Tonlon
Appliance Motors
Motors for washing machines, dryers, dishwashers, refrigerators and ventilation from Wujiang, Suzhou — induction, universal, CIM, BLDC and PMSM types, with motor-and-control packages and custom automation lines. Listed with the registry check still open.
Six motor families, plus the lines that build them.
Washing-Machine Motors
The website lists washing-machine motors in two types on the same page: a universal (series-wound) motor and an AC induction motor. Universal motors are the cheaper, higher-speed option used in many belt-driven drums; induction motors run cooler and quieter. Neither a power range nor a speed range is published — ask for the datasheet against your drum size and drive layout.
Dryer Motors
A separate family for dryer machines. The application names heat-pump dryers as an appliance served, which is the type where motor and control behaviour matter most because the compressor, drum and fan run together. Ask whether the offer is the drum motor alone or the drum-and-fan set.
Dishwasher Motors
A dishwasher family is listed alongside a separate pump-motor family. On a dishwasher those are two different jobs — the wash pump and the drain pump — so confirm which part the quoted motor is for.
Refrigerator Fan Motors
Published as an AC shaded-pole fan motor. Shaded-pole is the traditional low-cost evaporator-fan motor; where a buyer needs an energy label improvement, the usual replacement is a BLDC fan, which this maker also builds. Worth asking for both quotes side by side.
Ventilation Blowers & Pump Motors
Two BLDC/PMSM families: a ventilation blower motor and a pump motor. These are the brushless types — electronically commutated, speed-controllable, and the ones that carry an EMC obligation in most export markets because they ship with a drive.
Customized Automation Equipment
The company also sells the equipment that makes motors: the website shows a BLDC rotor production line under customized automation equipment, plus customized assembly and OEM services. This is a different sale from a motor order — if that is what you need, say so up front.
What the registry confirms, and what stays open.
Motors, Not Finished Appliances
The application’s product box names “washing machine” and “heat pump dryer,” which reads like a finished-appliance maker. The same application’s selling points say something narrower and consistent with the website: deep coverage of appliance motor supply and “motor plus control” packages. The website sells only motors, pumps and production equipment. This page describes a motor maker. If they have since moved into finished machines, ask for the model list and the appliance safety certificate — that is a different business with different paperwork.
Three Different Founding Dates
The application states 2009. The website’s About page says “Found in 2001” and, two lines later, that the Suzhou company started in 2012 with 120,000 m². All three can be true of a group that renamed or moved, but only the registry settles which entity you would be contracting with. The credit code’s check digit passes and its 320509 prefix matches Wujiang, Suzhou; the full registry read is pending.
Capacity: 10 Million or 50 Thousand
The website claims annual capacity of 10 million motors; the application states 50,000 units a year. These are not the same number and probably not the same thing — one may be a group figure and the other a single line or a single customer programme. Ask which line your part would run on, and its monthly output.
The Website Is Dated
The site carries a 2018–2019 copyright and its “18 years of development” phrasing points at the same vintage. Treat the capacity, the 120,000 m² site and the Korean R&D office in Gwangju as claims of that period, worth re-confirming before they go into a specification.
Export Route Not on Record
The application marks the foreign-trade operator filing and the customs export filing as not held, while its selling points say “factory direct plus import-export qualification.” Those two statements contradict each other. Target markets given are the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Germany and France. Ask who the exporter of record would be, and see one recent export declaration.
Certifications Ticked, Documents Not Sighted
ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and a trademark are ticked on the application; no documents were provided and none is on record here. For motors sold into the five stated markets the buyer will also need safety and EMC evidence — IEC/EN 60335-1 with the relevant part 2, and EN 55014 for the brushless types. None of that is claimed on this page.
What was checked — and what the check found.
Nothing on this page is a CMH verification. The credit code’s check digit passes arithmetically, which is a format check, not a registry read. Everything else above is either stated on the company’s 2026-09-11 application or published on its own website, and is labelled as such. The registry read that CMH normally performs before a listing is marked verified has not been done for this factory yet; when it is, this page is updated and the badge follows the record, not the other way round.
A household-motor supplier, read off its own website and application.
