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Pycom Enters New Strategic Partnership With Season Group
September 12, 2018 | Season GroupEstimated reading time: 2 minutes
Pycom, an innovative Internet of Things (IoT) technology company, enters a strategic partnership with Season Group to provide end-to-end development, integration and manufacturing services for aspiring small to medium size enterprises (SME) companies. Based in Hong Kong, Season Group has been dedicated to providing disruptive organisations complete customized manufacturing and engineering services for over forty years.
Pycom is partnering with Season Group to ease one of the toughest parts of the technology development journey—the manufacturing process. “This is the main reason many projects never make it to market,” says Fred de Haro, Pycom CEO and co-Founder. “With the help of Season Group, we are thrilled to offer our customers a seamless process through manufacturing hurdles, making it possible to go from initial idea to final product in as little as three months.”
“The biggest hurdle for any IoT project is time. Getting an idea to market before anyone else, and in many cases before running out of cash,” says de Haro. “Most entrepreneurs can only afford to keep projects going for a few months before requiring significant funding, making it difficult for SME’s to fund large production volumes, and finding the right manufacturing partner can be a long process and full of risk.”
In Pycom we have found a kindred spirit for innovation and a mutual drive to understand customer “The biggest hurdle for any IoT project is time. Getting an idea to market before anyone else, and in many cases before running out of cash. Most entrepreneurs can only afford to keep projects going for a few months before requiring significant funding, making it difficult for SME’s to fund large production volumes. Finding the right manufacturing partner can be a long process and full of risk.” needs and deliver successful solutions,” said Carl Hung, Season Group CEO. “We look forward to availing customers of our extensive in-house design capabilities and experience in deploying complete IoT solutions to empower this thriving market.”
Pycom maintains its main volume product manufacturing agreement with Taiwan-based Askey, a wholly owned ASUS Computers Group Company. Pycom and Season Group will be available at the GSMA Mobile World Congress Americas from the 12th through 14th September 2018. Stop by the Pycom booth in the South Hall (booth S.25140 to chat about innovative end-to-end solutions for connected IoT devices. Also look for an exciting new consumer offering from Pycom, launching via Kickstarter this 2nd of October.
About Pycom
Pycom is an Internet of Things technology company with a vision to give all connected ideas an opportunity to succeed. The company has pioneered an innovative IoT platform which is a unique suite of hardware and software products that connect developers, enterprises and consumers, creating an ecosystem between connectable things that removes barriers and reduces time to market. Since its launch in 2016, Pycom has attracted more than 29K customers across 83 countries and has attracted more than 240K developers to its global developer community.
About Season Group
Season Group is dedicated to providing complete customized manufacturing and design services worldwide. With facilities in the USA, Canada, Mexico, UK, China and Malaysia, Season Group has over 800,000 sq. ft. of manufacturing space and over 1800 employees worldwide. The sites are ISO9001, AS9100, IATF 16949, ISO13485 and/or ISO14001 certified.
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