Legend QDI Takes a Drastic Leap in Its Overall Productivity

Legend QDI new SMT production line at its Huiyang manufacturing base became officially operative on 23rd October with current operations running in satisfactory conditions. Meanwhile, another set of multi-functional machines is under testing for production use very shortly. This symbolizes a further enhancement in Legend QDI overall production capacity.

With a total area of 30,000 sq m, the new manufacturing base at Huiyang had its official inauguration just this April. Currently equipped with seven advanced automatic production lines, the new plant basically adopts the 2+1 production mode, ie. The combination of two sets of high speed SMT machines and one set of multi-functional SMT machines. This achieves a monthly production capacity of over 300,000 motherboards and eliminates the need for cleansing after the mounting process.

With continuous growth achieved at a pace parallel to that of Legend Computer, Legend QDI motherboards have seen encouraging signs in its market demand. The round-the-clock operation of the production base can hardly meet the escalating volume of purchase orders. Sub-contracting of production is still necessary as a result. Aimed at relieving the production pressure as well as meeting the rapid growth in market demand, a strategic decision was reached in early September for the introduction of a new production line on which operations became effective after successful installation on 20^th October. Normal production commenced on 23rd October, with a daily production capacity of 700 pieces and can reach as high as 20,000 pieces per month.

Legend QDI is also planning the installation of another set of high-speed SMT machines at its Huiyang manufacturing base to better utilize the full capacity of the recently installed production line. In due time, the new production line can fetch a monthly production capacity of more than 45,000 pieces.

As a commitment to live up to its status as a world-class motherboard manufacturer, Legend QDI has taken up the lead in the industry for environmental preservation by passing the official audit by the Audit Centre of China National Environmental Protection Bureau on its ISO14000 environmental management system on 16th November. A dual ISO14001 certificate, at both the national and international level, is due to be issued to the company by the China National Environmental Protection Bureau and the United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS) at the end of the year.