ODM GUIDE
Three situations lead to custom development: a footprint or height no catalog part hits, a discontinued connector that must keep shipping inside an existing product, and a design that needs its supplier to own the tooling. The KINGCONN ODM series is where those projects live.
Any of the following starts an evaluation: the engineering drawing of the part you need, a sample of the original connector, or the mating half plus the board constraints (footprint, height limit, current and temperature requirements). The more of the mating interface you can pin down, the faster the quote.
KINGCONN designs in Taoyuan and produces at its Suzhou plant, with tooling made and owned in-house — the same setup behind the catalog families, under the ISO 9001:2015 quality system. An evaluation answers three things: whether an existing tool already covers the part, what a modified tool costs, and what a new tool costs with its lead time. Samples come from the actual tooling before production starts.
For end-of-life connectors (or any part number you want quoted, via the Second Source Finder), the goal is that your board does not change: same footprint, same mating interface. Send the original part number or drawing to service@kingconn.com.tw — if existing tooling covers it, continued supply can start from catalog capacity; if not, the custom route above applies.