• Founded by George Cheng in Hong Kong in 1983
• Trained at Beijing University as an Electrical Engineer.
• Imported keyboards from Japan and Europe were too expensive, so that drove him to build electronic keyboards in China, for China.
• In 1993 they moved to a 900sqm facility in Shenzhen for manufacture,
• Another factory was opened in 2003.
• Also In 2003 Medeli founded a special team to develop their own sound chips, in Shanghai.
• In 2009 Medeli moved production to ‘Medeli Park’ in Zhuhai (near HK) to a new 100,000sqm facility.
• Now, Medeli make 1.5million units per year, employing over 1000 people.As part of their manufacturing, they control:
• Plastic Injection Moulding (cases, keys, buttons)
• Metalwork
• Painting / Printing / silkscreen
• Wood Processing (Cabinets for pianos)• PCB assembly
• Complete production – from A to Z.
Medeli’s Head of Keyboard Development:Former head of EKB at Yamaha, Japan.
Medeli’s Head of Digital Drum Development:Former head of Roland V-Drum project, USA.>> Stephen G Fisher
WHY MEDELI MATTERS
Medeli could be a disruptor in the Piano/Keyboard market in the UK, offering high quality products, at lower prices than Japanese competition