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Successfully strive to become a national pilot city for digital transformation of small and medium-sized enterprises; Five companies were shortlisted for the first batch of national outstanding smart factories, ranking first in the province; The Nansu Special Steel Materials Cluster, led by the Southern Jiangsu Special Steel Materials Cluster, has become the only national advanced manufacturing cluster in the steel industry in the country… On February 5, the first working day of the New Year, at the provincial “one center, one base, one hub” construction promotion meeting held by the Jiangsu Provincial Party Committee and the Provincial Government, “Nanjing Elements” frequently appeared. Focus on implementing the strategy of strengthening the city with industrial strength and accelerate the construction of a more competitive modern industrial system. Focusing on the construction goal of “one center, one base and one hub” in the province, Nanjing has always adhered to the real economy, regarded the construction of a strong city as the top priority for the continuous transformation of new and old kinetic energy, and implemented the “intelligent transformation of numbers to network” action in manufacturing, adapting to local conditions. Accelerate the development of new quality productivity, constantly open up new areas, create new values, and shape new momentum, “Nanjing Manufacturing” gathers together and increases both quantity and quality. Take the “National Pilot” Express Promote the digital transformation of small and medium-sized enterprises “In terms of resource optimization, we have established mathematical models for all production resources, and modeled the various production factors and discrete events in the production process, providing the optimal solution to production efficiency through virtual simulation and digital twin technology, realizing the The optimization prediction before production was carried out. “A relevant person in charge of Nanjing Yoube Electrical Technology Co., Ltd. introduced.
Nanjing Yoube Electric has planned the overall solution for digital transformation with cost, quality and efficiency as the core, and has applied a large number of intelligent equipment such as robot debugging and assembly, intelligent warehouse building, saving manpower and improving production efficiency. At the same time, raw materials, finished products, and semi-finished products Inventory funds have been reduced by 20%, and R&D efficiency has been improved by 30%.
Small and medium-sized enterprises are the new force for high-quality economic and social development and an important force in promoting the integrated development of the digital economy and the real economy. In June last year, Nanjing was successfully selected as a national pilot city for digital transformation of small and medium-sized enterprises, focusing on three pilot sub-industry: smart grid, integrated circuits and intelligent manufacturing equipment , and actively exploring the formation of the “Nanjing Experience” for digital transformation of small and medium-sized enterprises.
Why choose these 3 industries?
The relevant person in charge of the Nanjing Municipal Bureau of Industry and Information Technology said that smart grids are an advantageous industry in Nanjing, with a long industrial chain, large revenue scale and many market entities, and have successfully entered the first batch of advanced manufacturing clusters in the country; integrated circuits are the key development strategy of Nanjing. A number of industrial science and technology innovation platforms such as the National Integrated Circuit Design Automation Technology Innovation Center and the National Third Generation Semiconductor Technology Innovation Center (Nanjing), gathering a number of high-quality enterprises in the industrial chain; the categories of intelligent manufacturing equipment are relatively complete, especially Have competitive advantages in the fields of industrial robots, industrial mother machines, rail transit, etc., and have a number of domestic leading enterprises. In addition, relying on the advantages of Nanjing’s software and information services and intelligent manufacturing equipment industry, nearly 100 excellent digital transformation service providers have been cultivated.
In order to solidly promote the pilot of digital transformation cities for small and medium-sized enterprises in the city, Nanjing has issued the “Implementation Plan for the Digital Transformation City of Nanjing” and the “Implementation Rules for the Use and Management of Central Financial Reward and Subsidy Funds for the Pilot of Digital Transformation City of Nanjing” and the “Implementation Rules for the Use and Management of Central Financial Reward and Subsidy Funds for the Pilot of Digital Transformation City of Nanjing” (Trial)”. The main goals, key tasks, safeguard measures and support policies are carefully planned and systematically deployed.
