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New Services Available from C2W

July 5, 2010

Thanks to recent growth, C2W is now able to offer our clients with 2 new additional services:

  1. SEO (Search Engine Optimization)
  2. Outsourced Office

SEO (Search Engine Optimization)

This is the means by which your website is displayed higher up in search engine results, you can read more about this service by clicking here to go to our SEO (Search Engine Optimization) webpage.

As an example of recent work, have a look at the following results we’ve been getting recently for our own website:

C2W SEO Results June 10

Outsourced Office

By this we mean ‘Your China Presence’ or your first office in China. With this you can use the existing C2W infrastructure with your employees (we can hire local Chinese for you) to do market research, initial investigations, feasibility studies etc into the China market to see if it’s right for your company before you make the big leap.

Read more here.

If you want to learn more about either of these please contact our Marketing or Enquiries departments respectively.

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We are looking for another Product Design Intern

June 24, 2010

Product Design Hub - Industrial Design Community, Blog & Resources - Mozilla FirefoxChina 2 West is a British owned and managed manufacturing management agency with Headquarters in China. We are able to take products from concept through development and prototyping and on into manufacturing. We work on all types of product from plastic and metal to electronics and textiles. Due to continuing expansion, we are once again able to offer a product design internship based in our China office. This exciting position will give the successful applicant a unique insight into a very broad spectrum of Chinese manufacturing facilities and disciplines.

The post is offered on a one year basis, accommodation will be in a company funded apartment and salary will allow a good standard of living in China.

Applicants must be prepared to undergo initial interview by phone. UK applicants should be able to meet with one of our UK staff for a face to face interview.

Travel to China must be funded by the successful applicant. Travel and visa costs will be refuned by China 2 West after six months in the post.

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May 10, 2010

UK Office and WarehouseChina 2 West UK Office

Located near the town of Frome in rural Somerset, China 2 West has offices and warehousing where we can receive and process goods (from single pallets up to full containers) on behalf of our UK based customers.

We also operate a fully insured drop shipping and fulfilment service leaving you free to concentrate on the important business of selling! If you would like to talk about how we can help, please give us a call

With a permanent staff of eight, the UK office acts as first point of contact for all UK enquiries and projects. If you would like to come and talk to us about your product idea or any aspect of manufacturing your products in China, simply call the office on 01373 837226.

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Moving Office.

April 1, 2010

office_move_truckAs of 2pm this afternoon, China 2 West will begin the move to our new office (check out our videos page to see the mid-fixtures & fittings video). Due to a good start to 2010 this move couldn’t have come any sooner, we’re now out of space and have staff working from the conference room!

The net space in the new office amounts to roughly 2.5 times our current size, this gives us ample room for our current staffing needs and room to expand in the future.

Be sure to check back over the following weeks for a post move C2W Office Video Tour.

If you’re an existing customer please be warned that due to the moving of the fibre optic internet cable the whole C2W team will be without internet from 2pm this afternoon, we’re hoping to get it back late tomorrow (Fri 2nd) but it’s not certain at this time.

Also be aware that C2W and China will be closed this weekend & Monday 5th April to celebrate Tomb Sweeping Festival. For more on the Tomb Sweeping Festival, check the Wiki link here.

Have a great day.

Mark C

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Zhuhai-Dongguan Set for Minimum Wage Rise

March 18, 2010

flextronics1The following is an article I found on a local business website, there are no exact figures released at this time for the minimum wage rises but it’s definitely something that needs to be planned for if you’re currently manufacturing in the region.

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Senior managers at Nasdaq-listed Flextronics, one of southern China’s largest manufacturers, however, say at least one city in the Pearl River Delta could adjust wages as early as next month, and the scale could be more aggressive than in Jiangsu.

“I think they will (increase the minimum wage),” said Jun Fu, the head of the Flextronics sprawling industrial complex in Zhuhai which employs around 44,000 employees.

“I wouldn’t call it a drastic adjustment but definitely more than (the) normal adjustment,” Fu told Reuters.

Jayesh Menon, a senior director of human resources at the Flextronics plant, said the rise would most likely come in April.

“It’s about a 15 to 20 percent increase,” said Menon, citing indications from Zhuhai labour bureau officials. “Roughly to about 930 yuan (per month),” he added.

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In nearby Dongguan, a gritty, densely packed manufacturing hub in the PRD, factories have also been provisioning for a minimum wage hike from the current level of around 780 yuan.

“It will be implemented soon, in April I believe,” said Eddie Leung, a Hong Kong industrialist and honorary president of the Dongguan Association of Enterprises with Foreign Investment, who attended recent meetings with officials in Beijing.

Leung, however, said the impact for larger factories like his own that makes watches for global brands, might anyway be largely immaterial, with many firms already having stomached inflated wage costs amid the tightening labour market.

“The factories can’t hire people with the minimum wage anyway because most are already paying much more than it right now,” he added. “It’s (the minimum wage) just a reference point.”

Scores of the region’s smaller factories, however, in labour intensive and low technology sectors like garments, shoes and toys could be squeezed by the wage increase, he added.”

You can read the full article here.

Mark C

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