Siu Lam hardware mad metal locks as technology innovation pusher

In Xiaolan Town Guangyuan School Stadium next door, there are two inconspicuous buildings hidden in the shade, the Xiaolan Town Productivity Promotion Center, in the past 12 years, has provided for more than 30,000 companies Technological innovation, information network, quality inspection, talent training, corporate **, technology entrepreneurship and other services. This "small, full-featured" productivity promotion center was also called "Big Baby" by the provincial Party committee vice governor and provincial governor Zhu Xiaodan on June 5, and believes that it can be promoted to the province to make it a recent one* * The focus of attention. Today, this “business incubator” has been dissected to reveal the significance of the model it provides for establishing a comprehensive service system for small, medium and micro enterprises.

First, the identity tag:

In the eyes of some Siu Lam companies, Xiaolan Town Promotion Center serves as a "business incubator," "quality inspector," and "technical innovation promoter."

1. "Business incubator"

"If there is no Xiaolan Productivity Promotion Center support, we do not consider setting up the company. Because there is no support, the funds needed will be more than 10 times." Said He Desheng, deputy manager of Yingpu Optoelectronics Equipment Co., Ltd. In 2004, He Desheng and others noticed that the Hanxin Modern Design and Manufacturing Technology Service Center of the Productivity Promotion Center provided enterprises with services such as laser and CNC rapid prototyping. It has begun to take shape and has formed a certain market. However, the equipment provided by Hanxin Company comes from foreign countries and the prices remain high, so they germinated themselves to design and develop such equipment. Hanxin used this equipment to provide other companies with the idea of ​​rapid prototyping of product models. They found the Xiaolan Town Productivity Promotion Center. "They are willing to provide a good platform, including low-cost office space, quality inspection and other services. It saves us a lot of costs." He Desheng and others' companies are in the productivity promotion center. The tech startup center building has taken root.

“Longshenglong and Fengshengfeng”, the production and manufacturing industry represented by Hanxin Co., Ltd. promoted the birth of Hi-Tech, a high-tech company closely associated with it. Eight years later, it has grown into a small business with an annual turnover of 20 million to 30 million yuan and about 10 employees. Up to now, 10 sets of plastic rapid prototyping equipment have been produced and sold throughout the country. One of them is in service at the Hanxin Modern Design and Manufacturing Technology Service Center. )

The companies that grew up in this incubator are more than Hanxin and Yingpu. It is understood that the center currently has 23 incubation projects and 18 registered industrial and commercial entities. The areas involved include industrial design, electronic information, quality inspection, energy conservation, certification and agency, and semiconductor lighting services. This "land function" of the productivity promotion center is borne by its subordinate science and technology startup center. It provides entrepreneurial support for SMEs or individuals who meet the conditions for the incubating of scientific and technological achievements, including providing low-cost office space, equipment support, and business consulting services.

2, "Quality Inspector"

The “incubator” that serves as a company is only one side of the production promotion center. Many companies in Xiaolan have also posted another identity tag for them: quality inspectors.

From 2004 to 2008, Yingpu Company was in the stage of research and development of rapid prototyping equipment and did a lot of tests. It was necessary to constantly test the properties and toxicity of the plastic powder in the rapid prototyping process. “The Licensing Testing Service Co., Ltd. of the Productivity Promotion Center will be able to provide plastic inspection services. It is very convenient for us to be a few steps away from us, and the inspection fee is only 6-70% of the market price.” He Desheng said that this is a research and development for the company. The product saves a great deal of time and money.

Many hardware lock companies in Xiaolan Town can also enjoy the quality inspection service of the productivity promotion center. "Siu Lam Hardware" has a long history. More than 95% of the hardware lock enterprises in Zhongshan have been gathered here. Feng Xiuying, secretary-general of the Zhongshan Locks Industry Association, said that “small businesses can't afford such expensive equipment, and customers also like to specify third-party testing organizations.” This gave birth to Siu Lam Hardware Testing Services Co., Ltd. of Xiaolan Productivity Promotion Center. It is reported that locks laboratory has accumulated more than 1,000 hardware locks companies, saving more than 100 million yuan each year for locks companies.