The overall goal is:By the end of the pilot period in 2026, the city will promote no less than 650 industrial small and medium-sized enterprises to complete digital transformation and reach level 2 or above in three sub-industry sectors: smart grid, intelligent manufacturing equipment, and integrated circuits. The proportion of industrial small and medium-sized enterprises above the pilot industry to achieve the digitalization level of level 2 or above shall not be less than 95%.
Digitalization of production, digitalization of management, digitalization of marketing… Nowadays, more and more small and medium-sized enterprises are taking the digital “fast train”.
On the busy production line of Nanjing China Electric Panda Lighting Co., Ltd., it is equipped with a number of automated and intelligent equipment. Each standard station of the assembly line is equipped with an industrial control machine, a code scanning platform and a voice broadcasting system to collect production process data in real time. “The production management capacity, production efficiency and product quality have been greatly improved, and the product’s poor yield rate has been reduced from 11.26% to 10.94%. “A relevant person in charge of Panda Lighting introduced.
Nanjing Mindray Biomedical Electronics Co., Ltd. has built a “digital integrated operating room” smart factory integrating operating room equipment monitoring, data analysis, remote diagnosis and other functions, with operating costs reduced by 20%, product development cycle shortened by 20%, and production. The efficiency has been improved by 20%, and the company has maintained an annual revenue growth rate of about 25% in recent years.
Use pilot projects to promote transformation and use transformation to promote pilot projects, and timely transform the good experiences, practices, and policies formed during the pilot period into a long-term mechanism to promote intelligent transformation of manufacturing in the city’s manufacturing industry to network networks.
Zijun (Purple Gold Mountain Observation WeChat ID: njzjsgc) learned that in the next step, Nanjing will promote pilot tasks such as the solicitation of pilot enterprises, the selection of service providers, and the implementation of transformation projects in stages, focusing on three aspects—
Focus on corporate needs
Priority will be given to the inclusion of specialized, specialized, and industrial small and medium-sized enterprises in the pilot sub-industry into the scope of transformation, and focus on promoting enterprises to carry out in-depth digital transformation of key business links such as the production process.
Strengthen digital empowerment
Focus on promoting the scenario-based application of technologies such as artificial intelligence large models, and organize the selection of a group of digital service providers across the country to develop and develop a batch of “small, fast, light and accurate” digital products and solutions.
Promote “chain” transformation
Promote chain-main enterprises to strengthen the output of transformation capabilities and business coordination, lead and drive the transformation and upgrading of small and medium-sized enterprises on the chain, promote the overall digital transformation of industrial clusters, strive to “try into a batch and drive a piece”, and promote the city’s manufacturing industry to “intelligent transformation of numbers and network connection” Go to a new level.
Seize the opportunity of “national action”
Make a good gradient cultivation “first move”
An aluminum plate was easily “pinched” by a robotic arm. A few seconds after being sent to the CNC punch, a window frame appeared on the aluminum plate… In the intelligent manufacturing workshop of the door product production of Nanjing Connie Electrical Co., Ltd., each force is The infinite, tireless robot becomes the “protagonist”.
The latest list of the first batch of outstanding smart factory projects in the country, totaling 235 outstanding smart factory projects released by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology. Five Nanjing companies, including Connie Mechanical and Electrical and Nanjing Iron and Steel, China Electrical and Electrical Institute 14, Guodian Nanrui Control, and Yangzi Petrochemical, were selected, ranking all in number. The first province in the province.
What is an excellent smart factory? At the theme conference of the 2024 World Intelligent Manufacturing Conference held in Nanjing in December last year, the “National Smart Factory Gradient Cultivation Action” was released, and it made every effort to build an intelligent gradient cultivation system from basic level, advanced level, excellence level to pilot level.
Among them, excellent intelligent factories should integrate design, production and operation data, intelligent management and control of manufacturing equipment, online optimization of production processes, comprehensive optimization of the entire product life cycle and supply chain, intelligent application of multi-scenario system, major technical and economic indicators, etc. In terms of this, it is at the leading level in the same industry in China and plays a leading role in the industry.
