Our popular factory tours are back!

SwedCham Shanghai are glad to invite you onboard for a tour to Suzhou, where we will be visiting our member company and Silver Partner AQ Electric & Enclosures.

We will meet at AQ in Suzhou after lunch to enjoy a coffee and presentation from AQ Electric's Managing Director, Andreas Björk, before we will be guided around the 7000m2 large factory featuring sheet metal processing and electrical cabinet assembly.

Highlights of the day:

• Factory Relocation: Lessons Learned, Tips & Tricks, Potential Pitfalls
• World class manufacturing: Using Core Values to Create Long-Term Success
• After Work in SIP with Beautiful View of Jinji Lake

AQ Group is a global manufacturer of components and systems for industrial customers with high demands.

The business is organized in two segments: System and Component. System includes AQ's business areas Electric Cabinets and System Products, while Component includes business areas Injection Molding, Inductive Components, Wiring Systems and Sheet Metal Processing. All these business areas are represented in AQ's three companies in Suzhou; AQ Components, AQ Electric and AQ Electric & Enclosures. At AQ Electric & Enclosures, they do sheet metal processing and electrical cabinet assembly. The factory is 7000m2 with 170 employees.

Andreas Björk is the Managing Director at AQ Electric Suzhou and has been with the group since 2007, but has been setting up and managing industrial manufacturing companies in China and India since 2000.

After the tour has finished we will head off to the terrace of restaurant Mammamia for an after work gathering the Nordic network in Suzhou. Kindly note the different ticket types available:

Price

Member Factory Tour 190 RMB (Non-Member 250 RMB): Includes tour only

Member Factory Tour & After Work 390 RMB (Non-Member 490 RMB): Includes tour, transportation to after work venue and 2 drinks + finger food

Member After Work 200 RMB (Non-Member 250 RMB): Includes 2 drinks + finger foods

Your after work ticket includes 2 drinks and snacks. If you'd like to purchase dinner, kindly make own reservation for indoor dining.

Location

Factory Tour:

AQ Electric & Enclosures Suzhou Co., ltd

Suzhou New District, 226 Huajin Road Suzhou, 215153,China

艾柯机电

苏州市虎丘区华金路226号

Kindly note that NO PARKING is available in the factory, please allow enough time to find independent parking outside of the factory.

After Work:

Mammamia (Ligongdi)

Ligongdi Block 01, No. B1 and B2. Suzhou Industrial Park, China

Mammamia意大利餐厅（李公堤店）

工业园区李公堤01区B1，B2号

Agenda

13:30 - 14:00 Check in & coffee

14:00 - 15:00 Presentation by Andreas Björk

15:00 - 16:00 Factory Tour

16:00 - 17:00 Transportation to After Work venue

17:30 - 21:00 After Work (ticket includes 2 drinks and finger food)

Canapes Menu

Finger tart filled with mascarpone, lemon zest and smoked salmon

Finger italian sandwich filled with coppa ham, creamy burrata cheese and ruccola salad

Finger mozzarella and cherry tomatoes skewers

Acoly style olives stuffed with meat and fried

Homemade breadsticks rolled in parma ham

Fapiao (VAT Invoice)

Please apply fapiao when purchasing ticket.

E-Fapiao will be sent to your e-mail address within 7 days of completed event (check spam folder).

Fapiao title should be your company's entity name in Chinese (if this is filled out wrong, you will be unable to receive the fapiao).