Imported E-Cigarettes

Chinese E-Cigarettes Inventor

Chinese pharmacist Hon Lik invented the e-cigarette in 2003 with its patented ultrasonic technology. Hon Lik was a highly motivated inventor, given that his father was dying from lung cancer at the time.

Since then, most Chinese e-cigarette makers have replaced the ultrasonic technology with a heating element that vaporizes the nicotine solution in the e-cigarette mouthpiece so it can be inhaled. Another competitive advantage that explains why most electronic cigarettes continue to be sourced from the People's Republic is the low-cost of Chinese labor required to assemble electronic cigarette components.

Chinese Suppliers of Electronic Cigarettes

Larger Chinese e-cigarette manufacturers like Shenzhen Smoore Technology Limited employ more than 500 workers with a 4,000-square-meter factory located on China's south coast. After ramping up production in 2006, Shenzhen Smoore was the first company to produce e-cigarettes in Shenzhen. That Chinese city is now one of the world's most productive regions for producing e-cigarettes. A hi-tech company, Shenzhen Smoore can supply each of its customers with 50,000 packaged sets of e-cigarettes per month. Each e-cigarette kit comes with a battery charger that plugs into a USB computer port.

Since 2007, many smaller Chinese manufacturers like Dongguan Yorkbenq Electronics have become electronic cigarette suppliers. Even though the company has less than 100 workers, Dongguan Yorkbenq generates more than $100 million in annual sales by specializing in e-cigarette products.

Whether shipped by big or small Chinese e-cigarette companies, over 90% of electronic cigarettes made in China are exported to overseas markets.

Source:  suite101