Focusing on the Connie electromechanical glass bonding smart workshop, the machine is automatically applying glue to the glass, and the production scenario of the “unmanned chemical factory” is being staged. The “brain” that issues orders is the production command and control center. The numbers on the smart large screen are constantly jumping, and the production plan, order information, the real-time working conditions of the robots in the workshop are clear. Dozens of staff are busy with computers. Each is responsible for production organization, equipment management, material management and other aspects.
Not long ago, Connie Mechanical and Electrical Intelligent Coating Workshop was put into trial operation. Seven electrostatic spiral cup spraying robots replaced manual spraying, ensuring the consistency of spraying and uniformity of the paint film, while increasing the paint utilization rate by 30%. “In the future, according to production needs, more processes will achieve ‘machine replacement’, and production capacity and production efficiency will continue to be improved.” Xu Ci, director of the Connie Mechanical and Electrical Engineering Department, said.
Open the “files” of excellent smart factories, each with its “unique skills”.
China Electronics Technology Institute 14th Institute has been deeply engaged in the digital transformation of discrete electronic information manufacturing industry, successfully created the “Ruizhi” independent industrial software brand, actively empowering the digital transformation of the industrial chain. It has currently served 15 industries including aviation, aerospace, electronics, weapons, etc. , more than 1,000 companies.
As the leader in digitalization of traditional industries, Nangang has deeply integrated advanced digital technologies such as artificial intelligence, 5G, digital twins and other advanced digital technologies with steel manufacturing, and exported its own digital capabilities to the outside world, forming emerging industry clusters such as intelligent manufacturing and industrial Internet, and has served 22 In each industry, there are more than 20,000 corporate customers. The Yangtze Petrochemical Intelligent Factory covers 21 intelligent application scenarios, and at the same time uses 5G technology to shape a new model of intelligent manufacturing, comprehensively promote the development and application of 5G+ intelligent production, security, environmental protection, equipment, emergency command and other business scenarios.
“At present, the construction of smart factories is moving from pilot demonstration to a new stage of large-scale promotion and cutting-edge exploration. The next step will be to accelerate large-scale promotion and cutting-edge exploration with gradient cultivation as the core.” Hu Jianbo, deputy director of the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology, introduced.
Seize development opportunities and make a “first move”. According to the relevant person in charge of the Nanjing Municipal Bureau of Industry and Information Technology, Nanjing will continue to implement the national, provincial and municipal deployment on promoting the intelligent transformation of manufacturing industry to the network, with the deep integration of new generation information technology and advanced manufacturing technology as the main line. With the goal of improving quality, reducing costs, increasing efficiency and reshaping value creation and reconstruction, and taking scenario-based promotion as the starting point, we will implement the gradient construction action of smart factories and accelerate the digital, networked and intelligent development of manufacturing.
Leading in the “national team”
Try to win the “Pinera spire”
Create “1 center”
Leading technology innovation center for special steel and high-end alloy industry.Build 3 positions
The world’s leading advanced manufacturing base for special steel and high-end alloy materials, a world-renowned highland for open cooperation in the field of special steel and high-end alloys, and a globally renowned talent gathering destination for special steel and high-end alloy industries.
On January 22, the National Advanced Manufacturing Cluster Promotion Meeting of Nansu Special Steel Materials held by Nanjing City clearly stated that by 2027, the output value of the cluster-led industry will strive to reach 1 trillion yuan and break through 50 key core materials and technologies. The above specific goals.
Special steel and high-end alloy materials are the “top” of advanced metal materials, and they undertake the important mission of providing high-precision and cutting-edge materials for the development of national defense and military industry and high-end manufacturing. After decades of continuous development, the five cities in southern Jiangsu, including Nanjing, Wuxi, Suzhou, Changzhou and Zhenjiang, have gradually established a leading scale, high-end variety and complete supporting special steel and high-end alloy industry system, with the output value of the cluster-led industry exceeding 820 billion yuan . The output of special steel and high-end alloys is about 30 million tons , accounting for nearly 30% of the country , ranking first in the world .
