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Visit to Shenzhen Bang Bell Electronics Co Ltd

By Glenn Barrowman, Aston Science Park

On the morning of our final day in Shenzhen the mission group headed off to see the LED manufacturing facility of Shenzhen Bang Bell Electronics Co Ltd. Here we were given a tour of the showcase demonstration area mocked up as a street to display the highway luminaries and peripheral signage.

We were then invited to full inspect the final products, and see the production and electronic packaging areas.

Finally, we went to the office of Mr Li Jian, Vice General Manager to explore whether there were areas for collaboration between McGeoch Technology, ATG Airports, the Photonics KTN, euroLED Conference and Exhibition and the Carbon Trust.

The Carbon Trust was delighted to be able to piggy-back on this visit as it is in China to source major LED manufacturers for specifying to UK industry and to secure the adoption of LED and other green technology solutions. It will be interesting to see whether Bang Bell will form part of its recommendations.

The production process at Bang Bell is labour intensive with over 1000 employees operating from this facility on full production. It was interesting to see an almost segregation of employees by sex with the intricate circuit board forming being done almost exclusively by the female staff.

The factory temperature became hotter with each floor. The reception was fully air-conditioned and, whilst the principal production areas were not oppressive, they serviced by fan only.

The products produced were certainly of interest and detailed confidential discussions on supplying lighting units continued with two of the mission companies. Shenzhen Bang Bell Electronics Co Ltd will explore attending and exhibiting in Europe at euroLED 2009 on June 2-4 in addition to Light and Build in Frankfurt, Germany.

So off to Beijing for one last night and then a leisurely departure for the airport. Its been interesting to see that the costs of everything have been increasing as we progress from Chongqing to Shenzhen and then finally to Beijing, each a magnitude higher. But tonight we probably had our finest meal out - no external clients - and as we had eaten wonderfully, we were able to chose only our favourites and this came to just over £10 a head.

Several of the group will be back in Beijing for the aerospace B2B event 26-28 November. Until then, my mind is starting to think about the UK and I suppose Photonex 08 will be upon us all to soon.

This year I know that Photonics Cluster is hosting a community breakfast on the first morning before the exhibition and is delivering a Technology and Investment seminar programme. Have a look at www.photonex.org for precise info.

Until next time.

Posted by Jacqueline Hewett on September 10, 2008 8:25 AM | Permalink