Tonlon is the trading name of Suzhou Tonlon Motor Technology Co., Ltd. (苏州腾龙电机科技有限公司), a motor maker in Zhenze, Wujiang District, Suzhou. Its own website describes a household and industrial motor business that began in 2001 and a Suzhou plant that started in 2012, producing induction, universal, CIM, BLDC and PMSM motors and pumps for washing machines, dryers, dishwashers, refrigerators and ventilation, alongside customized assembly and automation equipment.
The 2026-09-11 application to CMH adds the commercial terms: a minimum order of 320 pieces, samples in three days for standard parts and seven to ten for customized ones, production in fifteen days below MOQ and thirty to fifty days in volume, and target markets in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Germany and France. It also offers motor-and-control packages, which is the part of the offer that matters most to a buyer replacing a drive rather than a bare motor.
What is not yet on record is as important as what is. The registry read has not been done, the two capacity figures disagree by two orders of magnitude, the founding year appears three ways, and the export route is marked both held and not held in the same application. None of that makes the company less real — it makes those the first four questions to ask.
From 2001 in motors, by the company’s own account.
Motor design and manufacture begins
The company’s About page dates the start of its household and industrial motor business to 2001. The entity you would contract with may be younger — see the founding-date check above.
Suzhou plant
The website states the Suzhou company started in 2012 on a 120,000 m² site. The application’s address is in Zhenze, Wujiang District.
Korea R&D office
An R&D centre in Gwangju, South Korea, is listed as an office opened in 2014 (company-published, undated since).
Website registered
The site carries ICP filing 苏ICP备18053361号-1 and a 2018–2019 copyright line.
Applies to CMH
Application CMH-F-LL8RPH submitted 2026-09-11 with US, Canada, UK, Germany and France as target markets.
Who these motors are for.
Appliance OEMs
A six-family motor range from one supplier, with motor-and-control packages offered. Send the drive layout and the shaft and mounting drawing; ask which families are made in-house versus sourced.
White-Goods Brands Sourcing Second Suppliers
Two motor types for the same washing-machine job — universal and induction — lets a buyer test cost against noise and life on the same drum before switching.
Spare-Parts and Aftermarket Distributors
Evaporator fan motors and pump motors are recurring replacement parts. Ask for cross-reference to the incumbent part numbers you already stock.
Ventilation and HVAC Assemblers
BLDC and PMSM blower motors ship with a drive, which is what makes speed control and an energy-label improvement possible — and what brings the EMC file into scope.
Motor Makers Buying Production Equipment
The customized BLDC rotor line is sold as equipment. A buyer here is a competitor or a new entrant, not an appliance brand; quote and lead time work differently.
Design Houses Needing Motor-Plus-Control
The application offers an integrated motor and electronic-control package. Ask whether the controller is theirs or a partner’s, and who owns the firmware.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What does Tonlon actually make?
Motors for household appliances — washing machines, dryers, dishwashers, refrigerators, ventilation blowers and pumps — in induction, universal, CIM, BLDC and PMSM types, plus customized assembly and automation equipment such as a BLDC rotor production line. The application’s product box names two appliances (washing machine, heat-pump dryer); its selling points and the company website both describe motor supply, which is how this page reads it.
Is this listing CMH-verified?
No. The credit code check digit passes and the address prefix matches Wujiang, Suzhou, but the registry read has not been done. Until it is, the page carries no verified badge and no certification claim.
Which motor type should I ask for?
For washing machines the website offers both a universal and an AC induction motor — universal is cheaper and faster, induction is quieter and longer-lived. For fans and pumps, BLDC and PMSM give speed control and a better energy label but ship with a drive, which brings EMC testing into scope. Send the drive layout and let them quote both.
Can they supply the controller as well?
The application offers a motor-and-control package. Ask whether the electronics are made in-house or by a partner, who owns the firmware, and whether the pair has been tested together to the standard your market requires.
What is their capacity?
Two figures are on record and they disagree: 50,000 units a year on the application and 10 million motors a year on the website. Ask which line your part would run on and what it produces per month.
Can they export directly?
Unclear. The application marks both the foreign-trade operator filing and the customs export filing as not held, while its selling points claim import-export qualification. Ask who the exporter of record would be and ask to see one recent export declaration.
Talk to Tonlon Appliance Motors directly.
Send the appliance and model the motor goes into, the type (induction, universal, CIM, BLDC or PMSM), rated power, voltage and speed, the mounting and shaft drawing, and annual volume. Ask which of the six product families is made in-house, and for the safety and EMC test reports for your market — none is on record here.