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Written by: Kuang Yueting
2020-05-13 07:45
Last update date: 2020-05-13 07:45In addition to being the nephew of "Superman" Li Ka-shing, Chairman of the Science Park Cha Yichao is also known as the "king of scales". He is currently the managing director of Foton Group. The group produces products related to weighing, ranging from the more "entry" to weight scales and food scales, to cutting-edge technology. "Star" customers include a brother of the world's aircraft manufacturer. Airbus (airbus) and French Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier.
After many years of working in the industry, he made a fortune and talked about the scales. Cha Yichao was still excited: "Weighing is a widely used technology. How many bottles of water can be loaded, how many cans of medicine can be put into a bottle, and how many garbage trucks can be transported to a construction site? Construction waste, etc., must be measured by weight! "
The Futian Group is not very well-known in Hong Kong, but its background is very "strong." The group was founded in 1963 by Cha Wenzong and Li Ka-shing's sister Li Suhua. It started with plastics and later produced different types of small household appliances such as flashlights and electric shavers. In 1988, Cha Yichao joined the group after obtaining a bachelor of science degree in business from the Rochester Institute of Technology in the United States.
At that time, Futian did not have a production line for core products, so he began to conduct different tests. He hit the scales by mistake. "I do n’t have a strategic way to make a pound. If I saw my dad used to make a mechanical kitchen pound, I do n’t need a slingshot. I think the slingshot is a box. I think it ’s good. Precision, when trying to build a core product, Pound is one of the products tested! "
The beginning of the purchase of optical fiber in 2008 to master the top technology
The group used to produce scales, electronic thermometers, electronic timers, wireless mice and other products, and ultimately only scales were maintained in business. "Other products are made out of core products, and core products are not made. The scale is clear, and the core technology is weighed. If there is a sensor (weight sensor), we will just drop it and study it. "Cha Yichao said.
In the 1990s, Foton Group made many overseas acquisitions and acquired fiber optic startups in 2008, laying a solid foundation for growth. Zha Yichao said that it was because he acquired the weight sensor supplier and fiber optic startup that he could master the top scale production technology. He explained that optical fiber can be used to measure stress. If the fiber is laid on bridges and slopes, when these places start to deform and there is a risk of collapse, the system can detect it immediately. In the military industry, the Group ’s optical fiber is even spread on the bottom of the French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle. If this nuclear-powered aircraft carrier encounters a dangerous "expansion", it will be detected. "Aircraft and helicopter driving bars are equipped with weight sensors. Airbus and companies specializing in the production of aircraft driving bars are our customers."
Cha Yichao said that due to the epidemic situation, the Group's medical-related orders increased sharply, including forehead heat detector, medicine injection machine, drip machine weight sensor and so on. (company Pictures)
The epidemic has caused business to drop by less than 20%
New Coronary Pneumonia raged across the world, and many countries implemented closure measures. Zha Yichao revealed that the Foton Group ’s inland and French factories had completely shut down from February to March, and have now gradually resumed work. He said that the group was considered a "good luck". The epidemic only caused the business to drop by less than 20%. Among them, medical-related orders were several times higher than the previous ones.
Many people think that occupation is closely related to personality. As a "king of scales", will it be a "countermaster"? Cha Yichao laughed and said, "I don't care about everything," he reads "reading the ground". When he went to study in the United States, his brother said to him that he would come to the United States rarely. Remember to do things halfway, which made him Keep in mind. "I feel that there is a team in Sanye who is not good at doing things. I will do my best to do my best. Sometimes I don't talk about rewards." For the future career of his children, he said that he did not stipulate what his children must do. " If you like to work as a social worker, you can work as a social worker. If you like to work as a technology worker, you can work as a technology.
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