It is understood that the Productivity Promotion Center promotes the construction of a "testing resource sharing public service platform." Has invested 50 million yuan to complete the hardware locks, chemical composition analysis, electrical safety specifications, EMC electromagnetic compatibility and optical performance of the five major laboratories. All laboratories are accredited by CNAS and CMA, and the light performance laboratory is authorized by the United States Energy Star. The inspection platform conducts public inspection services for more than 3,000 companies in Xiaolan Township and surrounding areas including Yingpu.

3, "Technology Innovation Promoter"

Providing enterprises with low-cost services such as office space, equipment support, and testing is a hard task for the productivity promotion center. It can also provide soft support for enterprises, which is mainly reflected in training and the establishment of a research platform for enterprises.

Such technical and management lectures are used in the words of Zhong Guoping, quality manager of Xiaofei Anti-theft Equipment Co., Ltd., in Zhongshan City. “It's a good deal,” because “there is just a few thousand dollars for a lecture outside. This is Free, and quite rewarding." According to briefings, each time they attend a lecture, they will receive a questionnaire from the center. The purpose of this center is to understand the needs of the company and prepare for the setting of future lectures.

The productivity promotion center platform also provides enterprises with the combination of production, study and research services. Xiaofei Anti-theft Equipment Co., Ltd. is a company specializing in the production of automobile anti-theft devices. As a small and medium-sized enterprise, it is not easy to look for experts to do product development and design. At the end of 2010, through the matchmaking of the Productivity Promotion Center, Xiaofei will successfully cooperate with the South China University of Technology to develop a "anti-drunk driving" reversing radar. As long as the driver is suspected of drunk driving, the radar will recognize it and alert the driver not to drunk. Starting this year, this product has been tested in the country.

It is understood that in terms of technological innovation, the center has successively built 43 professional service agencies including Hanxin Modern Design and Manufacturing Technology Service Center, Surface Heat Treatment Center, Zhongshan Industrial Design Industrial Park, and Zhongshan Low Carbon Development Promotion Center, etc. A number of scientific research institutes have carried out close cooperation in production, education and research to provide enterprises with technological innovation services such as rapid prototyping, surface treatment, product research and development, innovative design, and energy saving and consumption reduction.

Second, the essence of operation:

When the provincial governor visited the Xiaolan Town Productivity Promotion Center, he saw it as a basic sample of the comprehensive system of provincial small and micro enterprise services. Financial investment drives large capital, and the first worry is that the government mobilizes resources to serve the market is the essence of its operations.

1, 10 million "building nests" attracted 65 million "Phoenix"

Many visitors to the Siu Lam Productivity Promotion Center often ask the question of why the center can have so many identity tags. According to relevant persons from the Xiaolan Productivity Promotion Center, the center uses small financial input to drive input from multiple parties. In terms of funding, the center is similar to the Hong Kong Productivity Council. It also generates revenue on the one hand, and on the other hand enjoys subsidies from government funds. Some funds come from special support funds from various departments. According to Liang Yonghai, director of Xiaolan Town Productivity Promotion Center, in recent years, for example, these three funds are about 50 million, 10 million and 15 million respectively. That is to say, self-income accounts for 70% of the total revenue, accounting for about 10%, and special funds account for 20%. It can be said that 10 million “building nests” have attracted 65 million “Phoenix”.

Judging from the nature, it is invested by Xiaolan Town Asset Management Company of Zhongshan City and is owned by an independent legal person managed by the town's financial department. It is a non-profit-making enterprise innovation public service platform that is market-oriented. In essence, it is a collectively-owned enterprise. It also acts as an "intermediary organization" between the government, the enterprise, and the general public. It is somewhat similar to a financial support institution.

