Chengdu, September 13, 2010 – The third Agilent Science and Technology Festival with the theme of “Western, Technology, and Quality†kicked off today at Agilent Chengdu. During this period, Agilent Technologies (Chengdu) Co., Ltd. focused on the results of the company's “Entrepreneurship and Development†in the first five years, and shared the company's blueprint for the next stage of development. In the first five years since its establishment in 2005, Agilent Chengdu has actively introduced Agilent's global advanced management experience to foster an excellent local R&D team, based on independent development, and relying on Agilent's advanced technology and company's global expertise. Technical support and customer after-sales maintenance service system to ensure that China and global customers provide high-precision, high-tech, high-quality and affordable testing and measurement equipment and solutions. Agilent Chengdu combines superior management with outstanding local R&D talent to prove that its Chinese-made products can achieve world-class quality. Based on this, the company will enter the second important stage of development at full speed and establish a new standard of “Made in China†in the industry.
As a retrospective summary of Agilent Chengdu’s local R&D in the first five years, during the festival, the company showed its guests six series of products developed, produced and sold by itself, including: Agilent N9310A RF Signal Generator, Agilent N9320B RF Spectrum Analyzer, Agilent N9340B Handheld Spectrum Analyzer, Agilent N9330B Handheld Antenna Tester, Agilent N9000A CXA Signal Analyzer, and the newly released Agilent N9342C HSA Handheld Spectrum Analyzer. These products are mainly used to meet the needs of domestic low-cost research and development, consumer electronics manufacturing, education, and aerospace electronic systems and many other fields, and are exported to more than 80 countries and regions in the world, and have won wide acclaim among users at home and abroad. Award-winning: In 2007 won the "EDN China" Innovation Award for testing and measurement of the best products, at the "NAB Show" (NAB Show) won the top ten "best product award" and so on.
Agilent Chengdu has always placed environmental protection at a very important position while developing new products. The recently launched N9342C handheld spectrum analyzer is the first Agilent Chengdu product to fully meet the environmental requirements of the EU RoHS (Restriction of the Use of Hazardous Substances in Electronic and Electrical Equipment). It is 16 months ahead of the time limit required by the EU, which signifies that Agilent Chengdu has truly achieved the goal of domestic electronic products meeting international environmental standards.
Brian LeMay, General Manager of Agilent Technologies (Chengdu) Technology Co., Ltd., said: “The success of Chengdu Agilent in the past five years is obvious to all. It stems from Agilent’s advanced technology and management advantages, as well as the excellent work of Chinese employees who are diligent and good at learning. The second phase of Agilent Chengdu's development will focus on establishing a new standard of 'Made in China', which means that we will continue to be based in Chengdu, facing the international market, and commit ourselves to continue to pursue rigorous and efficient product life cycle management processes and strict Supplier management concept, continuous design and development of high-tech content, high value-added new products, all-round to achieve industry-leading world-class quality."
Agilent Chengdu not only pays attention to the development of China and even the global market, but also pays attention to the embodiment of the core value of "excellent corporate citizenship." In the past five years, Agilent Chengdu has maintained close ties with well-known Chinese universities and government agencies to strengthen cooperation in science and environmental education. After the 5.12 Earthquake in 2008, Agilent Chengdu donated 10 Agilent N9340A handheld spectrum analyzers within four and a half hours after the earthquake to help restore and rebuild communication facilities in the earthquake-stricken area. In addition, Agilent Chengdu and Tsinghua University, University of Electronic Science and Technology and other major national universities have set up joint laboratories and donated instruments, as well as internships and training opportunities for graduate students, which provide suggestions for the cultivation of local talents in China.
Huo Feng, general manager of the former Agilent Technologies (Chengdu) Co., Ltd. and currently vice president of Agilent Technologies Co., Ltd. and president of Greater China, said: “Chengdu is one of Agilent’s strategically important cities in China, and it is formed together with Beijing and Shanghai. Agilent’s strategically important part of China's strategic layout.Agilent Chengdu develops products that compete with world-class products to meet the needs of global users.These 'Made in China' products fill Agilent’s gap in handheld RF microwave products, further Completed Agilent's full line of test and measurement products and solutions, brought new business growth points to Agilent, and achieved a historic breakthrough for multinationals in China."
Looking ahead, Agilent Chengdu will continue to integrate global leading professional knowledge, internationalized excellent management experience, and excellent local talents to contribute to the standardization of “Made in China†test and measurement products and solutions for Chinese and global customers and industries. Social development contributes more value and realizes a long-term commitment to Chinese society.