On Friday the press was invited to join the Kingston Factory tour. After a short trip on the Taiwanese high speed railroad our journey continued in a few small mini busses.

Typical before entering the working floor of the factory the usual dress up scene takes place. For some of us this meant a total extreme makeover, for the factory workers it is a daily routine.

Stuff the men in black, these are the new super heroes that will blow your mind away! Lovely to see all the policies of the Kingston Company everywhere the factory.

We visited several floors in the Kingston Factory; sadly taking pictures was not always allowed as Kingston also manufacturers a lot of memory and SSD products for OEM partners. On the first floor we saw the machines who position and solder the memory modules on the PCB of an SSD. Close to no human interaction is required as everything, even the verification of it all is done by the automated machines.

On another floor we saw gazillions of memory testing setups, ranging from older socket S775 setup to modern laptops and ultra books. Some serious quality control and verifications process in full action here...

The labeling is mostly automated, sometimes however requiring manual interaction; too many machines passed the revue. Interesting was the burn-in chamber to make sure the products which hit the shelves have been carefully verified for maximum longevity and durability.

To finally arrive in the packaging department, wrapped up to soon to hit a store near you! Overall this was pretty impressive plant to visit. Even with the laid down restrictions we were allowed to snoop around and gather some nice information about the how's and why's.

Thanks a lot Kingston crew for the nice event and factory tour. Much appreciated!