3D Design, Reverse Engineering Development, OEM Products

Springlight is a trusted partner in the development and production of high-quality scale models, collectibles and innovative OEM products. Our origins in the global partworks publishing industry have enabled us to develop deep expertise in designing and delivering complex product series that combine multiple disciplines into cohesive, high-value collections.

We have built strong capabilities in 3D design, reverse engineering, product engineering, and manufacturing coordination, allowing us to transform concepts into market-ready products efficiently and competitively.

Our experience spans a wide range of collectible formats – from highly detailed static models to products incorporating mechanical systems, electronics, and increasingly advanced robotic features. These include functionalities such as programmable systems, walking mechanisms, mobile app control and cloud connectivity.

What differentiates Springlight is our ability to integrate advanced technologies into consumer products while maintaining highly competitive production costs. This unique balance of innovation, engineering, and manufacturing efficiency enables us to deliver exceptional value to licensors, publishers, and brand owners worldwide.

Beyond collectibles, our expertise in OEM product development and manufacturing management allows us to support companies across industries that are looking to create innovative products, accelerate development cycles, and bring breakthrough ideas to market.

Springlight works exclusively with trusted manufacturing partners who meet strict international standards. Our partners are Disney FAMA certified, demonstrating compliance with rigorous requirements for quality, ethical sourcing, and social responsibility.

Manufacturing at the Gateway to Europe: Tunisia

With a strong foundation in publishing, Springlight produces children’s books in Tunisia, combining hands-on craftsmanship with efficient manufacturing.

To ensure consistent quality, our Thai partner has transferred know-how and proven expertise in hand-assembly processes, allowing us to meet international standards while maintaining flexibility.

Smart Hybrid Logistics with China

Faster, Closer, more Efficient

Our Hybrid Model combines the strengths of Asian Manufacturers with the proximity of our Tunisian facilities at the Gateway to Europe.

GHG (Green House Gas) emission is part of Sustainability which is a scope Springlight pays very much attention to. Concretely, in order to differentiate itself providing higher value to clients, not only has Springlight obtained the ISO 9001 Certification to ensure a qualitative management of its services but also the ISO 14001 to embrace Sustainability.

Recycling, Carbon Footprint, SPOPE 3 ...

The first concrete action has been designing eco-responsible packaging with its customers. True that by the time COVID19, disposable plastics were in all packaging. Now, you will see brown corrugated boxes instead, and when opening up brown paper envelopes. Though recyclable plastic materials remain for only minimal parts, if any, they will soon be replaced by adapted paper materials.

The 2nd action for Springlight is to calculate its Corporate Carbon Footprint (CCF) by proceeding with a greenhouse gas inventory (GHG inventory) of its value chain under SCOPE 1, 2, and 3. Performing this inventory will contribute at a larger scale to redesigning the supply chain. Indeed, to be disruptive enough to tackle the increase in GHG emissions, Springlight is setting up production means closer to Europe, where its primary customers are. Shortening the supply chains will directly reduce your carbon footprint, ... as well as other emissions of GHG, to respond better to the challenges of sustainability.

Circular Economy

Lastly, Springlight's products target grownups and collectors. The buildup models are often the "work of a lifetime" for their owners, meaning Springlight's products are designed and made to last. For those with mechanical or electronic functionalities, they can be repaired.

As for other aspects of the Circular Economy, though concrete subject still needs to be addressed, Springlight remains attentive to the clients' requests

Green Vessels: use CO₂-eq metric measure

We shall keep ourselves rational and practical ... When hearing about "Green cargo ships" fueled with LNG (Liquid Natural Gas), it often comes along with "Methane makes no carbon emissions". However, that solution brings you only marginal improvements in terms of GHG.

First, LNG vessels count today for less than 5% of the total fleet, and by 2030 a maximum of 20% when all current orders will be sailing. Therefore, your containers have little chance of boarding an LNG vessel.

Then, though it's true that CO₂ emissions are reduced when using LNG-fueled vessels, methane is very much troublesome to handle at extraction, production, and logistics stages, creating many leakages directly into the atmosphere. Knowing that methane's GWP (Global-Warming Potential) is more than 80x greater the one of CO₂ at 20 years (GWP20), it means you must consider the metric measure CO₂-eq (CO₂ equivalent) instead of considering CO₂ only. You will then see that the gain in reduction is hardly 10 to 20% compared to regular vessels using CMO (Common Marine Oil).

Quantified Comparison with CO₂-eq

This is why Springlight's goal is now to set up hybrid logistics schemes with production in the Far East and a thousand km away from Europe only.

That's the most effective way to drastically reduce emissions while shipping your goods by sea. Data says: the emissions per TEU (Twenty-foot Equivalent Unit) from HKG to Europe are about 1mT of CO₂ when the emissions for the same container from Maghreb will only be 100kg. If you consider an LNG vessel, the reduction in CO₂-eq will be ~150kg out of the 1000kg. Still it will remain (1000-150)/100 = 8.5x greater per TEU than from Maghreb.

The above comparison is based on the Westbound route through the Red Sea and Suez Canal. However, recent political tensions in that region reroute the vessels by the Cape of Good Hope. The distance becomes another 20% longer. So is the GHG emission.

Manufacturing GHG Inventory

After obtaining the electricity consumption in kWh from its factories, Springlight now knows better where the masses are. In fact, it's important to reduce the emissions generated by the shipping leg, however, manufacturing is the major cause of CO₂-eq within its value-chain. Another positive finding shows that depending on the countries' fuel used for their power plants, the GHG emission reductions can go down by 20% (ie. producing electricity in China => 550g CO₂-eq/kWh vs. Tunisia with 446g CO₂-eq/kWh only source: nowtricity.com). It also depends on how much low-consumption efficient factories' equipments are. All this work helps elaborating improving solutions throughout all steps of the supply chains.

A Mix of Manufacturing Origins

The solution is therefore to implement a virtuous breakdown between the Far East mastering many techniques and skills at higher international standards, and new origins closer to the markets where goods are commercialized. All depends on the complexity of products to manufacture. Assuming a mix of origins at 50/50, we can expect reducing emissions on shipping by 40%, and another 10% on manufacturing when coming closer to destination markets. This would make Springlight saving 80mT of CO₂-eq annually based on 2022 activity level.

A Reliable Partner to Achieve Your Sustainability Goals

In other words, not only will Springlight develop and manufacture your products with added value for end-users, but it will also contribute to turning your business towards a more sustainable future, fulfilling the EU's CSDD and CSRD, or the US EPA, or any other governmental regulations and directives.