and tour bags in 600D or 900D polyester, with your logo, thermal compartment and the zips that survive a season.
- MOQ 500 u
- Lead time 30–45 d
- Material 600D / 900D
Grips & protectors
Overgrips, base grips and frame protectors. Low unit price, high repeat purchase, and the easiest way to fill the empty space in a container.
- MOQ 1,000 u
- Lead time 20–30 d
- Packing Blister / box
Team apparel
Technical shirts, shorts and skirts in performance fabric, sublimated or embroidered, sourced through our textile division and consolidated with the rackets.
- MOQ 300 u
- Lead time 40–55 d
- Certification OEKO-TEX
Courts
A court is a container, and the container is the hard part
A padel court is not a difficult product to manufacture. It is a difficult product to ship: heavy steel, fragile tempered glass and turf, all in one 40-foot high cube, with a packing list that customs will read carefully. We spec the structure, check the galvanising and the glass thickness, supervise the loading and give you the documents your broker needs. Glass breaks in transit when it is packed badly, not when it is unlucky.
- Panoramic & standard
- 10 / 12 mm tempered glass
- Hot-dip galvanised
- 12 mm monofilament turf
- 1 × 40' HC per court
Season planning
Count backwards from the shelf, not forward from the order
A racket that lands in July is a racket you discount in September. Working back from a European spring launch, the order has to be placed before Chinese New Year, because the factories close for two to three weeks and the queue after them is long.
Spec & quote
Lock the layup, the core and the mould. Nothing else can start until this is decided.
Sample
Ten to fifteen days for a racket sample, plus a round of corrections. Plan for two rounds.
Order & deposit
Contract signed, deposit paid, slot booked in the factory calendar before the holiday queue forms.
Production & QC
Thirty to forty days on the line, with the mid-production check and the pre-shipment AQL inside that window.
Freight
Sea to Europe runs 28 to 34 days. If the calendar slipped, air is the repair, and it costs what it costs.
Balls
The product your customer buys again every month
Balls are where a padel brand makes its recurring revenue, and where a bad batch destroys its reputation fastest. A ball that loses pressure on the shelf was pressurised badly, or the felt and the rubber came from a cheaper source than the sample. We test rebound height and internal pressure per batch, and we check the tube seal, because a perfect ball in a leaking tube is a flat ball by the time it reaches the club.
- Rebound height
- Internal pressure
- Felt weight
- Tube seal test
- Batch traceability
Padel questions
What padel brands ask us first
Can I start with 300 rackets?
Yes, on an existing mould with your own paint and grip. A new mould is a different conversation: the tooling cost only makes sense above roughly two thousand units, and it adds four to six weeks before the first sample.
How do I know the carbon is really 12K?
You do not, from a photograph. We ask for the fabric supplier certificate, we cut a sample racket from the production batch, and where the order justifies it we send the piece to an independent laboratory. The factories that are honest about the layup are used to being asked.
Who owns the mould if I pay for it?
You do, and we write it into the Chinese contract with the tooling drawings attached. Without that clause, the mould stays in the factory and can quietly produce your shape for somebody else.
Can you also supply the court?
Yes. One complete panoramic court fits in a 40-foot high cube. We supervise the loading, because badly packed tempered glass is the single most common damage claim in this category.
What about the padel season and Chinese New Year?
Plan around it or pay for air freight. Factories close for two to three weeks and take another two to return to full output. An order placed in January for a March launch will not arrive in March.
Do you work with existing brands or only new ones?
Both. Established brands usually come to us to re-audit a factory they already use, renegotiate the price and put a real inspection between production and payment. New brands come to us for the first racket.
Tell us the racket you want to build.
Layup, core, mould and volume. We come back with the factory, the unit cost and the freight to your market.
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