"Local tiger" and "crossing the river" complement each other, and the robotics industry accelerates its rise
——A series of reports on the high-quality development of Foshan High-tech Zone (Part 1)
Not long ago, the adaptive robot "Rizon (Dawn)" independently developed by Fexi Technology became the first force-controlled robot in China to obtain the CE+ETL dual certification.
CE certification is recognized by the European Union as an access certification and is regarded as a "passport" for manufacturers to open and enter the European market.
"I chose to come to Foshan and settle in Foshan High-tech Zone because of the good upstream and downstream industrial chain and perfect industrial ecology here." Said Wang Shiquan, CEO of Fexi Technology.
In recent years, as the main force in the development of the robot industry in Foshan, Foshan, Foshan High-tech Zone has adopted a series of powerful measures such as independent innovation, application promotion innovation, financial innovation, etc., to form a "core technology research and development-robot body-robot integration-robot The complete industrial innovation chain of "application-industrial big data" has created a complete innovation ecosystem for the robot industry, attracting a group of robot companies such as Fexi Technology to take root here.
As Foshan's manufacturing industry has set off a new wave of digital and intelligent transformation, the robot industry in Foshan High-tech Zone is ushering in a new round of development opportunities.
The robot industry develops steadily
"Our self-developed robot control system has achieved large-scale batch applications, and the autonomous proportion of mass-produced industrial robot core components exceeds 80%. Especially in terms of overall solutions for intelligent production lines, it has completely competed with similar foreign products. No distinction between upper and lower." Feng Xiaotong, deputy general manager of Foshan Huashu Robot Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as Huashu Robot), introduced that Huashu robot products have been widely used in 3C, automobile and motorcycle, new energy, household appliances, kitchen and bathroom fields, among which are notebooks. The computer field has realized import substitution.
From scratch to a leading company in the industry, the development history of Wasu Robotics is also the epitome of the robust growth of the robot industry in Foshan High-tech Zone.
Foshan is an important manufacturing base in the country and even in the world. As it is moving towards high-quality development, it keenly captures the opportunities for the future development of the robot industry, takes the lead in building an industrial robot industrial park in China, and develops into one of the main domestic robot production areas.
As an important driving force for Foshan's technological innovation and development, Foshan High-tech Zone insists on leading the upgrading of manufacturing by developing the robot industry.
In recent years, with the development of the industry, a number of local robotics companies have emerged in Foshan High-tech Zone, such as Longshen Robotics, Jiateng Robotics, etc., while attracting a large number of world-class leading companies such as ABB, KUKA, FANUC, Yaskawa Electric, etc. Deploying by means of cooperation or investment, the "local tigers" and "crossing dragons" complement each other.
It is precisely because of the early deployment that even in the past two years facing the huge impact of the epidemic on the economy, the robot industry in Foshan High-tech Zone is still steadily ill.
In April this year, the second phase of Midea KUKA Intelligent Manufacturing Technology Park started construction.
Japan's Kawasaki Robot "hands in" the Foshan High-tech Zone enterprise-Longshen Robotics, invested 100 million yuan to establish a joint venture company.
In addition, domestic and foreign robot companies such as Yinghe and Lan Fatzi have successively settled down.
A strong army sprinting an output value of 300 billion yuan
The development of an industry requires a sound industrial innovation ecology.
The vigorous development of the robot industry in Foshan High-tech Zone actually contains the "ingenuity" of Foshan High-tech Zone.
In response to the needs of enterprises for technology and services, Foshan High-tech Zone has spent its thoughts on integrating industrial innovation resources to build a carrier platform.
China (Guangdong) Robot Integration Innovation Center, Guanggong University of Technology CNC Equipment Research Institute, Foshan Intelligent Equipment Technology Research Institute... a number of high-end robotics industry development platforms have been established one after another.
Among them, the "shared factory" jointly built by the CNC Research Institute of Guanggong University of Technology-the intelligent robot grinding and polishing shared workstation, is for enterprises to test the water for intelligent manufacturing at low cost.
Local companies are taking a wait-and-see attitude towards "machine substitution". Foshan High-tech Zone has devoted great efforts to strengthening industrial policy support, launching the "lighthouse factory" cultivation plan, and launching "machine substitution" tailor-made financial leasing services for enterprises.
"When we settled in the Foshan High-tech Zone in 2015, the robot industry in the park was in its infancy, and now the entire robot industry ecology in the park has been established." Feng Xiaotong has a deep understanding of this.
The good ecology has led to the vigorous development of the industry.
At present, there are over 10,000 application robots for enterprises in the park.
Foshan Desena Technology Co., Ltd. reformed the production line. Without increasing the space and personnel, the production efficiency was increased by 25%, the labor cost was reduced by 50%, and the annual sales increased by 30%.
Tasting the sweetness brought by robots, the company has also become the regional general agent of Yaskawa Robots, and has gradually realized the transformation and development of a manufacturing enterprise to a service-oriented enterprise.
The Fourteenth Five-Year Plan of Foshan City proposes that by 2025, the four major industrial clusters, including intelligent manufacturing equipment and robots, will sprint an output value of 300 billion yuan.
The benefits don't stop there.
In August of this year, the Foshan High-tech Zone Management Committee officially launched the 2021 Foshan High-tech Zone's frontier technology application scenario pilot demonstration project certification, and subsidized up to 1 million yuan to enterprises and institutions that have obtained the frontier technology application scenario pilot demonstration project certification.
This also announces that Foshan High-tech Zone is about to usher in the largest wave of digital and intelligent transformation. The robot market will enter the "blue ocean" and will become a strong force in Foshan's robot industry towards a 300 billion-level cluster.
Our reporter Ye Qing, correspondent Liang Tie