Thank you for your interest in learning more about Dragon Crowd. We are proud of our company and happy you are interested in our story. If you are a current customer, we hope this profile provides insight to the future of the company and that you learn things you did not know. If you are taking a look at our company for the first time... Welcome! We hope this begins a dialogue that evolves into a long-term partnership. Since 1998 Dragon Crowd has remained dedicated to superior customer service and building quality apparel products that meet our customer’s needs. Over the years our company has grown from a small buying agency to a multinational company that owns four factories, three fabrics mills, employs over 3,000 people, and has offices in Hong Kong, New York, Costa Mesa, and of course in Ningbo where it all began. The journey has been great fun. We are thankful to those who have made it possible and are excited about where we are headed‌. We hope you will join us.
Edward Zhou
Founder and CEO Dragon Crowd
Dragon Crowd is one of the largest privately held Ningbo, China based manufacturers of young men’s and women’s lifestyle apparel. Established in 1998 by Edward Zhou, Dragon Crowd is a vertical company with offices in Ningbo, Hong Kong, New York, and Costa Mesa, California. Dragon Crowd owns and operates 4 factories with over 3,000 employees, over 50 production lines, and a capacity to produce more than 1.8MM units monthly. Dragon Crowd also owns and operates one woven fabric and two knit fabric mills. With annual sales in excess of $125MM, Dragon Crowd’s factories are WRAP certified and produce young men’s and women’s knit and woven tops and bottoms, fleece, active-wear, casual outerwear, denim, dresses, and boardshorts. Dragon Crowd leverages its global supply chain to provide customers trend-right product design, cutting-edge raw material sourcing, expedited concept-to-market channels, and technologically advanced production management. Dragon Crowd covers the entire supply chain from end-to-end. Dragon Crowd’s value services include: CORE VALUES Integrity, honesty, and responsibility are the core values that form the foundation of Dragon Crowd. These values underlie our work, how we interact, and the strategies we employ to fulfill our mission. Our core values are constant and unchanging.
In-house design t Product developmen Trend forecasting Fabric sourcing ent T E G R I T Y Production managemnning IntegrityI Nmeans one, steadfast, la p et whole, and undivided. At Dragon Speed-to-mark Crowd we see integrity as essential MISSION Dragon Crowd is an apparel manufacturer whose mission is to interpret and anticipate our client needs, and develop, source, and produce young men’s and women’s apparel that satisfies those needs. Dragon Crowd strives to consistently exceed customer expectations through a philosophy that focuses on extensive product and material development, innovative supply chain solutions, superior customer service, competitive pricing, expedited concept-tomarket strategies, expanded sourcing options, and customerdefined quality/value.
in our pursuit of providing ‘superior service’. It is the whole of Dragon Crowd working as one to provide our clients the products they need to fill the desires of their customers. H O N E S T Y Dragon Crowd believes it imperative to conduct business in an open, honest, and transparent manner; to ensure our clients are provided reasonable access to facilities, information, and personnel. RESPONSIBILITY Dragon Crowd has a responsibility to provide reasonable returns on our shareholders’ investments; to deal honestly with our suppliers and creditors; to provide a safe workplace and fair wages to our employees, and to act as good corporate citizens in the communities in which we operate.
Current State Of Company CAPACITY & CAPABILITIES OVERVIEW Dragon Crowd is a completely vertical company with offices in Ningbo, Hong Kong, New York, and Costa Mesa, California. Dragon Crowd owns and operates four factories with over 3000 employees, over fifty production lines, and production capacity of more than 1.8MM units monthly. Dragon Crowd also owns and operates one woven fabric and two knit fabric mills. With annual sales in excess of $125MM, Dragon Crowd’s factories are WRAP certified and produce young men’s and women’s knit and woven tops and bottoms, fleece, casual outerwear, denim, dresses, and boardshorts.
NINGBO HONG KONG NEW YORK CALIFORNIA 4 FACTORIES 3000 EMPLOYEES, 50 PRODUCTION LINES 1.8MM UNITS MONTHLY TWO KNIT FABRIC MILLS ONE WOVEN FABRIC WRAP CERTIFIED $125MM / YEAR
Equipment and Locations Machinery Our factories use state-of-the-art equipment including computerized laser cutting, overhead conveyor systems, metal detectors, automated spreading, Gerber digital pattern grading and marking, in-house embroidery, ITS-grade laboratory that runs up to 11 tests for colorfastness, fit, wash-ability, burn rate, and more, allowing us to ensure quality and cut production time. Our ERP system — accessible in real time from any Dragon Crowd office around the world — allows each department to add notes, files and updates to a purchase order throughout the production cycle.
