Our reporter Wu Weihong
Sun Zhiqiang, Chairman of Risong Technology, said in an exclusive interview with a reporter from China Securities News recently that the company attaches great importance to independent innovation and always adheres to leading the development of the enterprise with technology. In the future, the company will adhere to the path of independent research and development, play a leading role in the field of intelligent manufacturing and robotics, and become a "beacon" enterprise of intelligent manufacturing in China.
Industry leading technology
According to reports, Risong Technology was established in 2012, focusing on research and development, design, manufacturing, application, and sales services in the fields of robotics, industrial software, and intelligent manufacturing. It provides flexible, digital, and intelligent system solutions for high-end manufacturing customers at home and abroad. Its products are widely used in industries such as automotive, mechanical heavy industry, and 3C electronics. In 2020, the company was listed on the Science and Technology Innovation Board.
After years of accumulation, Risong Technology has mastered multiple independent research and development core technologies and achievements such as industrial robots, intelligent welding, intelligent assembly, laser technology, machine vision, industrial software, and digital chemical plants. By the first half of 2022, Risong Technology had a total of 21 core technology achievements applied to the market, with 257 patents obtained, and many core innovation achievements reached international advanced levels.
Sun Zhiqiang stated that technological research and development and innovation capabilities are the company's core competitiveness and the first driving force to lead the development of the enterprise. The company has always adhered to technology leading enterprise development, unswervingly followed the independent research and development route, and formed unique innovation advantages and technical capabilities.
As a scientific and innovative enterprise, the company has independently built multiple research and development platforms such as "Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Robot Digital Intelligent Manufacturing Technology Enterprises", "Guangdong Provincial Robot Intelligent Welding Engineering Technology Research Center", and "Guangdong Provincial Automotive Intelligent Equipment (Risong Beidou) Technology Engineering Research Center", continuously improving innovation capabilities and research and development levels. In recent years, Risong Technology has been awarded the titles of "Ministry of Industry and Information Technology Specializing in Special New Little Giant", "Ministry of Industry and Information Technology Industrial Internet Pilot Demonstration Unit", and "Ministry of Industry and Information Technology Industrial Enterprise Intellectual Property Application Pilot Enterprise".
As the leading enterprise in the intelligent robot industry cluster in Guangdong Province, Risong Technology has already ranked the first echelon in the field of intelligent welding robot system segmentation in China, and is in a leading position in the field of intelligent welding and assembly production lines for automotive body-in-white robots in China. The company's intelligent welding robot system has formed a complete process equipment industry chain, has core independent intellectual property rights, and is internationally leading in production technology and process, creating a broad application scenario for automation and intelligence in the manufacturing industry.
High growth of new energy vehicle business
Recently, Risong Technology was successfully selected as the seventh batch of national manufacturing single champion demonstration enterprises. In addition, the key technology and complete equipment project for high-quality and efficient friction stir welding of thin-walled curved aluminum alloy led by the company won the second prize of the 2022 National "Science and Technology Award for Mechanical Industry", with the overall technology reaching the international advanced level. With its strong technical strength and mature project experience, the company has continued to develop steadily in recent years, and its industry position and brand influence have continuously improved.
According to reports, as a key area for the company to expand in recent years, Risong Technology's new energy vehicle business is entering a period of rapid growth. This year, the company has undertaken multiple new energy vehicle production line projects such as BYD, GAC Aian, and Xiaopeng Automobile. In addition, the company's key customers include GAC Toyota, GAC Honda, Hechuang Automobile, Zero Running Automobile, etc. As of the first half of the year, the new energy vehicle business income has accounted for 51.67% of the company's operating income.
Sun Zhiqiang stated that in the future, the company will comprehensively build intelligent and digital automotive production lines, form a new model of intelligent manufacturing in the automotive industry by improving the ecology of advanced manufacturing technology, achieve lower cost, higher performance, and greater flexibility in production and manufacturing for customers, and continuously promote high-quality development of the industry.
At the same time, in 3C electronics, mechanical heavy industry, aerospace, rail transit and other industrial fields, Risong Technology is also accelerating its expansion, and the order volume continues to rise. Among them, in the mechanical and heavy industry, the company has conducted in-depth cooperation with head customers such as Sany Heavy Industry, Zoomlion Heavy Technology, and Shanhe Intelligent.
In new business areas such as industrial software, in December 2021, the company released its newly developed industrial software products, accumulating functional modules and software products with industry characteristics on three-dimensional design, simulation, and production digital platforms. In addition, the company has also made continuous breakthroughs in the field of machine vision business. In the first half of 2022, the company launched a fully independently developed deep learning software platform for industrial scenes, as well as products such as laser engraving, cleaning, and detection integrated machines for automotive vehicle identification codes.
Strive to become an industry solution provider
According to reports, last year, Risong Technology released a medium-term strategic plan for the "Lighthouse Project". In the future, the company will deeply integrate into the national digital ecosystem, jointly promote industry digitization with the first echelon of intelligent manufacturing, play a leading role in the field of intelligent manufacturing and robotics technology, provide leading technologies, products, and solutions, become a "lighthouse" enterprise in China's intelligent manufacturing, and continue to play a role of benchmarking and leading, Lead or participate in the construction of national "lighthouse factories".
Sun Zhiqiang stated that in the future, the company will focus on the four business segments of intelligent manufacturing, intelligent equipment, industrial software, and industrial interconnection, while adhering to independent research and development, closely connecting domestic and foreign advanced technological resources, giving full play to the role of a national robot intelligent manufacturing platform, and creating a number of industry-leading and national independent intellectual property achievements.
According to the plan, in terms of intelligent manufacturing business, Risong Technology will continue to deeply explore the segmented application scenarios in various industrial fields, continue to expand the demand for intelligent manufacturing in the segmented industries, and move towards the strategic goal of providing comprehensive digital chemical plant and intelligent factory solutions with process as the core, digital as the carrier, and facing the entire manufacturing process.
In terms of intelligent equipment, the company will continue to focus on friction stir welding equipment, further improve product functions, face lightweight material connection application technology, effectively address the welding needs of new materials and new processes, and create a world benchmark for intelligent manufacturing of lightweight materials.
In terms of industrial software business, the company will launch professional software modules targeting more segmented industries and more application scenarios based on standardized industrial software products, and create an efficient and lightweight collaborative design platform to achieve integrated software products and digital solutions. In terms of industrial interconnection business, the company will continuously increase its market share in the field of machine vision and further build a complete ecological environment.
