Today was a big day early. We had 2 company visits in the morning, so we all had to power up big at breakfast. After breakfast but before the bus, I made a quick trip to Coop (the grocery store around the corner) and picked up some peanut butter and crackers. Sometimes you just gotta have some simple carbs that aren't noodles ya know? They have hit the spot all day today.
We went to an industrial park called VSIP - or Vietnam Singapore Industrial Park. It is a large industrial park that houses many big manufacturers. Pepsi has a factory there, but many of the clients are Japanese companies. It is a huge plot of land, and it was really cool to see the layout of the land. The most interesting part to me was to see all of the benefits that companies get when they join this industrial park, versus trying to make it on their own. VSIP has their own power grid, so blackouts aren't things that companies in the park have to worry about. VSIP also offers many logistics services to their clients, which definitely helps business flow smoothly.
The other company we visited was II-IV, a company that dealt alot with optics and cooling technology. II-VI was a company located in VSIP, so that was why we did them back to back. We got to tour their factory and see the lenses being made (the majority of which were done by hand, something that surprised me). Some of their lenses are used in laser eye surgery, which I thought was cool. The company also dealt with cooling technology. What I mean is that the products they design are utilized by many other companies who have technologies that only work at a certain range of temperatures. Their cooling chips are installed by other companies and will regulate the temperature of those devices, so that those devices are able to function properly.
Sorry, no pictures today... technical difficulties with my phone!
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