Special thanks to MistyWest for funding the journey, and to my colleagues Phil Tsao and Senzeni Mpofu for accompanying me and helping to make the trip a success.
Fiona at Venture Electronics (https://www.venture-mfg.com/) was incredibly kind and generous with her time. Thank you so much for inviting us to understand the electronics manufacturing process end-to-end!
Henk at TroubleMaker (https://troublemaker.site/) gave us an awesome tour, his makerspace is right above HQB!
Eric at On Hing Metal (https://www.onhingmetal.net/) taught us so much about die casting, safety, and running a business in China.
Herman Pang helped tremendously to clarify the challenges of “true” DFM and keeping a factory assembly line running. (Dragon Innovation (RIP 2006-2020))
Lucas from Doris Dev (https://www.doris.dev/) helped us understand the distinct advantages of having a team “on the ground” in China.
Our translator Jasmine Wei was essential to help our team navigate to distant factories all over the region. Thanks so much for showing us everything Shenzhen has to offer!
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