‘Nantong is one of the 14 first batch of coastal open cities in China. Nantong Daily will launch ‘create a future together - foreign companies in Nantong’ series report, to present the achievements of some major foreign companies in Nantong, and reflect the business friendly environment of our city.’

Nantong IRISO:

Work on vehicle products in depth

By Qiu Chanhui

Nantong IRISO Electronics Co., Ltd. is a foreign invested company founded by Japanese IRISO electronic industry corporation. It works on manufacture and sale of electronic equipment connectors and supporting accessories.

On 20 April 2018, Nantong IRISO was open for operation officially. Its output value is between 0.8 to 1 billion Yuan and annual tax revenue is 40 million Yuan. The general manager of the company Yigawa Hirifumi introduced that the Nantong factory is developing automatic production actively to use machines to replace manual work.

80% of the sales of IRISO are from automobile products, 20% are from digital cameras and game players. From design, manufacture equipment to moulds, all are researched and developed by them.

Talking about the reason to choose Nantong for plant site, Yigawa Hirifumi said that automobile industry was developing fast in the Yangtze River delta area, there were many parts and automobile manufacture companies which could be their possible cooperative partners. Compared with other cities, Nantong’s advantages are high efficient, caring and meticulous service from government sectors. For example, when they just settled in Nantong, the government provided help in stability check of talents of the company.

Yigawa Hirifumi said that Nantong’s good location and habitable environment attracted many talents from other cities – that was a major reason to choose Nantong after they visited several cities in the Yangtze River delta.