In 2024, the Southern Jiangsu Special Steel Materials Cluster led by Nanjing successfully won the national advanced manufacturing cluster competition, filling the gap in this track in one fell swoop, becoming the only national advanced manufacturing cluster in the steel industry in the country. The large aircraft cluster in the Yangtze River Delta (including Jiangxi) participated by Nanjing was selected into the “national team” simultaneously. In addition to the first batch of shortlisted software and information service clusters and new power (smart grid) clusters, as of now, Nanjing’s advanced manufacturing cluster “national The team has reached 4 in total .
“Strengthen the backbone of special steel and build the foundation of a strong country.” As the leading city of this cluster, Nanjing has focused on promoting the transformation and upgrading of the special steel industry in recent years, and has taken new steps in the high-quality development of the industry.High-end industrial development is fruitful
Focusing on the downstream industries such as automobile manufacturing, aerospace, and high-end equipment, we actively overcome the shortage of special steel and high-end alloy varieties, and have created an important high-performance special steel plate production base at home and abroad. The number of products with high added value and high technical content continues to increase. 9 %nickel steel, ultra-high strength wear-resistant steel and other products have become the national champion products. More than 100 excellent steel varieties such as large-thick crack-resistance steel and Danxia weather-resistant steel have reached the international advanced level, providing many major countries with heavy equipment and key projects. Solid and reliable material support.
Digital empowerment is at the forefront
We will deepen the industry’s “intelligent transformation of numbers to network connection” action, build a second-level node for industrial Internet identification resolution and a national-level industrial Internet platform, and the CNC rate of key cluster processes reaches 90%. Relying on the advantages of digital and intelligent development, Nanjing is actively creating a national artificial intelligence industry application demonstration base for “AI+Steel”.
Green and low-carbon transformation is deepened
All leading steel enterprises in the city have completed ultra-low emission transformation, and the emissions of major pollutants have dropped by about 50% in the past three years . Actively promote and apply the latest energy-saving and carbon reduction technologies, build a full-process and full-coverage industrial low-carbon ecological system, the comprehensive energy consumption of ton of steel has dropped significantly, and the ability to ensure the diversified scrap steel resources is effectively improved. In 2024, Nanjing’s “Super Low Emission Transformation of Steel Enterprises in the Full Process” was selected as a positive typical case of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment.
Among them, the leading company Nangang successfully created a national-level smart factory and built the industry’s first integrated smart operation center, and Meigang’s 5G industrial Internet of Things Laboratory is efficiently empowered. “At present, Nangang’s thick plate special steel production has exceeded 5 million tons, with the highest market share in the country. As of now, Nangang products provide indispensable key materials for more than 300 major countries’ heavy equipment.” Nangang is responsible for the relevant Introduction to people.
Being among the national advanced manufacturing cluster is not only a “milestone” in the history of the development of special steel in southern Jiangsu, but also a “new starting point” to promote the high-quality development of the special steel industry.
At the promotion meeting, the five cities in southern Jiangsu jointly signed the “Cooperation Agreement on Co-construction of Nansu Special Steel Materials Clusters”, and the “Special Steel Industry Digital Transformation Promotion Center” was unveiled. Relevant departments, industry experts and leading enterprises gathered together to discuss special issues. Steel development, jointly seek cluster construction.
The way is simple, and practical work is the key. It is reported that in the next step, Nanjing will further play the role of a leading city, work with other cities in southern Jiangsu to focus on the needs of national strategies, further strengthen innovation leadership, digital and intelligent empowerment, and coordinated construction, and contribute to the high-quality development of the national special steel industry, and contribute to the high-quality development of the national special steel industry .
