The Lumient candle factory floor in Los Angeles
FACTORY 01 · CHATSWORTH, LOS ANGELES

We make 25 million candles a year.

Private label candle manufacturing on one factory floor in Los Angeles. This is how it works.

The Lumient system

Ten stations. One floor. Total control.

Every candle we ship moves through ten stations under one roof in Los Angeles. Keep scrolling to walk the line.

25M+
Candles a year, capacity
50/min
Peak pour rate
95%
On-time delivery
2020
Pouring in LA since
STATION 01 / THE MELT
TANK 02 · BLENDING
AGITATOR 02
BLEND LA-0616

Where it starts

01The melt

US grown soy wax, melted and blended to spec in steel tanks. The same recipe, batch after batch.

STATION 02 / THE WICK
WICKING · IN PROGRESS
WICK FEED
CENTERED

Centered, every time

02The wick

Wicks are set and centered before a drop of wax is poured. A crooked wick is a bad burn, so none get through.

STATION 03 / THE PRE-HEAT
OVEN · PRE-HEAT
VESSEL TRAY 18
VESSEL TRAY 19

Glass, warmed first

03The pre-heat

Vessels are pre-heated before the pour so the wax bonds evenly to the glass. No cold glass, no flaws.

STATION 04 / THE POUR
LINE A · RUNNING
FILL HEAD 03
UNIT 0413
UNIT 0414

Filled to the line

04The pour

Automated fill heads pour every vessel to the same line, at up to fifty units a minute.

STATION 05 / THE COOL
CURE LINE · CONTROLLED
TRAY 8841
TRAY 8842

Patience, controlled

05The cool

Fresh pours cure on long lines at a controlled pace. Rushing this step ruins a candle, so we never do.

STATION 06 / THE CHECK
QC · HAND INSPECTION
WICK SET
WICK SET

Eyes on every batch

06The check

People, not just sensors. Wicks straight, surfaces flawless, checked by hand before anything moves on.

STATION 07 / THE WARNING LABEL
LABELER · BASE
WARN LABEL OK
WARN LABEL OK

Safety, applied

07The warning label

Every unit gets its safety label, placed by machine and checked in line. Compliance is not optional here.

STATION 08 / THE PACK
PACKOUT · ACTIVE
CAROUSEL FEED
CASE 12-CT

Boxed to ship

08The pack

Finished units come off the carousel and into cases, counted and packed for the road.

STATION 09 / THE SIDE LABEL
LABELER · SIDE
LABEL · ALIGNED

Your brand, applied

09The side label

Automated side labeling, precise to the millimeter. This is where your name goes on.

STATION 10 / FULFILLMENT
DOCK · STAGING
SKU L-114
SKU L-114

Out the door

10Fulfillment

Labeled, packed, and on a truck across the USA in days, not months. 95 percent of orders ship on time.

Hands setting wicks across rows of candles at the Lumient factory

Scale you can feel

Every one of the 25 million is this one.

Mass production never gets to mean mass produced. Hands set the wicks. Eyes check the pour. The machines just make sure it happens fifty times a minute.

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MADE IN LOS ANGELES · MEMBER, NATIONAL CANDLE ASSOCIATION