Chaoan Hengsheng Ceramics Co., Ltd. (H-S Sanitary Ware)
Company Overview
Chaoan Hengsheng Ceramics Co., Ltd. (潮安区恒盛陶瓷有限公司, sometimes written Hangshang Ceramics), trading under the H-S mark, is a Chaozhou sanitary ware manufacturer registered in the Chao'an District of Chaozhou, Guangdong. The company's own profile states it was founded in 1999 and operates as a wholly owned subsidiary of a Hong Kong group, working as an integrated sanitary ware business covering development, design, production, marketing and service. Chaozhou is the district-level city in eastern Guangdong that China's industry bodies market as the country's ceramic capital, and the county-level sanitary ceramics cluster centred on Chao'an is where a large share of the country's entry and mid-level toilet and basin output originates.
What makes Hengsheng interesting as a supplier to look at rather than just order from is the vertical scope described in its own materials. Rather than being a single kiln that buys in parts, the group describes five linked operations: a sanitary ware factory, a basin factory, a carton factory, a mould factory and a hardware factory. For a buyer, the mould factory is the interesting one. Moulds are the bottleneck in sanitary ceramics — a new seat design is roughly six to ten weeks of pattern making, plaster mould production and drying before a single fired piece exists — and a supplier that can cut its own patterns can usually move faster on new models and hold shape consistency on repeat orders than one that subcontracts.
The stated production base is around 50,000 square metres, with three shuttle kilns of Italian origin described as world-leading. Shuttle kilns, rather than tunnel kilns, are typical of Chaozhou sanitary ware because they allow smaller batch runs and more frequent model changes than a tunnel kiln, which is a real advantage if you're a brand owner with a wide catalogue and modest volume per SKU.
A caveat worth stating plainly: the figures above come from the company's own published profile and I have not independently audited the plant. Sizes, founding dates and kiln counts should be treated as supplier-reported, and verified in a factory audit or on a first visit before you build a programme around them.
Main Products
- Washdown one-piece toilets — the HS-series product range is the core of the catalogue
- Washdown two-piece toilets — close-coupled and standard
- Wall-hung toilets
- Pedestal basins, half-pedestal basins and wall-hung basins
- Art basins and decorative/colour ceramics within the same plant
- Cartons and packaging produced in-house for the sanitary ware lines
- Hardware components for the sanitary range, produced in-house
The product architecture is deliberately mainstream: washdown trapways rather than siphon jet, which is the normal configuration for Chaozhou export volumes and is what most European and Middle Eastern markets buy at entry and mid price points. If your market is the US, siphon jet and specific water consumption limits will narrow the range you can take from this type of factory, and should be confirmed before a quotation request.
Certifications
I have not been able to confirm a specific certificates page from this supplier's public materials, so I would not quote certifications on their behalf. For sanitary ceramics in export markets, the papers that actually matter differ by destination: CE marking with a Declaration of Performance to EN 997 for WCs and EN 14688 for wash basins in the EU, WaterSense and the relevant ASME/CUPC listings for the US, WaterMark for Australia, and the SASO/SABER route for Saudi Arabia. In practice, a plant of this profile is usually working to CE and often to a Middle East scheme, but ask for the certificate numbers and check them in the issuing body's own database rather than accepting a PDF.
Key Facts
- Legal name: Chaoan Hengsheng Ceramics Co., Ltd. (潮安区恒盛陶瓷有限公司)
- Location: Chao'an District, Chaozhou, Guangdong, China
- Founded: 1999, per company profile; described as a wholly owned subsidiary of a Hong Kong group
- Plant described at approximately 50,000 m² with three Italian shuttle kilns
- Integrated in-house operations: sanitary ware, basins, cartons, moulds and hardware
- Export orientation: English-language site and catalogue with washdown-focused ranges
- Buyer profile that fits best: brand owners and distributors wanting mid-volume OEM with frequent model updates
Contact & Website
The company publishes an English catalogue site at hssanitaryware.com and maintains a B2B storefront at hengshengceramic.en.made-in-china.com. I have deliberately not reproduced phone numbers or email addresses here, because contact details change and a wrong one sends your inquiry into a competitor's inbox. Confirm current contact information and the legal entity name against the company's own site and business licence before you place an order.
One practical note for first contact: in Chaozhou, many English-language sites in this size band are run by an export trading arm rather than the factory office. Ask directly, in the first two emails, whether the quotation is coming from the factory or from a trading entity, and ask for the business licence and the production address. It is not a red flag to get a trading answer, but it does change who is responsible when a batch arrives wrong.