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Rapid development prompts companies in southern province to look beyond borders and make their mark globally

With the recent inauguration of its manufacturing plant in Shaoguan, in northern Guangdong province, high-tech company Skymen Group is aiming to boost its presence in the domestic and overseas ultrasonic cleaning market, according to a company executive.

"We will take advantage of our core technologies to expand our research and development capabilities and boost production capacity," said Yang Shan, chairman of Skymen, which has its headquarters in Shenzhen, Guangdong.

With a planned construction area of more than 21,000 square meters and an investment of 108 million yuan ($16 million), the new plant, which started construction late last month, will become not only a production base but a research and development center for the company.

The project will include the construction of an ultrasonic medical device engineering research center and automatic production equipment and intelligent storage facilities. When the plant is finished, it will be capable of producing more than 1 million ultrasonic cleaning machines per year, with an annual output value of 300 million yuan, according to the company.

"The project will be a new start in the company's development history," Yang said.

"We have been making great efforts to transform from a small manufacturer of cleaning equipment to a high-tech company in the ultrasonic cleaning industry."

When the company was founded in 2007, it was just a small producer of cleaning equipment located in the Shajing Industrial Zone of Shenzhen's Bao'an district. After more than 10 years of development, the company has become a national high-tech enterprise, specializing in ultrasonic cleaning technology solutions for customers in more than 100 countries and regions.