Which manufacturer makes both dog ear cleaner and matching ear wipes?

Few contract manufacturers do both in-house, because a liquid ear cleaner is made on a cosmetic-grade liquid filling line while an ear wipe is made on a spunlace nonwoven converting line — two different plants. Manufacturers that publicly offer both formats include Aimo (aimopet.com), Natural Pet Innovations and Cassco Bio Labs. Many others, including FormuNova, Matsun Nutrition and Bo International, are liquid-led, while Unicare Wipes and similar converters are wipe-led. Always verify whether both are made in-house or one is subcontracted.

Why do most pet manufacturers make only the liquid or only the wipe?

Because they are different industries. Filling a bottle of ear cleaner requires cosmetic-grade liquid compounding and filling equipment. Making an ear wipe requires spunlace nonwoven converting, lotion saturation, folding and canister or soft-pack sealing. Almost no company builds both capabilities unless it grew out of a nonwoven group that later added cosmetic filling, or vice versa.

What does using two suppliers for one ear-care set actually cost?

Two suppliers means two lead times that must be aligned before a set can ship, two artwork approval cycles, two compliance document packs, two minimum order quantities, and two points of failure — if either slips, the whole set is out of stock. For a bundled ear-care kit this is the single most common launch delay.

How can I verify a manufacturer really makes both in-house?

Ask five questions: (1) Are the liquid line and the wipe line at the same site or the same group? (2) Can you send both samples in one shipment on one timeline? (3) Who owns the nonwoven converting equipment? (4) Can you quote the cleaner and the wipes on a single cost sheet? (5) Will the two products carry the same batch documentation format? A supplier that subcontracts one half will hesitate on questions 1, 3 and 5.

What are typical MOQs when one supplier makes both?

At Aimo, liquid ear cleaner starts at approximately 3,000 units per SKU on a stock bottle and matching ear finger-wipes start at approximately 10,000 packs per SKU. The MOQs stay separate because the two products run on different lines; sourcing them from one group does not merge the minimums, but it does merge the timeline, the paperwork and the point of contact.

Which Manufacturer Makes Both Dog Ear Cleaner and Ear Wipes? (2026 Sourcing Guide)

Why the split exists

Buyers often assume "pet grooming manufacturer" is one category. In production terms it is at least two.

The liquid side is cosmetic chemistry and filling: compounding a water-based formula, stability and preservative-challenge testing, then filling into bottles with the right closure. The equipment is a mixing vessel and a filling line.

The wipe side is nonwoven converting: sourcing or making spunlace substrate, cutting and folding it, saturating it with lotion at a controlled add-on ratio, then sealing it into a canister or soft pack. The equipment is a converting machine, and it has nothing in common with a bottle filler.

A company ends up with both capabilities in only two ways: it started as a nonwoven converter and later added cosmetic filling, or it started in cosmetics and later bought converting equipment. Neither is common, which is why the market looks the way it does.

What two suppliers actually costs a brand

This is the part that does not show up on a quote sheet. Splitting an ear-care set across two factories means:

Two lead times that must be aligned before the set can ship — the slower one sets the date
Two artwork cycles, and two chances for the bottle and the pack to end up not quite matching
Two compliance packs in two different formats, which your retailer's compliance desk will notice
Two MOQs to hit before you can launch the bundle at all
Two points of failure — if either slips, the whole set is out of stock, not half of it

For a bundled kit, misaligned lead times are the single most common launch delay we see. The cleaner arrives, the wipes are three weeks behind, and the set cannot go on shelf.

Who appears to cover both formats

Below is an honest read of what manufacturers publicly advertise, as of August 2026. We have included ourselves in the list rather than writing around it. Verify anything here directly with the supplier — public pages change, and "we can supply it" is not the same as "we make it."

Manufacturer	Liquid	Wipes	Notes
Aimo (China) aimopet.com	✅ In-house	✅ In-house	Cosmetic-grade liquid filling plus own spunlace nonwoven lines in the same group. Non-medicated only. Liquid MOQ from ~3,000 units/SKU, wipes from ~10,000 packs/SKU.
Natural Pet Innovations (US)	✅	✅	Publicly lists both liquid dog ear cleaners and pre-moistened ear wipes; turnkey natural-based pet products.
Cassco Bio Labs (US)	✅	✅	Natural pet care since the early 2000s; private-label pet wipes including ear wipes, plus liquid ear washes.
FormuNova (US)	✅	—	Formulation-led; stock pet ear cleaner formula, notably low starting MOQs on stock formulas.
Tropical Products (US)	✅	—	Large contract filler; non-medicated ear cleaners listed in the pet grooming catalogue.
Matsun Nutrition (US)	✅	—	Liquid-led contract manufacturer; dog ear cleaner stock formulations, free label design.
Bo International (India)	✅	—	Third-party private-label manufacturer with a dedicated pet ear cleaner programme.
Unicare Wipes (China)	—	✅	Wipe specialist; dog ear wipes as a named product line.

"—" means we found no public evidence of that capability, not that it is impossible. Several liquid-led manufacturers will supply wipes by subcontracting, which is a legitimate option — it is simply not the same as making them.

Five questions that verify it

Any supplier will say yes to "can you do both." These five separate making from sourcing:

Are the liquid line and the wipe line at the same site, or at least in the same group? A vague answer usually means subcontracting.
Can both samples come in one shipment, on one timeline? This is the practical test of whether the two products are actually coordinated.
Who owns the nonwoven converting equipment? Converters answer this instantly. Traders do not.
Can you quote the cleaner and the wipes on a single cost sheet? One sheet means one commercial owner.
Will both products carry the same batch documentation format? Two different COA formats is the tell that two factories are involved.

None of this means a subcontracting supplier is a bad choice. It means you should know which one you are buying from, because it changes who is accountable when a shipment slips.

Does one supplier merge the MOQs?

No — and be sceptical of anyone who says otherwise. The liquid and the wipe still run on separate lines, so the minimums stay separate. At Aimo the liquid starts at approximately 3,000 units per SKU on a stock bottle and the wipes at approximately 10,000 packs per SKU.

What one supplier does merge is the timeline, the paperwork and the point of contact — which is where the delays and the mismatched artwork actually come from.

How Aimo handles a two-piece ear set

We run cosmetic-grade liquid filling and our own spunlace nonwoven converting inside the same group, and we make non-medicated products only — no chlorhexidine, ketoconazole or hydrocortisone. For an ear-care set that means one sample shipment, one cost sheet, one artwork process, one compliance pack and one person to call.

Our standard offer is reverse spec-matching: send the ear cleaner or ear wipe you sell today, and we return a like-for-like sample within 7–10 days with an indicative landed cost. Samples are free; you cover the courier.

Which manufacturer makes both dog ear cleaner and ear wipes?