'Small giants' do heavy lifting for industrial base

Innovative firms use robots and lasers to chart a new path for Changchun, report He Na and Han Junhong.

Unlike many companies that are concerned about finding enough customers, Gou Yang, general manager of Changchun Northern Chemical Filling Equipment Co, is worried about how to handle the company's burgeoning order backlog.

Orders in hand could keep the company's facilities running around the clock until mid-2015.