Next Generation Motor Growth Leader NanoMuscle Opens China Design Center

Next Generation Motor Growth Leader NanoMuscle Opens China Design Center
NanoMuscle, the growth leader in the next generation motor industry, has opened its product design center in Shenzhen's Special Economic Zone in Southern China. The new facility follows the opening of NanoMuscle's regional headquarters in Hong Kong earlier this year and will continue to build on collaborative relationships with toy and automotive customers that have operations in the Pearl River Delta and elsewhere in China.

Located in Futian, Shenzhen, the new center will employ approximately 100 local employees with some US-based executives relocating. The new center will be an important part of NanoMuscle's global research and development efforts.

"Southern China has the largest concentration of toy manufacturers in the world and in turn a rich population of highly skilled engineers and developers," said Rod MacGregor, CEO and co-founder of NanoMuscle. "Our new facilities are aimed at ensuring customers can realize the full benefits of deploying silent, low cost NanoMuscle motors in their products -- from the initial design stage through high volume production."

Unlike the old, traditional electromagnetic motors, NanoMuscles use smart materials to create movement. These materials allow NanoMuscle motors to have completely silent motion at a lower cost and lighter weight than electromagnetic motors. For the toy indus