Speaker factory and audio factory moved to new location as part of the diversification of our audio business. Professor James E. West, co-inventor of the modern electret microphone and technology consultant to HORN visited our factory. He was warmly welcomed by Shenzhen government leaders and then gave informative lectures at HORN, Tongji University and Institute of Acoustics and the Chinese Academy of Sciences. HORN attended and was a sponsor of The Twelfth International Symposium on Electrets (ISE12), becoming the first Chinese sponsor of the event. HORN 2nd Technology Convention held. President Catherine Wang stressed that we should devote ourselves to research, quality and customer service in order to continue to establish our company as a world leader in our field. Semi-automatic production line implemented. Received “The Technology Improvement Medal” from the Shenzhen Promotion Association for Small and Medium Enterprises. Speaker factory opened.