Vape producer Geek Bar has spent £120m creating a new production facility as part of its UK growth plans.
The complex will be located within the Zhuhai National Hi-Tech Industrial Development District in China’s Guangdong province and is expected to be completed in two years.
According to Geek Bar, the assembly is 90% automated using the very latest hardware and software “to provide the highest levels of precision and performance”. The fully digitised ‘lean and clean’ manufacturing processes aim to ensure the highest standards in testing and production, while sophisticated QR-coded packaging hope to aid anti-counterfeiting efforts.
Geek Bar will use ‘intelligent detection technology’ during key stages of the manufacturing process so that products can be traced throughout the entire journey from factory to customer.
Through this process the entire product journey can be tracked from warehousing, shipping, sales and after-sales and only authorised Geekvape employees will have access to this data.
Allen Yang, CEO of Geek Bar, said: “Digitisation and smart manufacturing will offer great benefits, not just in production volume and efficiencies, but also in assuring retailers and consumers in the UK and around the world that our products are made to consistently high-quality standards and can be enjoyed safely.
“The integrated packaging technology and three-level QR coding introduces a higher level of traceability to defeat counterfeit and illicit sales.”
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