{"id":4828,"date":"2015-09-08T10:01:20","date_gmt":"2015-09-08T10:01:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.telecomstalk.com\/?p=4828"},"modified":"2018-06-06T10:05:17","modified_gmt":"2018-06-06T10:05:17","slug":"skyworth-celebrates-success-in-south-africa-as-factorys-first-shipment-sees-70000-set-top-boxes-delivered","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.telecomstalk.com\/?p=4828","title":{"rendered":"Skyworth Celebrates Success in South Africa as Factory\u2019s First Shipment sees 70,000 Set-Top Boxes Delivered"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Manufacturing center is also linked with several community initiatives to improve employees\u2019 quality of life <\/em><\/p>\n<p>Shenzhen Skyworth Digital Technology Co. LTD., (000810.SZ), a global provider of smart home solutions and the world\u2019s fourth largest set-top box manufacturer, today announced its factory in Johannesburg &#8211; co-owned by local company BUA Africa &#8211; has successfully completed its first shipment, delivering a total of 70,000 set-top boxes across South Africa. <\/p>\n<p>Skyworth Digital chose to invest in the plant to boost its presence in South Africa and contribute to the country\u2019s economy. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cSkyworth Digital invests in its customers, their countries and the local people in order to foster long-term relationships, and so our strategy is to put our factories as close to where our customers are as possible,\u201d said Ang\u00e9lique Boissy, VP Global Sales at Skyworth Digital. \u201cThis initiative, which we call \u2018edge manufacturing\u2019, not only allows us to contribute to our customers\u2019 local economies, but also speeds up time-to-market and reduces operating expenses: savings which can then be passed on to our customers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Skyworth Digital is the first company to pass South Africa\u2019s rigid governmental requirements for DTT STBs in the region (Full SANS 862 SABS certification including ICASA). The Johannesburg factory is the first in a series of new manufacturing centers Skyworth Digital plans to open as it looks to implement its \u2018edge manufacturing\u2019 concept across the business. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThrough partnering with local companies such as BUA Africa and increasing involvement in community initiatives and charities in South Africa, we have created hundreds of local jobs for underprivileged men, women and people with disabilities,\u201d added Ms. Boissy. \u201cWe provide training and educational services to our staff to further develop their skill sets and provide them with tools for the future.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Other organizations Skyworth Digital has partnered with in South Africa include SANCO, a civic organization designed to help people access vital Government services, and Disabled People South Africa (DPSA), an organization helping to promote disability awareness across the nation.<\/p>\n<p>Currently, Skyworth Digital produces about 150,000 shipments per month but plan to increase this figure to 400,000 shipments per month.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on Skyworth please visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.skyworth.com\/en\/\">http:\/\/www.skyworth.com\/en\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><em>Manufacturing center is also linked with several community initiatives to improve employees\u2019 quality of life <\/em><\/p>\n<p>Shenzhen Skyworth Digital Technology Co. LTD., (000810.SZ), a global provider of smart home solutions and the world\u2019s fourth largest set-top box manufacturer, today announced &#8230; <span class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.telecomstalk.com\/?p=4828\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[1245,1246,1044,1225],"class_list":["post-4828","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","tag-angelique-boissy","tag-bua-africa","tag-skyworth","tag-skyworth-digital"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.telecomstalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4828","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.telecomstalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.telecomstalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.telecomstalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.telecomstalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4828"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.telecomstalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4828\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4829,"href":"http:\/\/www.telecomstalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4828\/revisions\/4829"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.telecomstalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4828"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.telecomstalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4828"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.telecomstalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4828"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}