Ask HN: How to Look for Manufacturers in Europe?

2 points by quotz a year ago

I am building a startup in the personal care / oral care sector, and I need to find manufacturers that can make tablets / toothpaste. In the US it was easy for me to look for manufacturers because there lots of websites/directories that list these companies such as Thomson. But in Europe, theres nothing like it. The directories that I've tried are a mess, with incorrect listings and whatnot. The language barrier is also a problem because I assume every country has their own directory pages? I even considered hiring a procurement specialist, similar to the ones they have in China for Alibaba etc., but I cant even find them! So, how do I do this?

RGamma a year ago

Quick search for Germany yielded https://www.industrystock.de/de/unternehmen/Hygiene/Zahnpfle...

Web browser translators should be good enough for this.

Edit: perhaaaps not the best results, I see what you mean

  • quotz a year ago

    I've tried a few of these directory pages but the results are really not good. I've even emailed the chambers of commerce for each country and no one replied..

    • RGamma a year ago

      Then I'm out of ideas myself, sorry.

      • quotz a year ago

        Its pretty crazy that theres no Thomson.net competitor in the EU. Why is that the case? Maybe new startup idea?

        • mmdesignsldn22 a year ago

          Have you tried searching via Google search results? I use to get some good ones via there.