Minami is deeply engaged in the field of acoustics and has more than 20 years of R&D and manufacturing experience in the electroacoustic industry, focusing on electroacoustic components and electroacoustic finishing products. By integrating acoustics, mechanics, and electronic components, we have entered the level of finishing product such as headphones and speakers and provided ODM solutions for intelligent ear equipment to top brands of domestic and abroad. We also aggressively explore new products like AR glasses and move towards the integration of sound, light, and electricity.
As a comprehensive electro-acoustic solution provider that has evolved from a traditional electro-acoustic component manufacturer, the company has a profound technical accumulation and years of precision manufacturing experience. It has achieved vertical integration of the supply chain, which extends from parts to product RD, design and, finish good manufacturing. This integration provides customers with overall electro-acoustic solutions, enhances efficiency, response, and delivery. It offers high-quality, low-cost electro-acoustic finish good solutions. It significantly raised the yield of the product, efficiency, and consistency, hence strengthen the cooperation with customers.
We have a systematic R&D system, including professional electro-acoustic laboratories and various professional testing and calibration equipments. We have experienced R&D team formed by various level, knowledgeable team, which led by doctors and masters. The systematic R&D system, complete R&D organizational structure, and experienced R&D team ensure our continuous acquisition of cutting-edge core technologies in the electro-acoustic field, to provide customers with professional products and technical services, and to enhance our core competent. As of December 31, 2023, we had 42 invention patents and 451 utility models and designs, totaling 493 patents, and 100 software copyrights.
In 2017, we established a healthcare subsidiary to penetrate into the field, and obtained the production license for Class II medical devices in January of 2019. This expanded our production and operation scope of acoustic products and made us a domestic company capable of producing both consumer electro-acoustic products and health acoustic products. In the domain, we are vigorously promoting our own brand of professional hearing aids, TWS hearing aids with Bluetooth functions, personalized HIFI headphones, and smart rings, etc.