At 96 years of age, Peter Clark has an incredible story to tell. Born in 1922 in England, he lived through the years leading up to the war. Life was hard but simple. Along came WW2 and upset most people’s plans in Europe and the UK. Peter joined the RAF and prepared Spitfire aircraft for […]
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 […]
For anyone starting a business, there’s always challenges ahead. However tech-based startups face perhaps even more challenges. This week, SOE looks at the startup culture and some of the options open to them through services known as “Incubators”. An incubator is a safe place to take your startup to the next level, make use of […]
The x.Factory is a “Maker Space on steroids” according to some on the tour. We visit the collaborative effort from the Chaihuo Makerspace, the Chinese Government and Seeed Studios. if you haven’t seen last weeks special on Seeed Studios, you should watch it first: https://youtu.be/xi_zk9OG1R0 The HardworX tour group visits the incredible x.Factory, and discovers […]
This week, we tour Seeed Studios in Shenzhen. Seeed has an interesting origin story which has eventuated into a flourishing business. They started out as a group of Makers at a Maker Space who just wanted to make things for others. In doing so, they have become the factory for the Maker, providing services like […]
Whether you are prototyping an idea in readiness for your kickstarter campaign, designing a car or manufacturing a high value medical device with low volume production, then this company could be what you are looking for. Kaier Wo is a prototyping house that operates out of Shenzhen China. SOE and the HardworX tour group take […]