Skill: global-customer-finder

Goal

Find REAL customers for stenter spare parts globally by combining all intelligence sources with precision filtering.

Problem Statement

We manufacture plastic injection spare parts for stenter/ramöz machines:

• •Gleitstein (Guide Block)
• •Gleitleiste (Guide Rail)
• •Kluppen (Clips)
• •Buchse (Bushing)
• •Spindel Mutter (Spindle Nut)
• •Öffner Segment, Nadelleiste, etc.

Our customers are textile finishing mills that operate:

• •Brückner (Power-Frame, SUPRA)
• •Monforts (Montex)
• •Krantz, Artos, Santex

NOT our customers:

• •Yarn spinners (no stenters)
• •Garment factories (no stenters)
• •Machinery manufacturers (competitors)
• •Trading companies (not end users)

Intelligence Sources (Priority Order)

Tier 1: High Trust (Direct Customer Evidence)

Tier 2: Medium Trust (Needs Verification)

Tier 3: Low Trust (Heavy Filtering Required)

Qualification Pipeline

Raw Leads (any source)
       │
       ▼
┌──────────────────────┐
│ Entity Quality Gate  │  ← Reject articles, marketplaces, generic terms
└──────────┬───────────┘
           │
           ▼
┌──────────────────────┐
│ Customer Qualifier   │  ← Check for finishing/stenter keywords
└──────────┬───────────┘
           │
           ▼
┌──────────────────────┐
│ Facility Verification│  ← Optional: Cross-check with OS Hub
└──────────┬───────────┘
           │
           ▼
┌──────────────────────┐
│ Contact Enrichment   │  ← Find website, email, phone
└──────────┬───────────┘
           │
           ▼
    Qualified Customers

Target Markets (Comtrade Priority)

Priority 1: High Import Volume + Growth

• •Brazil (24 leads)
• •Turkey (14 leads)
• •Egypt (14 leads)
• •Pakistan (13 leads)

Priority 2: Growing Markets

• •India, Argentina, Peru, Colombia, Morocco, Bangladesh

Priority 3: Established Markets

• •Germany, Italy, Spain, Portugal, USA

Output Requirements

Each qualified customer must have:

1. •Company name - Real entity, validated
2. •Country - Verified
3. •Entity quality grade - A/B/C
4. •Evidence - URL + snippet proving finishing operation
5. •Equipment signal - OEM brand mentioned (if available)
6. •Contact info - At least website OR email

Key Metrics

Implementation Files

• •src/collectors/global_customer_finder.py - Main orchestration
• •src/processors/entity_quality_gate.py - Quality filtering
• •src/processors/customer_qualifier.py - Business logic filtering
• •src/collectors/oem_reference_extractor.py - OEM intel
• •config/sources.yaml - All source configurations

Verification Checklist

• • No marketplace links in output
• • No article headlines as company names
• • Each lead has evidence_url
• • Entity quality distribution: A > 30%, B > 40%, REJECT < 20%
• • Geographic coverage matches target markets
• • OEM customers clearly flagged