{"id":338,"date":"2008-07-02T15:30:00","date_gmt":"2008-07-02T13:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.zhaw.ch\/som\/international\/index.php?\/archives\/88-guid.html"},"modified":"2008-07-02T15:30:00","modified_gmt":"2008-07-02T13:30:00","slug":"three-company-visits-with-mr-bi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.zhaw.ch\/sml-international\/three-company-visits-with-mr-bi\/","title":{"rendered":"Three Company Visits with Mr Bi"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_647\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-647\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-647\" title=\"Three Company Visits with Mr Bi\" src=\"http:\/\/ianus.zhaw.ch\/international\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/Three-Company-Visits-with-Mr-Bi.jpg\" alt=\"Discussions Among the Participants During a Company Visit\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-647\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Discussions Among the Participants During a Company Visit<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Today our group had a tough but really interesting trip into the world of leather and furniture industry. After a \u201chealthy\u201d breakfast we left Hangzhou to explore the Haining City Lili Leather Garments factory in Haining.\u00a0 Mr. Bi and Mr Wang Sen Sheng, the General Manager of the\u00a0company, showed us all the different steps, which are necessary in the leather jacket production line.<\/p>\n<p>It was impressive to see how much work it takes until the jackets are ready to be shipped out into the western world. The model they are producing for companies like Pierre Cardin contains over 100 individual pieces for each jacket.<\/p>\n<p>After a great lunch with company representatives and Mr. Bi, we went to a company called \u201cHaining Nice &#8211; Harvest Furniture Co., Ltd.\u201d which is specialized in the furniture production. <!--more-->We were warmly welcomed by Jenny Cao, Vice<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_648\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-648\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-648 \" title=\"Three Company Visits with Mr Bi2\" src=\"http:\/\/ianus.zhaw.ch\/international\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/Three-Company-Visits-with-Mr-Bi2.jpg\" alt=\"A Very Tasty Lunch at a Local Restaurant After a Very Interesting Company Visit\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-648\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Very Tasty Lunch at a Local Restaurant After a Very Interesting Company Visit<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>General Manager, and Lewis Cao, Executive Director. We got a short overview of the business and afterwards we were guided through the production halls. It was very interesting to see how the furnitures are produced.\u00a0In the showroom we could see the different models, most of them made for the US market.<\/p>\n<p>The last visit for that day was a visit at\u00a0Xiamen ForestLin Trading Co., Ltd.\u00a0After a short introduction how the tannery business works we were guided through the whole production area. The area was over 90\u2019000 square meters and really remarkable. After visiting the showroom we left in direction Suzhou, which is a 2h bus ride away. After the check-in at the nice business hotel the students were pleased to enjoy there spare time.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_649\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-649\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-649\" title=\"Three Company Visits with Mr Bi3\" src=\"http:\/\/ianus.zhaw.ch\/international\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/Three-Company-Visits-with-Mr-Bi3.jpg\" alt=\"A Chinese Tannery in the Greater Area of Hangzhou\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-649\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Chinese Tannery in the Greater Area of Hangzhou<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"&quot;serendipity_imageComment_left&quot;\">\n<dl id=\"attachment_650\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"width: 210px\">\n<dt class=\"wp-caption-dt\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-650\" title=\"Three Company Visits with Mr Bi4\" src=\"http:\/\/ianus.zhaw.ch\/international\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/Three-Company-Visits-with-Mr-Bi4.jpg\" alt=\"Final Assembly Line at a Chinese Furniture Production Site\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" \/><\/dt>\n<dd class=\"wp-caption-dd\">Final Assembly Line at a Chinese Furniture Production Site<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"&quot;serendipity_imageComment_left&quot;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-651\" title=\"Three Company Visits with Mr Bi5\" src=\"http:\/\/ianus.zhaw.ch\/international\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/Three-Company-Visits-with-Mr-Bi5.jpg\" alt=\"Three Company Visits with Mr Bi5\" width=\"200\" height=\"21\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-652\" title=\"Three Company Visits with Mr Bi6\" src=\"http:\/\/ianus.zhaw.ch\/international\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/Three-Company-Visits-with-Mr-Bi6.jpg\" alt=\"Three Company Visits with Mr Bi6\" width=\"186\" height=\"33\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"&quot;serendipity_imageComment_left&quot;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-653\" title=\"Three Company Visits with Mr Bi7\" src=\"http:\/\/ianus.zhaw.ch\/international\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/Three-Company-Visits-with-Mr-Bi7.jpg\" alt=\"Three Company Visits with Mr Bi7\" width=\"158\" height=\"153\" \/><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today our group had a tough but really interesting trip into the world of leather and furniture industry. 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