Hong Kong Industrialist Jan-Mar 2021

2020 YIAH AND IOY SUPPLEMENT | 2020「香港青年工業家」暨「傑出工業家」特輯 Judges’ Comments: •Strives to develop products with new materials •Believes in promoting sustainable development 評審委員會評語： •致力開發新物料產品  •積極推動行業可持續發展 M r Kelvin Wong graduated with a Bachelor of Business Administration from the University of Southern California, United States. Upon returning to Hong Kong, he immediately embarked on a career in textile industry. He took up the responsibility of General Manager in a wholly-owned subsidiary of his family business, focusing on the frontline management of subsidiaries and their factories with businesses spanning from Hong Kong to Mainland China. Through these hands-on experiences, he felt deeply that if the textile industry in Hong Kong was to continue its old way of operation, chances were slim and the industry would become old-fashioned in no time. He sensed that there was an urgent need to revolutionise the traditional operation mode within the textile industry in Hong Kong in order to embrace the new era of industrialisation. His vision led him to strengthen management of the business, and digitised the operation of the traditional enterprise by implementing Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) to revamp legacy ordering, manufacturing and inventory management processes. The digital transformation has enhanced production throughput and operational efficiency. More importantly, Mr Wong deployed resources into setting up a Research and Development Department which expanded their product range and gained a better market position in the industry. As Mr Wong took change of the management, efficiency and the scale of the business improved substantially, the number of employees increased from 3,000 to 10,000. Constantly looking for a breakthrough in the textile industry, Mr Wong noticed the potential and opportunities for the high-end functional fabric market in mainland China. He organised a new team to establish Smart Team Textiles Technology Limited (Smart Team Group) in 2011 to introduce high-end functional fabrics to premium customers in the mainland China. The company also focuses on manufacturing and developing new types of fabrics such as those with heat-retaining, skin-care, anti- bacterial, quick-dry and humidity control functions. The company successfully obtained 15 patents for its functional fabrics and production methods, and the Group has become one of the pioneering enterprises possessing the technical know- how of functional knitted fabrics. Smart Team Group possesses a well-established research and development team and a quality control system with pioneering status in functional knitted fabrics technology. The Group’s major company was therefore invited to participate in drafting the PRC national industry standard on “Thermal & Moisture Controlled Functional Knitted Fabric for Innerwear”. The company was jointly recognised by the China National Textile and Apparel Council, China Textile Information Centre and China Textiles Development Centre as the “Fabric China Pioneer Plant” for its leadership in the development of the industry, innovation of its products as well as its pursuit of quality perfection. The parent company of Smart Team Group, ST International Holdings Company Ltd., was successfully listed on the Growth Enterprise Market of the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong (SEHK: 8521) in 2018. As the Chairman of the listed company, Mr Wong has led ST International Holdings Company Limited to leverage on the advantage of the listing platform to develop premium-quality products towards building a fast- growing potential textile technology enterprise. 黃 繼雄於1999年在美國南加州大學工商管理系畢業， 其後隨即投身紡織工業。他曾在其家族企業的全資子 公司擔任總經理，並在香港及國內從事紡織業的子公司及 工廠擔任最前線的管理工作。 在過程中，他深感香港紡織企業因循守舊，將面臨被淘 汰的危機，認為傳統工業必須尋求突破性革新。 他主張將企業的管理升級至營運數據化的管理，推行企 業資源管理系統(ERP)，把傳統的訂單、生產流程及庫存 管理升級轉型，提升生產及營運效率。黃繼雄更建立及帶 領研發部門，投入更多資源在產品研發上，改善現有產品 及推出新產品。在他領導變革期間，大大提升了企業的效 益和規模，加強了家族企業的研發能力、產量及質量，亦 擴闊了產品種類，企業規模由原來的3,000名員工發展至 高峰期約有10,000名員工。 黃繼雄洞悉國內高端及功能性內衣服裝面料市場的先 機，為了進一步在紡織業尋求突破性發展，毅然在2011年 組織新團隊成立了兆天紡織科技有限公司(「兆天集團」)， 主力發展國內的高端客戶。兆天集團專注於生產及研發 高端面料，例如保暖、護膚、抗菌、速乾及控濕的高端面 料，把功能性針織面料介紹及推廣到內地市場。兆天集團 先後在國內註冊了15項功能性面料紡織品及生產工序方面 的專利，成為內地功能性針織面料技術的領先企業之一。 兆天集團擁有完整的科學研發團隊和品質管制體系，在功 能性針織面料技術領域佔據領先地位，旗下主要成員公司 更於2015年獲邀成為中國熱濕舒適性針織內衣行業標準制 定工作的主要起草單位之一，並獲中國紡織工業聯合會、 中國紡織信息中心及國家紡織產品開發中心共同認可為「國 家功能性針織產品開發基地」，引領行業發展。 黃繼雄帶領兆天集團母公司「智紡國際控股有限公司」 於2018年在香港聯交所創業板上市。作為上市公司主席， 他領導智紡國際控股有限公司，充分利用上市平台的優 勢，繼續專注發展高質素產品，成為高增長潛力的紡織科 技企業。 2020 Mr Wong Kai-hung, Kelvin Chairman and Executive Director, ST International Holdings Company Limited 黃繼雄先生 智紡國際控股有限公司  董事會主席兼執行董事   Nominator: Mr Chan Ka-wai Chairman & CEO of CATALO Natural Health Group 提名人：陳家偉先生 美國家得路集團 主席及行政總裁 78 | 1-3/2021