The Defond Group is this weeks focus for SOE. In this episode, we take a tour of one of Defond’s factories, just outside of Shenzhen China.

Defond started out as a switch manufacturer in Hong Kong, but moved to China to provide a large array of manufacturing services including SMT, Wave soldering, PCB assembly, Plastic injection, Metal stamping, Electro-plating, Winding, Laser cutting and printing. They employ the concept of LEAN manufacturing (to minimize waste), Process automation, Process qualification and control, Supply chain management and have a complete testing solution to certify products for:
UL61058 / STP1054
MFI license (wireless communications)
RF equipment (functional tester)
UL / IEC certification expertise

The tour group experienced a fantastic range of manufacturing processes and learned a great deal about Defond’s ethics, accessibility and business practices. Some of our group had never been inside a factory before so this first factory tour was a huge “eye opener” and a taste of things to come.

For more information about Defond visit http://www.grpdfond.com

For more information about the tour organizer, HardworX visit https://www.hardworx.io

Commercial transparency note: This video has not been paid, sponsored or otherwise commercialized by the Defond Group. The views in this video are expressed freely by all of the tour group participants and the filmmaker. The Defond Group was/is aware of the filmmakers intention to make this video and has provided authorization to do so by providing signed release forms and their corporate video for inclusion. However no attempt was made by the Defond Group to limit or control the opinions and views expressed here.

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