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About Meili Machining · Dongguan, since 2017

We make the parts others won't take on

For most of our history you couldn't buy from us directly. Trading companies and larger suppliers sent our Dongguan shop the drawings they couldn't make themselves: tight bores, thin walls, parts with many faces, stainless and titanium. Those parts ended up inside automation and packaging machines built overseas. Now engineers and buyers can send those drawings to us directly.

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Six members of the Meili Machining team standing on the shop floor in Dongguan, with CNC machines behind them
Part of the Meili team on our shop floor in Dongguan. Not stock photos: these are the people and machines that make your parts.
2017
Founded in Dongguan, Guangdong
~23
CNC mills and lathes on our own floor
In-house
Hexagon CMM for dimension reports
20 pcs +
Where unit cost drops sharply. Main range up to 10,000 pcs.
Remade
Out-of-spec parts remade at our cost, freight both ways
Why buy direct

You may already own parts made by shops like ours

In custom machining, a part often passes through two or three companies before it reaches the machine builder. Each one adds a margin and another person relaying your questions. For years we were the last link in that chain.

How many parts are bought today

You→Trading company→Subcontractor→Machine shop

Your drawing question travels down the chain and the answer travels back up. Nobody in the middle cut the part.

Buying from Meili

You↔Meili, the shop that cuts the metal

One contact, working in the same building as the machines that make your parts.

Answers from the shop floor

Questions about a tolerance, a thread, or a finish reach the people who program and run the part, not a salesperson two companies away.

No middle layers in the price

You pay for machining, finishing, inspection, and freight. You don't pay a margin to every company that passed your drawing along.

You know where parts are made

Milling and turning happen on our own machines, shown on this page. Only finishing, heat treatment, and sheet metal go to partners we manage and check.

Batch pricing

From 20 pieces, your turned and milled parts cost far less

Most of the cost of a one-off machined part isn't cutting metal. It's the work before the first chip: reviewing the drawing, programming, setting up fixtures, and proving out the first part. On one piece, that piece carries all of it. On a batch of 20, the same work is shared twenty ways.

  • Setup is done onceDrawing review, programming, and the first-article check are paid for once per batch, not once per part.
  • Fixtures that pay for themselvesAt 20 pieces and up, a dedicated fixture makes sense. Loading gets faster and every part is clamped the same way.
  • Fewer setups on 3+2 machinesMulti-face milled parts are finished in fewer clamps, so less handling time goes into each part.
  • The batch runs continuouslyOnce the first part passes inspection, the lathe or machining center keeps running the same job without changeovers.
  • Repeat orders start readyPrograms and fixtures are kept, so your next batch skips most of the setup again.

Not sure where your break point is? Ask for prices at a few quantities, for example 5, 20, and 50, and we'll quote each one. How a CNC quote is built →

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Our story

How a subcontract shop learned to make difficult parts

Meili started in Dongguan in 2017, founded by Raymond Liang and partners who had spent years on CNC machines themselves. It began as a small shop doing subcontract work. Our customers were other manufacturers: trading companies and larger suppliers who had won an order and needed someone to machine it.

Over time a pattern formed. The easy parts stayed with them. The difficult ones came to us: tight positional tolerances, deep bores, thin walls, many faces to machine, and materials like stainless steel and titanium. We became the shop people called after another shop had said no.

That work taught us what difficult parts need. Read the drawing for what really matters before quoting. Plan setups so related features are cut together. Measure before the parts leave. In 2024 we added 3+2 machining centers for multi-face parts, and in 2026 our own Hexagon CMM.

The parts we made went into automation assembly systems and packaging machinery used in North America and Europe, always under someone else's name. Now we sell the same work directly to the engineers and buyers who design those machines.

Meili machinist at a CNC lathe with the customer drawing taped to the machine guard
Mr. Luo, 20 years in machining, at a lathe. The drawing hangs on the machine guard, so he works from the print itself.
  1. 2017Founded in DongguanCo-founded by Raymond Liang and partners as a small CNC shop machining parts for other manufacturers.
  2. SinceSubcontract machining for suppliersTrading companies and larger suppliers send us the parts they can't make themselves.
  3. 20243+2 machining centers addedMulti-face parts machined in fewer setups. Today about 23 CNC mills and lathes.
  4. 2026In-house Hexagon CMMDimension and CMM reports from our own lab.
  5. 2026Quoting overseas buyers directlyEnglish quotes, delivered pricing, and payment by bank transfer.
Our team

The people who will make your parts

We are a small team, and that helps you. The person who reviews your drawing works a few meters from the machine that cuts it, and most of our leads learned their trade on this floor.

