Two enterprises based in the Hailing Industrial Park – in Taizhou city, in East China's Jiangsu province – were recently recognized as municipal-level industrial design centers.
Haiyang Technology Co Ltd, which manufactures nylon new materials and was founded in 1970, has already received a raft of awards.
It's been recognized as a national advanced model for energy conservation, a management and innovation model company and an energy measurement model company in Jiangsu province.
Taizhou Hailing Hydraulic Machinery Co Ltd – which makes hydraulic equipment – has forged long-standing partnerships with a number of universities in a bid to improve hydraulic technology.
Industrial design centers are those with strong innovation capabilities in industrial design, extensive achievements in industrial design innovation and significant achievements in optimizing and upgrading industrial products – strengthening brand building and improving economic benefits.
Industrial design is widely seen as being an important engine for increasing the added value of products and enhancing industrial supply and value chains.