[Explanation] Ming Yi Electronics is a Taiwan-funded enterprise in Guangzhou specializing in the development and manufacturing of semiconductor and high-end circuit board electroplating equipment. 60% of its products are exported.
The factory covers an area of 20,000 square meters, with an investment of 10 million U.S. dollars, and currently employs more than 300 people.
A few days ago, in the company's clean and spacious production workshop, the staff are busy producing, testing, and debugging equipment.
Chairman Deng Gaorong told reporters that in recent years, with the rapid development of the automotive industry and the 5G communication industry, the demand for high-end circuit board upgrades has been increasing, and Mingyi Electronics' orders for providing copper process equipment for circuit boards and semiconductors have been increasing. , Even during the outbreak of the new crown pneumonia, it has not been greatly affected.
[Concurrent] Deng Gaorong, Chairman of Mingyi Electronics
What we do is circuit board equipment and semiconductor equipment, but this order is growing. We have been busy since the beginning of the epidemic and have not stopped. Our employees have not returned to the New Year this year, so we hope to accumulate to Mid-Autumn Festival or when Let them go back for a long holiday.
[Explanation] The reporter learned that in the early years when he assisted Taiwan Volkswagen Computer to set up a production base in Guangzhou and served as an executive of the company, because of the huge potential of the mainland market, Deng Gaorong and his partners established this circuit board equipment in Guangzhou in 1995. Factory and hire professional managers to manage.
However, the initial operating performance of the company fell short of expectations, and it fell into a dilemma of a loss of more than 80 million yuan.
In desperation, he chose to personally take over the reorganization in 2001.
[Concurrent] Deng Gaorong, Chairman of Mingyi Electronics
From going out of society to the time, it went smoothly without losing, so I just couldn’t swallow it. My wife strongly opposed me to take over this factory. I don’t feel sorry for the rest of my life. The second one is that people who are not good at art are bold. I think it’s easy to say a 300-person factory. I have brought 4,700 people in (Dachang). It’s too easy and it’s a piece of cake. It turns out that it’s not easy to come back.
[Explanation] Despite the hard work, Deng Gaorong always has a belief in his heart. He believes that with the continuous development and growth of the mainland economy, the industry in which the company is located has become more and more developed. This corporate crisis is not a turning point. This crisis also made him feel good about the company. Management has a deeper understanding.
[Concurrent] Deng Gaorong, Chairman of Mingyi Electronics
So I use the customer's mentality to lead the company. I hope the company's development from the application needs is to combine the application needs, so we defined it at the beginning. More than ten years ago, my doctoral thesis was The definition of this industry is based on HDI (High Density Interconnect Circuit Board) and semiconductors. Our analysis report at that time has already been analyzed.
So we have spent a lot of effort here on this technology, and because of our perseverance, we are at the forefront of technology in the industry. Therefore, if we can't do it, we will have a chance if we are relatively high-end in China.
[Explanation] Deng Gaorong believes that innovation is the most important factor that sustains the life of an enterprise.
As a national high-tech enterprise, Mingyi Electronics attaches great importance to R&D and innovation.
Among more than 300 employees, R&D personnel account for more than 40. In recent years, R&D investment has been increasing. The company has more than 40 patents. It is precisely because of its independent intellectual property rights that Mingyi Electronics rarely experiences the pain of technology "stuck neck".
[Concurrent] Deng Gaorong, Chairman of Mingyi Electronics
Just like for us to make semiconductors, we have to own the intellectual property rights. If you don’t have this, you can’t do it. So our company is still a standard-compliant enterprise, so we are a factory with our own development capabilities. We are not very narrow. It’s a foundry, so if the equipment is given to us, we can develop and manufacture it.
[Explanation] With perseverance and dedication, Deng Gaorong took Mingyi Electronics out of the mud in 10 years, and achieved profitability in the next 3 years. Along the way, the company has shown a good momentum of vigorous development today, which reflects a company A keen insight and precise grasp of industry development trends.
[Commentary] Deng Gaorong, Chairman of Mingyi Electronics
I always think that my stage is in the mainland and not in Taiwan. I think so from beginning to end, because the development of the mainland is also moving closer to (high-end manufacturing), from the world factory to the world market, and now I’m talking about made in China. Things, so the requirements are getting higher and higher, so we have to be prepared to match it here, so we often tell our colleagues that it is right to follow the country, and many of them depend on the direction of the country and the development of the country.
Reporting by reporter Wei Jiefu from Guangdong
Editor in charge: [Ji Xiang]