Raymond Liang, co-founder of Meili Machining, on the shop floor in Dongguan
Co-founder · your contact at Meili

Raymond Liang

Co-founder & Technical Sales Manager · 15 years in CNC machining

Raymond spent ten years on CNC turning and milling after school, starting on the shop floor and making parts, including assembly work, for well-known overseas companies. In 2017 he co-founded Meili with partners. He still handles both quotes and technical questions, and he trained our milling team lead from apprentice. Email replies within 24 hours, WhatsApp within 12 hours.

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Li Tao, milling team lead at Meili Machining, in front of a vertical machining center
Li TaoMilling Team Lead · 7 yearsStarted at Meili as an apprentice under Raymond. Runs our 3-axis and 3+2 milling team.
Mr. Wang, turning team lead at Meili Machining, at the control panel of a CNC lathe
Mr. WangTurning Team Lead · 6 yearsStarted at Meili as an apprentice. Leads the turning team, including turn-mill work.
Zhang Bo of the Meili Machining quality department on the shop floor
Zhang BoQuality · 10 yearsA decade in machining quality. Knows the measuring instruments and the quality tools behind every report.
Mr. Luo, senior CNC turning machinist at Meili Machining, at a lathe
Mr. LuoCNC Turning · 20 yearsSpent years on manual lathes before moving to CNC turning.
Mr. Li, CNC turning machinist at Meili Machining, next to a CNC turning center
Mr. LiCNC Turning · 5 yearsSpecializes in small turned parts.
Equipment & shop floor

What runs on our floor

About 23 CNC milling machines and lathes, set up for prototypes, spare parts, repeat batches, and volume production. Everything marked in-house is on our own floor in Dongguan.

Row of CNC lathes with machinists at work on the Meili shop floor
The lathe line, with operators running jobs.
Rotary table and machine vise set up on a CNC machining center table
Rotary table and vise for multi-face work.
Hexagon Brown and Sharpe coordinate measuring machine at Meili Machining
Our Hexagon (Brown & Sharpe) CMM.
3-axis machining centersUp to 1000 × 400 × 200 mm5In-house
3+2 machining centersMulti-face parts in fewer setups10In-house
CNC lathesApprox. Ø400 × 900 mmAbout 8In-house
CMMHexagon (Brown & Sharpe)1In-house
Inspection toolsHeight gauges, thread and pin gauges, optical projector, roughness testerIn-house
Finishing & heat treatmentAnodizing, plating, heat treatment, EDM, laser markingManaged partner
Sheet metalLaser cutting, bending, weldingManaged partner

Partner-processed parts come back to us for final inspection and packing before they ship.

CNC milling → CNC turning → Quality control →
Working with overseas buyers

What you can hold us to

Most of our direct customers are engineers and purchasing teams outside China. These are our standard terms, not a sales pitch.

01

Drawing review before the price

We check tolerances, material, and the process route before we quote. Open questions on the drawing are listed with the quote, before any metal is cut.

02

Fast replies in English

Email replies within 24 hours, WhatsApp within 12. If a tolerance is risky or a lead time slips, you hear it from us first.

03

Free first-article report

Your first order includes a first-article inspection report at no charge. Dimension and CMM reports are available on any order.

04

Remake guarantee

Parts that don't meet your drawing are remade at our cost, with freight paid both ways. Report within 30 days of delivery. Untoleranced features follow ISO 2768-m.

05

Delivered pricing (DAP)

Quotes include shipping to your address. You pay import duties and taxes. Payment by bank transfer in USD, EUR, GBP, and other major currencies.

06

NDA before drawings

Send your NDA or ask for ours. We sign before you share drawings.

Fit

Where we fit, and where we don't

We would rather tell you now than after you've spent a week on an RFQ.

A good fit

  • Machined parts for automation, packaging, and industrial equipmentPlates, brackets, housings, shafts, fittings, fixtures
  • Parts other shops found difficultTight positions, deep bores, thin walls, many faces
  • Batches of 20 pieces and upWhere our unit cost drops sharply. We also take prototypes, spares, and large volumes.
  • Aluminum, stainless, steels, brass, titanium, plasticsWith finishing coordinated and shipped with the parts

Probably not us

  • Flight-critical aerospace partsWe don't hold AS9100 or NADCAP approval.
  • Medical implantsWe don't work under ISO 13485.
  • Freeform surfaces such as impellers or turbine bladesOur milling machines are 3-axis and 3+2.
For purchasing teams

Qualifying a new supplier?

Company details, equipment, inspection tools, documents, and commercial terms are on one page. Send your NDA or supplier questionnaire and we'll complete it.

Supplier Information
Legal entity
Dongguan Meili Machinery Co., Ltd.
Business type
Manufacturer, not a trading company
Established
2017, Dongguan, China
Machines
5 three-axis, 10 3+2, 8 lathes
Incoterm
DAP, delivered to your address
Language
English by email; video calls on request

Have a part another shop turned down?

Send the drawing. We'll review it, list any open questions, and quote a delivered price.

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