Recently, Anker Innovation announced that it intends to increase investment in the upgrading project of Shenzhen Product Technology Research and Development Center. According to the announcement, the original planned investment of 461 million yuan in the project will now be doubled to 825 million yuan, and the source of funds for the increase of 365 million yuan is over-raised funds (including interest income).
Splitting the investment amount of Anker Innovation, it can be found that its investment in the upgrading project of Shenzhen Product Technology Research and Development Center is first reflected in the cost of real estate acquisition, which is planned to increase by 322 million yuan, with a total capital investment of 466 million yuan; followed by research and development equipment, an increase of 0.56 billion yuan; and again office equipment, an increase of 0.22 billion yuan.
Therefore, it is worth noting that with the increase in this investment, in the Shenzhen Product Technology Research and Development Center project, the purchase cost of Anker Innovation's real estate accounted for more than half of the total investment amount.
Shenzhen Product Technology R&D Center Upgrade Project Investment Details
In this regard, the explanation given by Anker Innovation in the announcement is that due to the expansion of categories and the increase in the number of R&D personnel introduced, the original office space area has been difficult to meet the needs of the company. However, in this increase in investment, the cost of personnel has not increased.
On the same day, its announcement also showed that Anker Innovation also adjusted its capital investment in the Changsha R&D product center project, adding 0.15 billion yuan to office facilities.
As a star enterprise in cross-border e-commerce, Anker Innovation was once regarded as a representative of the brand on Amazon's platform. Such eye-catching results are inseparable from Anker Innovation's emphasis on research and development, on the one hand, it is reflected in the number of R & D team, from 2019 to the first half of 2021, the number of R & D personnel is 822, 1010 and 1277, accounting for 53%, 47% and 42% of the total number of employees;
On the other hand, it is also reflected in the R & D investment, according to the prospectus, from 2017 to 2019, The R & D investment of Anker Innovation was 200 million yuan, 287 million yuan and 394 million yuan, accounting for 5.14%, 5.48% and 5.92% of the revenue, respectively. And its research and development mainly focuses on GaN (gallium nitride semiconductor material) material applications, charging adaptive technology, intelligent power distribution energy-saving technology and other aspects.
If you compare the cross-border big names in the same period, such as Aoji Technology, which also started with 3C electronics, its research and development accounted for less than 2%. Undoubtedly, Anker has invested a lot in research and development.
According to the disclosure of the prospectus, the main purposes of Anker's innovative fundraising are four: namely the Shenzhen product technology research and development center upgrade project, the Changsha software research and development and product testing center project, the Changsha headquarters operation management center construction and upgrading project and the supplementary working capital project.
Raise funds for investment projects
Among them, the projects that are closely related to research and development are mainly concentrated in the first two projects. However, according to the details disclosed in this announcement, the two projects invested a total of 1.185 billion yuan after the adjustment of capital investment. Among them, the cost of property acquisition was 466 million yuan and 46 million yuan respectively, accounting for 43% of the project investment. Therefore, in the name of R&D investment, in fact, a lot of money is used to buy upstairs.
As the track of 3C electronics becomes more and more rolled, the market has risen to a higher level of product research and development for each company - it is no longer just the stage of R & D investment, but the time to look at the finished product. Therefore, Anker Innovation, which is in a sea of red, obviously needs new actions to continue to exert efforts on the product side.