Hong Kong, December 2013 - HARTING China and HARTING Hong Kong have celebrated their 15th and 25th anniversary respectively on 7 Nov 2013. In 1988, the family owned and managed company headquartered in Espelkamp founded its subsidiary HARTING (HK) Limited as Asia headquarters to support business operations in all Asia countries. HARTING entered the Chinese market since 1980s and established the first production plant in Zhuhai.

Nowadays HARTING China has become the highest sales revenue subsidiary outside Europe. Mr Philip F. W. Harting, Senior Vice President Connectivity & Networks, HARTING F?hrungs AG committed in the ceremony that "We are extending our commitment in China even further and stand shoulder to shoulder with you as a partner whom you can trust. We are looking forward to being able to learn even more from the entrepreneurial spirit, economic policy and commitment of this country over the next few years. We are also here for mutual learning, and we bring the experience and the spirit of innovation of a hidden champion made in Germany."

One of the honourable guests of the ceremony, Mr Stefan Gallon, Consulate General of the Federal Republic of Germany in Guangzhou also recognized the remarkable achievement and he stated that "Even China and Germany may be very different in many ways, there are many things we do have in common. Our profound enthusiasm for top-of-the-art-engineering, like we are celebrating today, is certainly one of them."

Not only concentrated on business development, HARTING places great emphasis on environmental protection, employee safety and China community. Another honourable guest, Mr Liu Xiao Long, Executive Vice Mayor of Zhuhai, also appreciated HARTING's contribution and realized HARTING (Zhuhai) Manufacturing is one of the benchmark technology companies in Zhuhai.

HARTING has mainly focused on the factory automation, transportation, renewable energy, power transmission and machinery markets. HARTING is proud to be the first global connector manufacturer in the China market awarded the China Compulsory Certification (CCC).

HARTING has been expanding rapidly its sales network in China over the past years and operates now in Hong Kong, Zhuhai, Shenzhen, Guangzhou, Xiamen, Changsha, Wuhan, Hangzhou, Shanghai, Suzhou, Nanjing, Chengdu, Xian, Zhengzhou, Qingdao, Tianjin, Beijing, Shenyang, Changchun and Taipei.

The current Zhuhai manufacturing site, with an initial investment of more than 16 million USD, is the supply chain, logistics, training, research and development centre for Asia. Production in Zhuhai started with simple assembly and now covers full line production of connector?s hoods and housings, backplane connectors, backplane designs and solutions. HARTING Zhuhai manufactures a wide range of products with the latest technology in die casting, zinc casting, injection moulding, CNC tapping and milling, surface coating, SMT and automatic assembly machines. HARTING Zhuhai supplies and serves customers with mezzanine connectors, micro card edge connectors, D-Sub connectors, mini coax connectors, industrial cable assemblies, telecom and medical cable assemblies, wire harnesses, heavy duty connectors, backplanes, solenoid. The certified research and development centre can provide local product management for customer specific product design-in and can contribute to an increased number of local key projects.

Research and development is one of HARTING's strengths. We are currently intensifying our ongoing R&D activities to develop new technologies and new products and solutions which enhance our portfolio. HARTING always caters customized solutions and products to local customers and projects.

HARTING products are leading-edge and extremely reliable. HARTING has the necessary expertise in industrial production and open, future-oriented solutions for new applications. HARTING's greatest strength is its willingness to embrace new ideas combined with its expertise in transforming ideas into reality. HARTING also welcomes strong partnership and develops solutions together with customers or industrial partners.

HARTING is creating a broader, more efficient, more modern and more customer-focused base around the world. The goal is to further develop our core markets and gain access to new markets in a world which is increasingly becoming a single international network. Hence we are able to bring successful application reference into China.