4 NEEDLE, 6-THREAD OVERLOCK ZIG-ZAG SINGLE NEEDLE BLIND STITCH MARROW BARTACK FELLED DOUBLE CHAIN STITCH EDGE STITCH OVERLOCK WITH AUTO THREAD CUTTING COVER STITCH FLATLOCK AUTOMATED SPREADING LASER CUTTING
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4 FACTORIES
ONE MILLION SQUARE FEET OF PRODUCTION
Building A, #577 ad Chengxin East Ro bo, China, 315000 Qiuga Town, Ning es: Men’s, Production includuth active-wear, women’s, and yotops & bottoms. knit, and fleece e: Operations includ nveyor system e Production-lin coser cutting Computerized la Embellishmentsaders Automated spre achinery Metal detector m Sample rooms ce Merchandising offi
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Factories Overview: With over one million square feet of production space, Dragon Crowd’s four factories produce more than 1.8MM units monthly, maintain the highest quality standards, and have gained a reputation for innovation and excellence within the industry. Dragon Crowd’s factories have passed audits from WRAP, NIKE, Quiksilver, V.F. Corp., Oakley, SGS, and Bureau Veritas to name a few. The structures that house the factories are modern and new; Rock Guangming and Rock Bay were constructed in 2014, Hai Zhi Jie in 2010, and Rock Maui in 2008.
Building B st Road #577 Chengxin Eabo, China, 315000 ng Ni Qiuga Town, es: Men’s, Production includuth knit, women’s and yo and fleece tops e: Operations includ nveyor systems Production-line coser cutting Computerized la Embellishments achinery Metal detector m Sample rooms
Laser Cutting Machines Sustainability Dragon Crowd’s production facilities include, laser cutting machines that utilize the maximum amount of fabric to create the least amount of waste, day-time operating hours for energy efficiency, factory wide water filtration systems, onsite canteen where we control waste.
Offices Costa Mesa 3187 Red Hill Ave, Suite 200 Costa Mesa, CA 92626 714-361-9820 Departments: Sales, Marketing, Design, Customer service, Product development, Administration, and Executive offices. New York 530 7th Avenue, Suite #709 New York, NY 10018 Departments: Sales, Marketing, Customer service Hong Kong Unit 610, 6/F, CheungSha Wan Plaza 833 Cheung Sha Wan Road Lai Chi Kok, Kowloon, Hong Kong Departments: Product development, Sourcing, and Production oversight. China 1/F Building C, #10 Huang Su Dong Road, Honglin Industrial Park, Dongqianhu Town Ningbo City, China, 315121 Departments: Operations, Accounting, Manufacturing, Product development, Quality control, and Production oversight. Other facilities Three fabric mills in Ningbo, China Distribution Center in Southern California
Quality Assurance And Control
Dragon Crowd’s extensive adherence to quality assurance, quality control, and delivery make Dragon Crowd an easy choice as a production partner. With our extensive resources, in-house ITS quality laboratory, over fifty merchandisers, 6 designers, in-house sample room, and seventy-five QA/QC workers, you can rest assured all of your needs are well attended to. At each manufacturing site, the Quality Control staff inspects materials, monitors production, and provides feedback to ensure products meet customer requirements. The local staff has the responsibility and authority to improve product quality and reliability through the following actions: Identify and record problems and corrective actions. Initiate and provide solutions and improvements. Verify implementation of solutions. Control nonconforming products until deficiencies are corrected. Initiate actions to prevent nonconformities. Share information and best practices enterprise-wide.
WRAP C-TPAT Certifications WRAP (Worldwide Accredited Responsible Production) approved C-TPAT (Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism) participant
Employee Advocacy At Dragon Crowd we know a happy and healthy employee is a dedicated employee. That’s why we offer a clean and safe workplace in full compliance with all applicable laws and regulations as well as regular training and opportunity for advancement. We do not tolerate discrimination or harassment; all employees are 16 or older and all employment is voluntary. We are proud to say that we pay our employees a fair wage on time, offer health insurance, paid time off — a whole month lunar New Year — and regular working hours — we shut down the factories each day at 5 p.m. so employees cannot work to excess.
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Customers Dragon Crowd designs and manufactures for an international base of customers and has a major share of the young men’s and women’s lifestyle apparel market. We also make private label for retailers, department stores and some fast-fashion outlets.
Some of our customers include:
COSTA MESA, CA NEW YORK, NY HONG KONG NINGBO
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