Hangzhou Steel Structure: Speeding Up Digital Transformation

Recently, the "2024 Industrial Internet Top 500" list was officially released, with Hangzhou HX Steel Structure Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "HX Steel", stock code: 600477) ranking 106th on the list and 11th in Zhejiang Province.

It is reported that the list report was jointly researched and compiled by Internet Weekly, eNET Research Institute, and Deben Consulting. It selects industrial internet companies with strong innovation capabilities and market potential in various sub-industries from multiple dimensions such as comprehensive technical strength, market influence, and user evaluation.

Pioneer of intelligent manufacturing in the era of industrial internet

In the era of industrial internet, the manufacturing model of digitization, networking, and intelligence will be the magic weapon for future manufacturers to seize the market and take the initiative. HX Steel established the "Green Intelligent Building Industrial Internet Joint Laboratory" as early as 2020, creating a "future factory" collaborative manufacturing platform with data as the engine to achieve distributed and shared manufacturing of steel structures within the domain. After 4 years of strategic development, HX Steel has 16 intelligent production lines in the field of information-based intelligent manufacturing, combining BIM technology with a collaborative management platform, and was rated as a provincial key industrial internet platform in 2024.

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At the same time, HX Steel's subsidiary, Wanjun Green Building Technology Co., Ltd., integrates upstream and downstream enterprises in the supply chain, providing professional procurement and sales management services to help enterprises optimize resource allocation. This is not only an innovation in the industrial internet industry chain but also enhances the overall market competitiveness of the enterprise.

Focusing on the intelligent development strategy, HX Steel accelerates the digital transformation of the enterprise, achieving quality upgrading in the fields of networking, intelligence, integration, and low carbonization. HX Steel was awarded the title of "2024 Industrial Internet Top 500" and has become a leading symbolic achievement in the industry.

Climbing to the top of the global industry with future standards

The latest data released by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology shows that the scale of China's industrial internet core industry reached 1.35 trillion yuan in 2023, covering all 41 major industries, showing the rapid development momentum of China's industrial internet. Against this backdrop, HX Steel is firmly moving towards the deeper goals of Industry 4.0.

HX Steel is well aware that the industrial internet is a key part of Industry 4.0, so the company has established close cooperative relationships with well-known universities and research institutions such as Tsinghua University and Zhejiang University, and has established a post-doctoral research workstation and a provincial-level academician workstation. By applying advanced technologies such as BIM, sensing and control technology, big data, cloud computing, and the Internet of Things, HX Steel incorporates data from the entire process of design, procurement, manufacturing, transportation, and project site management into unified management, achieving digital and intelligent collaborative management under the scenario of Industry 4.0, effectively improving productivity and competitiveness.

In 2023, China's share of global manufacturing has reached about 30%, shifting from quantitative growth to quality improvement, and pursuing high-quality, high-added-value production capacity. In the competition with countries such as the United States, Germany, and Japan in the field of advanced industrial production technology, the era of Industry 4.0 provides an important opportunity for Chinese enterprises to "overtake". HX Steel's active layout and in-depth practice not only inject new momentum into its own development but also strive to set a benchmark for the entire industry.Strategizing for the Global Market: Winning the Future with the "Four Modernizations" Development Strategy

In the context of the country's strategic overseas expansion in industries such as manufacturing, construction, and culture, Hangzhou HX Steel Structure is actively seeking to go global. Over the years, the company has been continuously making efforts in Asia, Africa, Europe, and Latin America, undertaking international engineering projects. Recently, Hangzhou HX Steel Structure has signed new overseas orders worth 576 million yuan, including the Mongolian oil refinery project, the Oman United Solar Polysilicon Co., Ltd.'s annual production of 100,000 tons of high-purity silicon-based material project, the Indonesian power plant project, the Malaysian Yigao project, and the HNNM Indonesia Co., Ltd.'s annual production of 50,000 tons of power battery ternary precursor material construction project, fully demonstrating Hangzhou HX Steel Structure's diversified layout in the overseas market and strong project execution capabilities.

Hangzhou HX Steel Structure stated that the company will continue to focus on the global market and benchmark against the best, striving to create a "beacon factory" in the global industry. With the "Four Modernizations" development strategy of "internationalization, specialization, branding, and intelligence," the company aims to win the future.