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Chinese factory pulls out the stops for a UK autistic boy

By Zhou Mo in Dongguan, Guangdong | chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2016-12-06 18:46

Autistic British teen Ben Carter won‘t drink from any cup other than his worn Tommee Tippee, which is no longer manufactured. [Photo/Marc Carter/Twitter]

A Chinese factory is pulling out all the stops, resurrecting an out of date product and partly suspending its normal business for several days to satisfy a 14-year-old autistic British boy.

Jackel China, located in Changping area of Dongguan, in Guangdong province, will suspend normal operation of three of its machines for two to three days. The machines will instead be allocated to manufacture between 500 and 1,000 blue-green Tommee Tippee cups, which Marc Carter said is the only cup his autistic son Ben will drink from.

Jackel China, located in Changping area of Dongguan, in Guangdong province, will suspend normal operation of three of its machines for two to three days to manufacture between 500 and 1,000 blue-green Tommee Tippee cups, which is the only cup a14-year-old autistic British boy will drink from. [Photo by Zhou Mo/chinadaily.com.cn]

Ben‘s cup, which was bought 12 years ago, is now worn out and his father appealed on social networking platforms in an effort to find a replacement.

Manufacture of the cup has been halted since 2003. It was originally produced by Jackel China under contract from UK-based Mayborn Group, which was  by Shanghai Jahwa (Group) Co. Ltd in April this year; it was previously owned by investment group 3i.

Manufacture of the cup has been halted since 2003. [Photo by Zhou Mo/chinadaily.com.cn]

The two-handled cups, widely popular amongst young parents in the UK, were sold by pharmacy chain Boots between 2001 and 2002.

Catherine Lee, who is in charge of Jackel China, said she heard of Ben‘s story on the internet and also from her colleagues in the UK and the company immediately decided to reactivate production for the boy.

Jackel China, located in Changping area of Dongguan, in Guangdong province, will suspend normal operation of three of its machines for two to three days to manufacture between 500 and 1,000 blue-green Tommee Tippee cups, which is the only cup  a14-year-old autistic British boy will drink from. [Photo by Zhou Mo/chinadaily.com.cn]

Lee said samples have already been sent to Ben‘s father, who will check the color. Once confirmation is received, the factory will start manufacture. Production of the cups is expected to take a week and costs 20,000 yuan ($2,900).

"We hope to send those cups to Ben on Christmas day or on New Year‘s day as a gift for him," she said.

中国工厂为一名英国男孩想尽一切办法.还原一个过期的产品,暂停了几天部分正常的生产线,为了满足一个14岁的大不列颠的抑郁症男孩.

中国Jackel,位于广东东莞常平区. 打算暂停3台正常的机器2,3天,这些机器将被加工制造500-1000的蓝绿的Tommee Tippee杯子.这种杯子是Marc Carter说的他的抑郁症儿子ben只拿来喝东西的杯子.

Ben的杯子是在他12岁买的,现在已经损坏了,他的爸爸在公共因特网网上找一个可以有效的代替品.

这种杯子在2003年就已经停止生产了.他的原始场家中国Jackelt通过联系英国本地的集团Mayborn,这个集团今年被上海的Jahwa收购,它很早就属于3I投资集团.

这种两个把手的杯子在英国的年轻夫妇中广受欢迎.在2001和2002年中由博姿连锁店售卖,jackel中国的总裁Catherine Lee,她在网上和她的英国的同事,听说了BEN的故事,然后决定为了这个男孩重启这个产品.

LEE说几个样品已经发给BEN的父亲,他会检查颜色.一旦收到了他的确认信息,工厂就开始生产.这个杯子的生产会花费一周,花费2W元(2900人民币).

她说,我们希望发给BEN的这些杯子能在圣诞节或者新年的时候作为礼物给他.

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