Category · Brass & metalware sourcing · India

Brass&metalware.

Sand-cast · spun · electroplated · architectural

MOQ 500 · 35-day lead · BSCI / Sedex · photometric + salt-spray

MOQ

500 units

Lead time

35–45 days

Clusters

Moradabad · Delhi NCR

Certifications

BSCI · Sedex · ISO 9001

QC standard

AQL 2.5 · ASTM B117 · LM-79

Heritage

400+ years

The category

Sand-cast · spun · electroplated · architectural

Brass, copper, aluminium and mixed-metal ware — decorative, architectural and tableware — sourced from Moradabad, India's Brass City for more than four hundred years. Our headquarters has been on these foundry floors since 2002.

Brass (yellow, red, gunmetal)CopperAluminiumIron + brass compositeStainless steel

Finishes available

  • Polished · matte · brushed
  • Antique · aged · distressed patina
  • Electroplated nickel · copper · gunmetal · black-chrome
  • Powder-coat · lacquer (matte, satin, gloss)

Products developed

  • Decorative ware (vases, bowls, hurricanes)
  • Architectural metal (railings, panels, hardware)
  • Bar & barware
  • Lighting components & fittings
  • Tableware & flatware
  • Sculpture & gifting

Why India

Whybrass&metalwarefromIndiaandnotanywhereelse.

  1. / 01

    Moradabad is the world's brass capital — no other city has the same density of foundries, spinning units, electroplating lines and skilled artisans.

  2. / 02

    Multi-technique fluency: sand casting, centrifugal casting, gravity die-cast, hand-spinning and CNC spinning all available in one cluster.

  3. / 03

    Hand-patination and hand-lacquering at retail price points — antique, distressed and aged finishes are an Indian specialty.

  4. / 04

    Salt-spray, photometric, electrical and finish-testing run on the factory floor by our in-house team.

India vs the rest of the world

WhatIndiadoesthatotherscan't.

A straight comparison — what we hear from buyers who've sourced from each geography.

China

Volume die-cast — strong but limited on hand-finishing and antique patination.

Turkey

Beautiful Bosphorus brass — premium, smaller capacity, longer lead times.

Morocco

Hand-hammered brass — niche capacity, limited industrial finishing.

India / Moradabad

Cast + spun + plated + patinated + photometric-tested. Volume + craft + finish.

Testing & inspection — Brass & metalware

Every test, every certificate, photographed and archived.

The protocols Asia Sourcing runs on every brass & metalware container — in-house and through ISO-accredited third-party labs.

/ 01

Salt-spray (ASTM B117)

48 / 96 / 240-hour cycles for electroplated and lacquered surfaces.

/ 02

Photometric (LM-79)

Light output, CCT, CRI for any brass lighting variants.

/ 03

Adhesion & finish

Cross-hatch (ASTM D3359), pencil hardness, gloss meter.

/ 04

Heavy-metal lab

Lead, cadmium, nickel-release for food-contact and skin-contact items.

/ 05

Dimensional & weight

Caliper, weight per piece, finish thickness measured.

/ 06

AQL 2.5 + photographs

In-line, final and container-loading inspection with photo dossier.

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