- CEO
- Chun Bong So
- Full Time Employees
- 208
- Sector
- Technology
- Industry
- Hardware, Equipment & Parts
- Address
- Cheuk Nang Centre Tsim Sha Tsui Hong Kong
- IPO Date
- Nov 6, 1989
- Business
- Bonso Electronics International Inc. (BNSO), a British Virgin Islands-incorporated holding company established in 1988 and headquartered in Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong, designs, develops, manufactures and sells electronic sensor-based and wireless products through its subsidiaries in Hong Kong and the People's Republic of China (PRC), including Bonso Electronics Limited, Bonso Advanced Technology Limited, and PRC entities such as Bonso Advanced Technology (Xinxing) Company Limited and Bonso Electronics (Shenzhen) Company Limited; its core offerings span four segments encompassing sensor-based scales for bathroom, kitchen, office, jewelry, laboratory, postal and industrial applications in consumer, commercial and industrial markets; pet electronic products for consumer use sold via wholesalers, pet shops and online platforms including Taobao, Tmall, Alibaba and Amazon; rental and management services leasing factory space and equipment at its Xinxing and Shenzhen facilities to third parties; and others including tooling and mold charges, scrap material sales, and home appliances such as cordless leaf blowers, food vacuum sealers and hydroponic growing systems. Manufacturing occurs at its vertically integrated 146,000 square meter facility in Xinxing, Yunfu City, Guangdong Province, China, employing over 500 people and handling load cell assembly, SMT, plastic injection, metal stamping and assembly for OEM, OBM and ODM customers primarily in the United States and Europe. In recent developments, scales accounted for 59% of fiscal year 2024 revenue ended March 31 versus 68% in 2023, pet products and others contributed 20%, and rental and management rose to 21%; the company delisted from Nasdaq in July 2023 and now trades on OTC Markets Pink tier under BNSOF following a Form 15 deregistration to reduce compliance costs; it continues pursuing Shenzhen factory redevelopment into a high-rise industrial-commercial complex via its 2017 partnership with Shenzhen Fangda Property Development Company Limited, a Fangda Group subsidiary listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange, with Fangda handling approvals and financing for a projected 45% floor area share for Bonso subject to government ratification anticipated by end-2024; and leases approximately 172,000 square feet at Xinxing plus partial Shenzhen space since April 2021, bolstering rental income amid manufacturing shifts.