Manufacturing
How Glass Bottles Are Made: From Furnace to Shipment
Raw materials, 1,550 °C melting, blow and press molding, annealing, inspection and export packing — explained for buyers.
Sep 17, 2026
Factory Tour & Videos: Inside Our Glass Bottle Factory
Photographs can be staged; a running production line cannot. These are unedited videos shot on the floor of our glass packaging factory in Xuzhou, Jiangsu - containers being formed while still glowing, inspected one by one, and packed for export. If you are weighing up a new glass packaging supplier, two minutes of real footage tells you more about capacity, housekeeping and quality control than any catalogue or stock photo library ever will.
3 videos47 s · 52 s · 2 min 18 s
Real footageShot on our own production floor
Since 2008Xuzhou, Jiangsu, China
SGS & ISO 9001Certified manufacturer
1. Inside our factory: forming, inspection and packing
This is what an ordinary working day looks like. Containers come off the forming line hot, move between stations by hand and by conveyor, and are checked before they are cartoned. Filmed vertically by one of our team walking the floor - no staged shots, no hired models, no rented warehouse.
Video 1 · 47 seconds
From molten glass to finished bottle
- Glass leaving the forming line — still hot and glowing, straight into the annealing lehr
- Line-side inspection — each container checked before it moves on
- Finished stock staged for packing — the same jars customers receive, not a display set
2. Child-resistant glass jars for the US and Canada cannabis market
Our child-resistant range shown up close: thick-wall jars in flint, amber and frosted finishes, with the push-down and turn closures that push child-access down and keep terpene smell in. This is the line most North American cannabis customers start with, and the one we get asked about most often.
Video 2 · 52 seconds
Certified packaging that still looks good on shelf
- CR flower, concentrate and pre-roll jars — matched closure and neck finish supplied together
- Push-down and turn closures — airtight, odour-proof, SGS tested
- Decoration you can add — frosting, screen printing, hot stamping and custom colours
3. Factory capabilities and certifications: full walkthrough
A two-minute narrated tour covering the whole site: melting, forming, annealing, surface treatment, decoration, automatic inspection and export packing - plus the quality system and compliance documents behind them.
What these videos tell you that photos cannot
Supplier catalogues all look the same. A few minutes of footage answers the questions buyers actually care about:
Real capacity, not claimed
You can see how many lines are running and how much work in progress sits between stations - the single clearest signal of whether a factory can absorb your volume.
Housekeeping and line condition
Clean floors, organised work in progress and labelled cartons correlate strongly with delivery reliability. Disorganisation on screen usually means delays later.
How inspection actually happens
Watch whether containers are genuinely checked or simply boxed. It tells you what will happen to the order you place twelve weeks from now.
Who is really doing the packing
Export cartons being stacked by the same team that ran the line means accountability sits in one place - not split across three subcontractors.
Frequently asked questions
Can I see the factory live instead of a video?
Yes. We do live walkthroughs over WhatsApp video call, and you can ask us to point the camera at whatever you need to check - a specific machine, decoration line or inspection station. Send us a message to arrange a time that suits your timezone.
Are these videos edited or staged?
No. They were filmed on ordinary production days while customer orders were running. We cut them down to length and added contact details at the end, but nothing is staged.
Can I get samples of the products shown in the child-resistant video?
Yes. Tell us which capacity and finish you want and we will quote samples together with the production price. Most stock lines ship within a few working days.
What is the minimum order for the child-resistant jars?
MOQ is 1,000 pieces per size for glass jars and CR closures. Selected stock perfume bottles start at 100 pieces. Mixed sizes in one order can usually be arranged - ask us.
Which countries do you export to?
We have been exporting since 2008 and ship to 40+ countries, mainly North America, Europe and Oceania. Send us your destination port and we will quote with freight.
Want to see your own product being made?
Send us your shape, capacity and target quantity. We will come back with a quote within 24 hours, and we are happy to walk the factory live over a video call so you can see exactly where your order would run.
Request a Quote Chat on WhatsAppEmail angela@eaglebottle.com · WhatsApp +86 138 5215 2377
