This episode is the last in an 18 part series that followed the HardworX innovation Tour of Shenzhen 2017. The 8 day journey took the group through a broad range of factories, providing a good overview of manufacturing choices available in Shenzhen with an emphasis on electronics manufacture but also included visits to factories that […]

This week, we visit HYX Gears and ITEAD Studios. In the last two factory tours of our visit to Shenzhen, we learn about the many varied and wide ranging sizes of gears manufactured by HYX. Although our tour was quick, we walked through several facilities of theirs, which featured handmade metal gears, plastic injection moulded […]

Artificial Intelligence, or AI as it is more commonly known, and automation is this weeks discussion point for SOE. After visiting quite a number of factories on our innovation tour of Shenzhen, there was definitely a noticeable trend towards automation in manufacturing for some businesses and not others. The tour group discuss this and it’s […]

Hytera EMS is described as a tier one manufacturer in China, similar in capability to Foxcon as a comparison. This week, we tour the space-aged, futuristic factory of Hytera in Shenzhen and experience what it means to be a “super lean”, Industry 4.0 factory! Hytera manufacturers at scale, producing products at very high volume, for […]

Accelerators are this weeks focus of SOE. We drop by and speak to the guys at HAX in Shenzhen, to learn more about what a Hardware Accelerator can provide for Startups. This episode follows on from last week, which featured “Incubators” such as YBF Ventures. If you haven’t seen that episode you should definitely check […]