Taking Xiaolan Hardware Testing Service Co., Ltd. of the center as an example, although the company provides a certain amount of fees for providing inspection services for enterprises, it is currently in a state of deficit and needs financial subsidies.

Zhu Xiaodan stated at the research meeting in Zhongshan that there are only a few staff members in the center and the number of staff in the entire center has reached more than 600. The government relies heavily on the market and mobilizes market resources to provide services for the market economy, which is commendable. The reporter learned that the center currently has two employees who are government agencies, one is civil servants, and the rest more than 600 are employees. Although the center has no profit pressure, it also insists on a market-oriented and fair-competitive market economy. Employees face both challenges and pressures, but also full of vitality and vitality.

2, the first market worries and worries Xiaolan Town Party Committee ** Peng Zhihui, said Xiaolan Town Productivity Promotion Center from the beginning of its establishment to the present, has always adhered to the market demand for the return, its development model is "government as the basis, the market for "Orientation is the mainstay of enterprises," and it is centered on solving common difficulties in the development of enterprises. It constantly cultivates and develops new service projects, and promotes the "double upgrade" of independent innovation capabilities and industrial competitiveness.

At the beginning of the establishment of the center, one of the strongest voices of the enterprises was to reduce the cost in the production process. The demand for rapid prototyping technology from hardware companies was particularly strong. In May 1999, the first company hatched by the Xiaolan Town Productivity Promotion Center was the birth of Zhongshan Hanxin Rapid Prototyping Company, which provided mold rapid prototyping services and shouldered the mission of reducing production costs and improving manufacturing standards. After it has gradually grown up, it has stepped out of the support of the center, moved out of the center, and developed independently. In addition, service projects such as Lichuang Testing Service Co., Ltd. and Siu Lam Hardware Testing Services Co., Ltd., which were subsequently established, are all designed to meet the needs of facilitating product testing and saving operating costs.

According to Zhong Jiemin, director of the office of the center, the Productivity Promotion Center will organize 3-4 researches each year, with more than 100 companies participating in each survey.

At the same time, the center also relied on the corporate resources owned by the Chamber of Commerce in Xiaolan Town to build a corporate network exchange platform, penetrate enterprises, understand the needs of enterprises, and set up better services to solve problems for enterprises.

3. The government mobilized resources for market services Zhu Xiaodan stated that one of the significances of the center is to help coordinate the role of the government and the market in promoting productivity. "It is not the government that (purely) uses administrative resources to provide services, but the government mobilizes market resources to provide services for the market economy."

Compared with purely market-based intermediary service agencies and purely administrative government service agencies, Xiaolan Town Productivity Promotion Center can be described as a semi-market and semi-administrative intermediary service organization. Liang Yonghai, director of the Xiaolan Town Productivity Promotion Center, said that compared with the purely market-oriented intermediary organizations, “our biggest advantage is that the goal and driving force of the work is to promote the development of the regional economy and strive for the greatest social benefits. Intermediaries whose goals and motivation are revenue generation and profitability."

In addition, “We are more competitive than purely market-oriented organizations in terms of striving for and integrating technologies, policies, and financial resources.” For example, government special support funds, SME support policies, etc. Xiaolan Town Productivity Promotion Center can appeal to enterprises. Reflected in various departments, it is easier to obtain government resources for business support.

In the aspect of resource integration, Peng Zhihui introduced that since 1999, the Xiaolan Productivity Promotion Center has co-organized production and research platforms with more than 50 universities and research institutes such as South China University of Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan University and Central South University. More than one hundred Siu Lam companies such as Ningbo, Evergreen Group and Hongbao Electric Industry benefited.

Hardware products, electronic and electrical audio, food and beverage, garments, chemical glue, printing and packaging are the six pillar industries in Xiaolan Town. "Our center basically serves the six leading industries in Xiaolan Town."