We Moved Our Own Production.
Siamril doesn't theorize about supply chain diversification. We moved our own production out of China starting in 2019 — and finished the transition into Vietnam and Thailand. Now we guide companies through the same move.
The Landscape
For decades, China was the default. Low cost, massive capacity, mature infrastructure. But the calculus has shifted, and companies that don't adapt are exposed.
Tariff escalation has made China-sourced goods increasingly expensive for Western markets. Supply chain concentration creates single-point-of-failure risk — as pandemic-era disruptions proved. Geopolitical uncertainty adds a layer of unpredictability that no procurement team can model.
The question isn't whether to diversify. It's how to do it without destroying margins, compromising quality, or spending two years on a transition that should take six months.
of companies plan to diversify
sourcing away from China
“Most consultants hand you a report. We hand you a factory, a production plan, and a shipping date.”Richard Gross, Managing Director
Our Approach
We're not a consulting firm that sends junior analysts to map your supply chain. We've relocated our own production — textiles, aluminum windows and doors, metal fabrication, and building materials — from China to Vietnam and Thailand. Every recommendation we make is backed by something we've already done ourselves.
Our team has decades of experience inside Chinese factories. We saw the risk of depending 100% on any single country, and the widening gap between the US and China. Starting in 2019, we led our own transition out — before most Western companies had even started asking the question.
We don't cold-call factories. Our vendor relationships in Vietnam and Thailand are built on years of production history, quality audits, and joint problem-solving.
Strategy is the easy part. We stay through vendor qualification, pilot production, quality benchmarking, and full-scale operations. We're in it with you — for as long as you need us.
The Process
A structured methodology built from real transitions — not theoretical frameworks. Each phase has clear deliverables and decision gates.
We map your current China supply chain and identify which product lines, components, or categories are the strongest candidates for transition — based on cost structure, complexity, and risk exposure.
Using our established factory networks in Vietnam and Thailand, we identify, vet, and qualify replacement vendors. No directories or trade shows — these are factories we've worked with and trust.
Before committing to full-scale transition, we manage sample runs and benchmark quality against your existing China output. No surprises when you flip the switch.
We stay through the transition and beyond. Logistics setup, customs navigation, ongoing quality oversight, and issue resolution — not just during the move, but as a continued service for as long as you need it.
Why Siamril
We don't sell credentials. We point to track record.
From our first China factory relationship to active operations across three countries today.
Active factory relationships and on-the-ground teams in China, Vietnam, and Thailand.
We transitioned our own OEM manufacturing before advising anyone else. Skin in the game.
Vetted, audited, production-tested factories across Southeast Asia's key manufacturing hubs.
Our Lane
Siamril only advises in product categories where we've run production ourselves — cabinets, doors, flooring, hardware, lighting, furniture, aluminum windows, fabricated metal, and industrial textiles.
Outside that lane, we'll turn the work down — food, pharmaceuticals, consumer electronics, medical devices, chemicals — because borrowed credibility isn't credibility.
If you're in one of those categories, we'll say so honestly and, where we can, point you to operators who have the track record we don't.
Advisory FAQ
China+1 is a supply chain strategy where a company keeps existing China-based manufacturing while adding production capacity in a second country — typically Vietnam, Thailand, India, or Mexico — to reduce concentration risk, hedge against tariffs, and improve resilience.
A typical single-product-line transition takes six to twelve months from assessment to first full production run. Complex multi-line transitions can take longer. Siamril's four-step process is designed to compress that timeline using pre-vetted factory networks instead of cold outreach.
Siamril is an operator, not a consultant. Siamril relocated its own manufacturing from China to Vietnam and Thailand before advising other companies. Every recommendation is backed by production Siamril has already completed itself, and every vendor in the network is one Siamril has personally worked with.
Siamril advises on building materials (aluminum windows and doors, engineered wood floors, cabinetry, lighting, fabricated metal), industrial textiles, and OEM or private-label manufacturing across Southeast Asia and China.
Yes. Siamril provides ongoing production management, quality control, and factory liaison services after the initial transition for clients that want continued on-the-ground representation in Southeast Asia.
Ready to Move
Let's talk about where you are, where you need to be, and how fast we can get you there. No pitch decks — just a straight conversation between operators.
