From Charger Components to Charger Programmes
WECENT has been building charging hardware in Shenzhen since 2018, moving from straightforward adapters to a GaN and wireless portfolio that now covers 20W–240W.
The Start
The company began as a Shenzhen manufacturing operation serving brands that needed adapters made reliably and shipped on schedule. Most of those early customers came through referrals — a pattern that still produces a good share of our work today.
The GaN Shift
When gallium nitride moved from a premium curiosity to a practical option, the interesting problem stopped being raw wattage and became thermal and mechanical: how much output fits in a case a person will actually carry.
That is the question the current range is organised around — 20W to 240W on shared platforms, so a brand can start with one model and extend the line without starting the certification work again.
Where We Are Now
- Around 200 brands, distributors and private-label teams supplied across Europe, the Americas and Asia.
- Roughly 98% client retention over five years, with a defect rate under 1%.
- A portfolio spanning wall chargers, travel adapters, wireless stands and magnetic Qi2 models.
Our story — how a Shenzhen charger factory built its GaN and wireless range Know moreKnow less
How it started
WECENT began as a small assembly operation serving local accessory brands that needed chargers built to their own labels rather than bought from a trader. The work was unglamorous: source the components, build the power stage, test every unit, print the carton and get it on a container. That habit — owning every stage instead of passing it along — is still the shape of the business today.
Why GaN changed the product range
When gallium nitride devices became affordable at consumer volumes, the same output could be built into a much smaller body that ran cooler. That mattered most above 65W, where silicon chargers were large, heavy and warm, and it is the reason the range now runs from 20W phone chargers to 240W multi-port units that replace a laptop brick and a phone charger at once. The platform approach came from the same period: certify one design well, then offer it in many configurations.
Adding wireless charging
Wireless charging arrived as a second family rather than a replacement. It shares the same power-supply building blocks, which is why a brand can launch a travel adapter, a desktop GaN charger and a magnetic charging stand as one programme instead of three separate supplier relationships. The hard part was never the coil — it was alignment and heat, and both are mechanical problems that a sample settles faster than a data sheet.
What stayed the same
Two things have not changed since the first orders: the specification does not move between the sample and the production run, and the person who answers a technical question is the person who built the sample. Buyers notice both, usually in the second order rather than the first.
Where the range is going
The next additions follow the same pattern as the last ones: higher power over USB-C PD 3.1 for laptop-class devices, smaller bodies in the phone band, and more magnetic and Qi2 wireless shapes as those standards spread through new phone generations. Each release is a configuration of a platform that is already certified, which is why a new model can be sampled quickly and produced without a long engineering cycle.
What we learned building for export
Selling into Europe, North America, the Gulf and Australia taught the range more than any single product decision: 100-240V input became universal, plug systems became modular, and documentation became part of the product rather than an afterthought. The carton, the manual and the test report are now designed with the electronics, because a container that clears customs is worth more than a slightly cheaper unit.
Frequently asked questions
- How long have you been manufacturing chargers? Well over a decade of charger production, with the current GaN and wireless ranges developed in the last few years.
- Do you still take small orders? Yes — 200 pcs per model for a branded first order.
- Where is the factory? Bao'an, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China.
Tell Us What You Need to Charge
Send the device list, target markets and first order quantity. You get charger options, the certification list for your countries and a costed quotation — usually within 24 hours.
- Trial orders from 200 pcsEnough to test a channel before committing to a container.
- Certification groundworkCE, FCC, RoHS, PSE and KC support from the first sample.
- One project ownerSame person from quotation through samples, production and reorders.