Xiamen Runner Group (建霖集团 / 603408.SH)
Company Overview
Xiamen Runner Group (建霖集团, listed as 厦门建霖健康家居股份有限公司, Shanghai Stock Exchange code 603408) started in 1990 in Xiamen and has grown into one of the larger Chinese contract manufacturers of kitchen and bathroom hardware. It is a technical, ODM-oriented company rather than a consumer brand: most of its output ships under customers' own names into North American and European retail and trade channels.
Group structure follows a plant-per-capability logic. The Xiamen Jimei plant, built in 2002, is now the headquarters. Jimei and Tong'an together host the core bathroom and surface-treatment work; Ningbo Runner covers the water purification line; Zhangzhou Runner was added between 2007 and 2010; and a Thailand base (Runner Industrial Thailand, established 2019) serves as the group's offshore production option — relevant if your tariff maths depends on origin. A Taiwanese office sits alongside.
The company listed on the SSE main board on 30 July 2020. It runs a national-level enterprise technology centre, a national-level industrial design centre and a CNAS-accredited laboratory. As of the 2022 disclosure the group held 2,454 valid granted patents, including 262 invention patents. Those numbers are from the group's own site and dated 2022 — ask for an updated count if patent depth is part of your supplier evaluation.
Main Products
Five business lines, described by the group as kitchen & bath, water purification, indoor air, healthcare and integrated systems:
- Shower heads, hand showers and shower systems — the group's best-known export category
- Faucets, mixers and bathroom fittings, including OEM metal bodies and surface-finished parts
- Soap dispensers, grab bars, drain assemblies, bathroom accessories
- Water purification housings and components
- Air treatment and living-environment hardware
- Healthcare and wellbeing equipment
- Add-on capabilities: silicone and composite moulding, die casting, green surface treatment, and smart electronics / smart bath controllers
In practice, buyers use Runner as an ODM partner: you bring a design intent or a competitor sample and the plant offers tooling, material selection, plating, assembly and packaging under one roof. That is the group's main selling point — vertical integration through finishing and assembly, not just casting.
Certifications
Group-level claims: national enterprise technology centre, national industrial design centre, CNAS-accredited laboratory, Fujian provincial intelligent manufacturing pilot demonstration enterprise, and Xiamen intelligent manufacturing model factory. Product-level certification (NSF/ANSI 61 or 372 for drinking-water contact, cUPC for US/Canada plumbing, EN 1112 or EN 1113 for European shower products, plus WaterSense where applicable) is issued per model and must be requested for your exact part number. Do not accept a group-level certificate list as coverage for your SKU.
Key Facts
- Founded: 1990, Xiamen, Fujian
- Listed: Shanghai Stock Exchange, 30 July 2020, code 603408
- Bases: Xiamen (Jimei HQ, Tong'an, Guankou), Ningbo, Zhangzhou, plus Thailand and a Taipei office
- Strength: bathroom hardware ODM with in-house tooling, composite moulding, surface treatment, assembly
- Patents: 2,454 granted as of 31 Dec 2022 (group disclosure)
- Order profile: suitable for retail-programme volumes (typically tens of thousands of pieces per SKU per year) and for ODM development; not a low-MOQ or trading-desk style supplier
- For smaller buyers: expect tooling costs on custom designs and lead times that reflect an ODM calendar, not a stock-item calendar
Contact
Group website: runner-corp.com. Address as published on the contact page: No. 69 Tianfeng Road, Jimei North Area, Xiamen, Fujian, China. Published group emails include runnerjbx@runner-corp.com.cn and marketing@runner-corp.com.cn (per the official contact page — verify addresses are current before sending). The Ningbo water-treatment subsidiary has its own site at ningborunner.com.
Note that this company is oriented to OEM customers, not to drop-shippers. A serious enquiry should include part category, target annual volume, market, required certification and whether you are seeking ODM development or a quote on an existing design. Without those five items, an ODM plant's sales team has little to price.