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Impact Mfg Quiz

China Office

Question: How many people work in the Impact China office?
Answer: 6

Question: In what city is the china office located?
Answer: Dongguan

Question: Who is the China office operations manager?
Answer: Julie Chu

Question: Does anyone speak English in our China office?
Answer: Yes. Nadia, Julie, and Joying speak English.

Question: Where does the staff live?
Answer: They all live in apartments that Impact pays for as part of their compensation. 

Thermoforming

Question: Name three types of plastic we use when thermoforming
Answer: PVC/PET/Styrene

Question: Name three structures we make when forming.
Answer: Clamshells/Blisters/Trays

Question: Do we make food grade thermoformed parts in China?
Answer: Yes

Question: How do we ensure the food grade parts we make are safe?
Answer: We have an outside lab test the parts using an FDA protocol for food safe packaging.

Question: What materials do we use for the two types of tooling we make?
Answer: Copper and aluminum

Shipping

Question: What size containers do we most commonly use?
Answer: 40' High Cube

Question: How many containers fit on a ship?
Answer: On average 5,000-10,000 containers fit on a ship.

Question: How many actual days on the ocean is a container?
Answer: 17 days. The rest of the time is for loading and unloading at the port.

Question: What are the three most common container sizes?
Answer: 40' High Cube / 40' Standard/ 20' Standard 

Question: Who's name is on the customs clearance paperwork?
Answer: Impact's name is on the customs clearance paperwork.

Impact Trivia

Question: What year was Impact incorporated?
Answer: 1998

Question: Does Impact  own the factories in China?
Answer: No. As part of an S Corp we cannot legally own an overseas company. We do however have a joint venture with our Chinese factory partner.

Question: What stock product does Impact sell on it's website?
Answer: Stock Clamshells

Question: How many total employees are there in the Impact division?
Answer: 13

Question: Can Impact manage business between our factory partners and our customers factories in Chinese currency?
Answer: Yes. We used to call this "unrealized" sales and is essentially a rebate program.

China Triva

Question: What number is considered unlucky in China?
Answer: The number 4. The pronunciation of the number 4 in Mandarin sounds as the word "Death"

Question: What is the currency called in China?
Answer: RMB or Renminbi. The basic unit of this currency is called yuan.

Question: Does Hong Kong and Mainland China use the same currency now that HK is part of China?
Answer: No. Hong Kong still uses the Hong Kong dollar as its currency.

Question: Who is the president of China?
Answer: The current President of China is Xi Jin Peng

Question: How do you say "Thank you in Mandarin?
Answer: Xie Xie. Pronounce shay shay.