RI-IWEAR Members Visited Hong Kong Productivity Council
（只有英文版本）A total of 28 RI-IWEAR members and colleagues from Industrial Centre of PolyU visited the Smart Wearables, Watch & Clock Technology Centre and Advanced Electronics Processing Technology Centre of the Hong Kong Productivity Council (HKPC) on 6 December 2022.
Smart Wearables, Watch and Clock Technology Centre established with the ITF funding of the Hong Kong SAR Government on Oct 2022, is the first and only platform in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region to offer testing and verification of prototypes of smart wearables, watches and clocks. During the visit, the colleagues from the Smart Manufacturing Section of HKPC mainly introduced the smart wearable testing services, including the performance testing of devices for measuring steps, heart rates, blood pressure, and oxygen content in blood, and briefly show the over 50 different independent testing services for traditional quartz and mechanical watches in compliance with international & Swiss standards.
Furthermore, a new showroom with last manufacturing products and equipment of a new centre which provided services in the areas of electronics and advanced manufacturing was visited. After the visit to the facilities of the two centres, Mr Samson SUEN, General Manager, Smart Manufacturing of HKPC, introduced the organisation, facilities of the centres and the research projects under the Smart Manufacturing Section. Members actively discussed the potential PolyU–HKPC collaboration and future direction.
