CIFF Guangzhou丨Trend Observation×Kaidi: Innovation helps "drive", "smart manufacturing" expands advantages, and advances to the upstream industry chain
2023-03-01
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The following article is from 2022-03-30 China National Fair CIFF, authored by China Trade Exhibition.
my country's linear drive industry started in the early 21st century. With the "China Speed", a number of local companies with leading advantages have been formed in China, among which Kaidi stands out.
Located in Changzhou, Jiangsu, Kaidi is a full-process service-oriented group enterprise with intelligent technology as the core and manufacturing as the foundation, integrating linear drive system R&D, production, application, research, and domestic and overseas marketing. Its products are mainly used in smart home, smart office, medical care, automobiles and other fields around the world. Its business covers many countries and regions around the world. It is a front-end manufacturing enterprise in the linear drive industry.The 49th China Home Expo (Guangzhou) is about to start. CIFF and 77 degrees conducted an exclusive interview with Mr. Zhou Shumin, General Manager of the Intelligent Lifting Desk Division of Changzhou Kaidi Electric Co., Ltd. Kaidi's upgrade path.
Product innovation is the source of power for manufacturing enterprises, especially as the global market changes, the competitiveness of core technology products is particularly important.
Through years of continuous efforts, China's independent research and development level has already been qualitatively improved. As far as the linear drive industry is concerned, the early products can only be made abroad, and the price is very high. However, with the revolutionary breakthrough in the research and development of domestic linear drive products, Chinese products quickly achieved key market breakthroughs in many countries by virtue of their excellent performance and outstanding price competitiveness.While the market share of Chinese brand suppliers has increased, more people have enjoyed smart technology products, which is inseparable from the improvement of domestic independent research and development.
At present, there is not a big gap in technology between China and foreign countries, and it is even in a leading position in many fields. However, due to time constraints, China has not yet been able to break through in the high value-added part of the industrial chain.As a technology-driven enterprise, Kaidi has always focused on innovative research and development, adhered to the talent strategy, and invested more than 60 million yuan in talent and research and development every year. After years of accumulation, a research and development team of more than 300 people has been formed, including professional engineers in electronics, electrical appliances, software, machinery, etc., has many core patents, and built its own technical "moat" belonging to Kaidi."In the case of fierce global technology competition, only by insisting on independent research and development and controlling the core technology can we gradually attack the upstream industry chain."
The development trend of the future home furnishing industry presents a high degree of personalization and customization. This is the result of consumption upgrading, and it is also the general direction chosen by most companies to respond to the endless new demands of consumers.It is Kaidi's advantage to quickly respond to customers' diversified product customization needs while ensuring product quality.
From product design to mold development, from metal raw material processing to motor winding assembly, from electronic device assembly to product quality inspection, Kaidi not only has a rapid response and flexible manufacturing system integrating equipment, technology, products, production capacity and expansion capabilities. , also has its own vertical business model of "mold development-injection molding-processing-manufacturing-assembly-testing".
At the same time, the entire industrial chain formed by the industry for 30 years allows Kaidi not only to directly control the cost, but also to trace the source of each link in the manufacturing process to achieve more effective quality management.
In terms of intelligent manufacturing, Kaidi has not stopped investing in advanced automated production equipment since it was listed and introduced funds. With the completion of the fundraising project, it also marks that Kaidi's intelligent manufacturing has stepped onto a new level.In the future, Kaidi will focus on technological development and product innovation. While maintaining product innovation, it will invest heavily in R&D and production, continuously upgrade automated intelligent production lines, and continue to improve the entire industrial chain. The advantages of quickly responding to customers' diversified product customization needs while ensuring product quality.
Whether it is automation or intelligence, it is an important part of the country's future sustainable development.Over the years, Kaidi has been adhering to the low-carbon and sustainable development strategy, paying attention to low-carbon and environmental protection in all aspects of manufacturing. For example, in the product design process, Kaidi's control box products insist on using energy-saving (low power consumption) design; in the production process, they abandon the phosphating and anti-rust treatment process, and upgrade the use of more environmentally friendly silane treatment process to reduce sewage discharge; In the process of product packaging, not only optimize the packaging design, improve the utilization efficiency of packaging cartons, but also eliminate the use of metal screws, choose to use more advanced environmentally friendly tapes, so as to increase the number of recycled cartons...Mr. Zhou said that as a national strategy, low-carbon sustainable development is a mission that every enterprise must fulfill. Only when enterprises and industries establish the necessary strategic awareness, accelerate the establishment of relevant systems, and implement and promote strategic management, can they better serve Society creates value.
