China 1.1

Another day of meetin' and eatin'! A good day though.

We started early, as usual. We were driven to an amazing factory with over 3,000 workers, each working quietly, quickly and efficiently. The factory manufactures transformers, small power supplies and other related products.

What struck me, was the cleanliness and organization of everything from the showroom and meeting room, to the factory floor, including the transformer varnishing areas.

The bathrooms were the cleanest I have ever seen in any factory around the world! On remarking about this to the owner, one of the directors stated that the owner strongly believes that you cannot have a decent factory with dirty bathrooms. Talk about "Attitude is Everything!"

After a delicious friendly lunch with the owner, his global sales manager and and the sales engineer, we were picked up by a manufacturer of larger power supplies that are used in CCTV and access control applications.

This turned out to be a pleasant surprise. We looked at some innovative products and came up with some potential designs that we could use in the USA, Latin America and Mexico. This is exciting stuff.

After returning to the hotel for a short break, we went for dinner with the owner and global sales manager of the factory we saw this morning. It was a very pleasant evening at a revolving restaurant high above Shenzhen. The sky was unusually clear, so we could see all the way to Hong Kong's new territories.