Suppliers in Limeira: how to choose factory, sample set and minimum order

## My first trip to Limeira changed my understanding

May 2008. I caught a flight from Goiânia to Campinas, rented a car, and drove to Limeira for the first time. I had read about the hub, knew it was the largest in Brazil for plated jewelry, but nothing prepared me for the scale. Hundreds of factories within a fifteen-kilometer radius. From sheet smelting to final polishing, all in the same city. I spent four days visiting warehouse after warehouse, talking, taking notes. I left knowing what I still tell anyone starting today: Limeira is not a market — it is an ecosystem. And an ecosystem you do not buy. You learn to navigate.