As someone who has experienced a similar process through a relative of mine, is really interesting to hear a detailed story that not only talks about the process but also about the feeling of manufacturing outside of your home country. Finding the company that fit your product and your quality standards is extremely time consuming but once that serendipity happens you start feeling the snowball effect of the next items in the list. It really is all about finding the right match for your product.
Yes - it does feel like there is some serendipity involved. I think my likelihood of getting lucky increased when I let go of the geographic limitations. Curious about Kaizen philosophy in China as well...
I wonder if the Kaizen philosophy (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaizen) applies for Chinese people as well. Can someone comment on this?