SHIELD WORKS · CUSTOM PET PRODUCTS & SMART DEVICES
OEM manufacturing for pet brands: smart devices, containment, grooming, and enrichment products combining plastics, metals, textiles, and electronics under one accountable roof.
Shield Works manufactures pet products and smart pet devices for Western brands from an ISO-certified, British-owned facility in Zhuhai, China.
We build the engineered side of the category: connected feeders, GPS trackers, crates, grooming and aquatics hardware, integrating components from multiple vetted suppliers into finished, tested, retail-ready units. We do not handle pet food, treats, or supplements.
Who We Are
The pet category is unforgiving: products are chewed, pulled, dropped, and left outside, and a one-star durability review follows a brand around. Engineering for that abuse, across plastics, metals, textiles, batteries, and electronics, is a multi-supplier problem that needs one accountable integrator.
Shield Works manages the component chain, builds and tests the finished product in-house, and protects the connected features and designs that differentiate your brand.
See our manufacturing servicesWhy Choose Shield Works
Multi-component builds
Smart feeders, GPS trackers, and connected toys combine plastics, metals, textiles, batteries, and electronics, components from many suppliers that have to assemble into one safe, durable product. That integration is our speciality.
Safety-first engineering
Bite, pull, and chew durability, material safety, and pinch-point review are engineered in at the DFM stage and tested against your specification before production.
Safeguarding your innovations
Distinctive mechanisms, connected features, and brand details are protected by black-box workflows and supplier isolation.
ESD-controlled electronics
Trackers, cameras, feeders, and app-connected devices are assembled in a dedicated ESD-controlled room with controlled firmware loading.
Quality proven per batch
Internal incoming, in-process, and final checks against your inspection plan, then independent batch verification by a C2W Group quality engineer who reports directly to you.
British management
British owned and managed, backed by the C2W Group’s 20 years of China manufacturing across consumer product categories.
What We Build
We have real, delivered experience in pet products, from connected smart devices to mechanical and soft-goods hardware. Most of this work is under NDA, so client names stay off this page: the same supplier isolation and project separation that keeps their launches confidential is what we offer you. Pet products engineered for durability and animal safety. We do not manufacture pet food, treats, or supplements.
Automatic feeders, cameras, and app-connected pet tech with electronics built in our ESD-controlled zone.
Collar-mounted trackers and wearables combining electronics, batteries, and chew-resistant housings.
Carriers, crates, gates, and containment systems in fabricated metal, moulded polymer, and textiles.
Clippers, brushes, dryers, and grooming stations, including electric grooming devices.
Durable chew, puzzle, and enrichment products with material safety verified to your market.
Pumps, filtration, lighting, and habitat hardware combining electronics and water-safe materials.
Our Development Process
Share your concept, materials, target market, and production goals. We sign an NDA before specifics are discussed, then assess feasibility and the best path forward.
A structured manufacturing roadmap for your product: key stages, estimated costs, and production timelines, agreed before tooling money is committed.
Engineering files refined into physical prototypes, iterated until materials, function, and durability are proven rather than assumed.
Bill of materials, tolerances, and assembly workflows finalised for repeatable production, eliminating manufacturing problems on paper rather than on the line.
A pilot batch verifies every component against specification before full production. Multi-supplier sourcing means no single supplier ever sees the complete design.
Every batch is inspected against your agreed criteria, then packed, consolidated, and shipped from our own warehouse, in secure custody until it leaves for your market.
Certifications
Shield Works is independently certified across three management systems: Quality (ISO 9001), Environmental (ISO 14001), and Occupational Health & Safety (ISO 45001). Also audited annually under SEDEX SMETA, an independent ethical-trade audit covering labour, health and safety, environment, and business ethics.
| Certification | Standard | Accredited By |
|---|---|---|
| ISO 9001 | Quality Management System | BSI ANAB |
| ISO 14001 | Environmental Management System | BSI ANAB |
| ISO 45001 | Occupational Health & Safety | BSI ANAB |
| SEDEX SMETA | 4-Pillar Ethical Audit | Independent third-party |
Frequently Asked
Hardware and devices: smart feeders, GPS trackers, crates and carriers, grooming equipment, toys, and aquatics hardware. We do not manufacture pet food, treats, or supplements, which keeps our facility focused on the engineered products we are built for.
Yes. Connected feeders, cameras, and trackers are assembled in our ESD-controlled electronics room with controlled firmware loading, and the design and app ecosystem stay protected throughout. See our electronics expertise.
Material safety, bite and pull durability, and pinch-point review are addressed at the DFM stage, then tested against your specification, including life-cycle and abuse testing where the product calls for it.
Suppliers receive only the data their component requires, the complete product is integrated in-house, and each client project is isolated. See the full IP protection model.
We do not run a fixed minimum order quantity, but projects typically start from USD 10,000 in order value.
Yes. Retail-ready packaging runs in line with assembly, and warehousing, consolidation, and 3PL coordination are available on site. See warehousing and 3PL services.
We look at your product and requirements, assess fit, and reply to most enquiries within 24 hours. If it looks like a fit, we review the project in detail and issue an NDA where needed, then set up a call to confirm fit before we come back with a proposal. All work runs under a paid engagement. Submit your project brief.
Pet products get chewed, dragged and slept on by something that will not read the instructions, and safety complaints travel fast in this category. Material safety and destructive testing are specified upfront rather than discovered through reviews.
Start Your Enquiry
Send your drawings, your safety and materials requirements, or a description of the device or product line you have in mind. We assess fit and reply to most enquiries within 24 hours.
If it looks like a fit, we review the project in detail and issue an NDA where needed, then set up a call to confirm fit before we come back with a proposal. All work runs under a paid engagement.
