JEM Smart Innovations, LLC was established in early 2022 by Stephen Hung with the goal of bringing new and innovative product design solutions to market.
Steve started working in the automotive industry after graduating from the University of Toronto as an Industrial Engineer on Monday January 3, 2000 at Troy Design and Manufacturing Co. This was an easy date to remember since the year 2000 bug was supposed to have ended the world two days earlier!
Troy Design, a wholly owned subsidiary of Ford Motor Company, specializes in the design and manufacture of automotive tooling, prototype stampings and assemblies, and low volume production. Over the course of his career at TDM, Steve had the opportunity to learn and experience all aspects of automotive product development, body-in-white sheet metal, and lean manufacturing. He played an important role in the planning and execution of major capital equipment and facilities projects as well as supporting the business side of the organization with estimating, investment strategy, and developing software tools to streamline program management.
Steve would always employ a hands-on approach to problem solving and would often learn how to program and operate machines, robots, or industrial controls as part of the process. This also extended to learning 3D CAD for tooling design and computer programming languages to develop software solutions. During the 2020 COVID pandemic, Steve was part of a Ford team that designed and built the first automated face shield manufacturing machine from initial concept to production in 16 weeks. The method and process has been patented through Ford Global Technologies (US Pat. #US20210368883A1) with Steve being credited as one of the principal inventors.
After a 22-year career in the automotive industry, Steve decided that it was time to do something different and use the skills, knowledge, and experience he had gained to take on new challenges as an entrepreneur. The JEM in JEMSMART comes from the names of his three children: Josiah, Eli, and Madeline (born in that order). This is an ongoing reminder of the things that matter most in life and why we continue to strive to put forth our best at JEMSMART each and every day.