Expanding into China and beyond, JMI continues to look for staff
Jing Mei Industrial (JMI) knew that expanding first to Shenzhen and then Panyu in Guangdong province was the way to go as business picked up and orders came flooding in.
As the decorative and finishing company approached next year's 40th anniversary of its founding, Chan Lai-shun, the Hong Kong company's founder, was well aware he needed to expand into China if he was to keep his business growing.
Mr Chan opened his first factory in Shenzhen during the 80s, and taking advantage of cheap labour and low property prices, the business expanded to Panyu in Guangdong at the beginning of 2000 when it acquired 40,000 square metres of factory space.
By mid-2000, it gained another 30,000 square metres and by the time it opened a second plant in Nansha near the Nansha ferry pier, it had attained another 50,000 square metres.
JMI now has more than 100,000 square metres of factory space in China to cope with a fast-growing business.