[5] The company refers to itself as an "industry cluster",[6] but it may serve as an anchor for multiple integrated industrial-base sites.
[8] This period of growth culminated with an IPO on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in April 2000.
It shuttered a small appliances unit[8] and sold to creditors an 80% equity stake in its newly minted mobile phone subsidiary for a nominal sum.
[21] Due to losses and the amount of debt it had taken on, 80% of ownership in Skyworth Mobile was sold for the nominal cost of one yuan and one Hong Kong Dollar to creditors Shenzhen Baoyi and Shine Success in 2008 with the understanding that they would inject more cash into the enterprise.
[12] Located in the Skyworth high-tech industrial park the Tangtou village of Shiyan County, Bao'an District, Shenzhen, Skyworth Precision Technology Co Ltd manufactures moulds for use in the injection molding of parts for household appliances, automobile components, televisions, etc.
[24] A manufacturer of AV security products, including CRT CCTVs and CCD cameras,[25] it was established in 2000 or 2001 and is located in Bagualing, Futian District, Shenzhen.
Television productions bases are located at the New Guangming District of Shenzhen,[26] in the Hohhot Economic Development Area of Inner Mongolia, [27] at a flat display industrial park in the Shiyan county of the Bao'an District, Shenzhen, [21] and at the Guangzhou Economic and Technology Development Zone in Guangzhou.
[28] Another Skyworth-owned site is the Skyworth High-Tech Industrial Park, located in the Tangtou village of Shiyan County, Bao'an District, Shenzhen.
[22] Skyworth overseas locations include offices in Mexico, Russia, and the United States.
[6] In 2014 their partners included: Inview Technology Ltd,[29] a UK based company specialising in advanced EPGs[30] for digital TV.
Skyworth announced that they will be offering operators a number of Inview's services including advertising, Push-VOD and multiscreen.
Inview has also developed the software platform for Skyworth's HDMI dongle that allows users to view content such as VOD, live streamed channels and social networking apps on any television, controlled by their mobile phones.