Hong Kong, October 16, 2013 - The HARTING Technology Group celebrates 25th Anniversary in Hong Kong and 15th Anniversary in China. "The HARTING Technology Group is highly committed to China. We expect a positive development in China and also in other Asian markets in the coming years. Therefore we are continuously expanding our R&D and production capacity in our Zhuhai plant", said Philip F W Harting, Senior Vice President Connectivity & Networks, HARTING Technology Group.

Founded in 1988, HARTING Hong Kong has been the Asian head quarter for 25 years to support all HARTING subsidiaries in Asia. In 1998 HARTING has entered the Chinese market by opening the production plant 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 connector, backplane design and solution. 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, solenoids, die casting and injection moulding. 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.