Frequently asked
Straight answers.
The questions buyers actually ask us, answered without the sales detour.
- What is your minimum order quantity?
- Our typical minimum is 250 grams per month. We are flexible for the right partnership. Call us and we will talk it through instead of turning you away at a number.
- What is your monthly production capacity?
- Over 50 kilograms per month across all karatages and metal colours. We have produced more than 5,000 distinct items to date, with 18K being the most requested karat.
- Are you a gold manufacturer or a gold factory?
- Both descriptions fit. APM Castings is a gold manufacturing factory in New Delhi, producing finished jewellery for retailers and brands. We are a production house, not a refinery or bullion dealer: we do not trade or refine metal. We manufacture jewellery from it, handling every stage from CAD design through casting and finishing in one building, with optional hallmarking arranged for you at a BIS-licensed centre.
- Do you manufacture in silver as well as gold?
- Yes. We cast sterling silver (925) on the same Schultheiss sealed-chamber systems used for gold, with anti-tarnish formulations available and the same XRF verification and quality control applied. Silver is also useful for prototyping a design before committing to a gold production run.
- Do you make watches?
- Yes. We have built gold watches before and can do so again. Watches we produce are made in gold or silver only, using the same casting, finishing and stone-setting departments as the rest of our work. Send us the design or the reference piece and we will tell you plainly what is feasible.
- How long does hallmarking add to a job?
- Hallmarking is optional. When you want it, allow around seven days on top of production, plus a day at the centre itself. Indian law requires hallmarking to be carried out at a BIS-licensed assaying centre, so the pieces do leave our building for that step. We handle the submission and collection ourselves, so it stays our logistics problem rather than yours.
- Which gold karats and colours do you cast?
- We cast 9K, 10K, 14K, 18K and 22K gold in yellow, white and rose, plus sterling silver with anti-tarnish formulations available. Speciality alloys can be developed for custom applications.
- Can I supply my own metal?
- Yes. You can bring your own metal or use ours. Both are standard for us and the choice does not change the process or the quality of the casting.
- Do you export outside India?
- Yes. Alongside more than 50 Indian retail clients, we produce for over 10 international clients, primarily in Canada, the United Kingdom and Germany.
- How is karat purity verified?
- Every casting is checked by Fischer XRF analysis, which gives a precise karatage reading on each piece. A dedicated quality control department applies strict tolerance standards on top of that, and finished pieces can be officially hallmarked before dispatch.
- How long does a CAD model and render take?
- It depends on complexity. A simple band is roughly two days for the model and another two days for the render. Expedited service is available when a deadline demands it.
- What kind of renders do you provide?
- Photorealistic product close-ups: the tight, detail-forward shots that carry an e-commerce listing. We do not currently offer lifestyle, model, or scene-based renders.
- Are my designs kept confidential?
- Yes. We sign an NDA on request, before any file changes hands. A design from one client never reaches another, NDA or not.
- Can you handle the entire process, or only one stage?
- Either. Every manufacturing department (design, 3D printing, scanning, moulding, casting, filing and polishing, stone-setting) is under one roof in New Delhi, so you can hand us a sketch and take back a finished piece. Hallmarking is optional and handled for you at a BIS-licensed centre. You can also use any single stage on its own.
- What casting equipment do you use?
- Schultheiss casting systems with sealed melting chambers, which eliminate oxidation during the melt and produce noticeably cleaner castings. That means less finishing time and lower labour cost downstream.