Taicang, January 24, 2024- Today, the launch ceremony of SKF China Lubrication Management R&D Center and Production Base was successfully held in Taicang High tech Zone. Wang Hui, President of SKF China and Northeast Asia, Volker Pieschel, Global Lubricant Business Leader of SKF, Yang Jun, Vice President of SKF China, Gu Haidong, Member of the Standing Committee of Suzhou Municipal Party Committee and Executive Deputy Mayor of Jiangsu Province, Xu Huadong, Deputy Secretary of Taicang Municipal Party Committee and Mayor of Jiangsu Province, as well as representatives of industry customers and partners, attended and witnessed the event.
The high-quality development of China's industry cannot be separated from the comprehensive upgrading of high-end, intelligent, and green manufacturing. In order to accelerate the transformation and upgrading of the manufacturing industry, SKF continues to deepen its cultivation in China and continuously optimize its localized full value chain layout. "SKF China and Northeast Asia President Wang Hui said, At the same time, it also contributes to the sustainable development of Taicang and Jiangsu, and to the transformation and upgrading of China's industry
Relying on local resources, accelerating upgrading, and promoting regional industrial development
At the launch ceremony, Xu Huadong, Deputy Secretary of the Taicang Municipal Party Committee and Mayor, pointed out that Taicang City will focus on "new industrialization", make every effort to expand production and introduce major projects, accelerate the construction of a modern industrial system, and provide solid support for Suzhou to strive to build a "smart manufacturing city" with a leading global position. Enterprises are the foundation and confidence of local development. As SKF's only lubrication business research and development and intelligent manufacturing base in China, Taicang Base closely focuses on the two themes of "intelligence" and "green", creating a unique intelligent lubrication green ecology in the Chinese market. This not only reflects SKF's firm determination to technological innovation and industrial upgrading, but also demonstrates its unparalleled confidence in the development prospects of the domestic market and full recognition of Taicang's high-quality business environment
Taking technology as the cornerstone, innovating ideas, and ushering in a lubricating "digital intelligence era"
SKF China Lubrication Management R&D Center and Production Base focus on the production of oil purification equipment, intelligent lubrication systems, progressive and single line lubrication equipment, thin oil circulation systems, etc. The two core key roots of "intelligence" and "cleanliness" are rooted in the development strategy of the base. Unlike traditional lubrication systems, SKF has a forward-looking concept of connecting intelligence with lubrication systems, giving hardware products a "digital wing". Taking SKF's digital single point lubricator TLDD, which has multiple national patents, as an example, through the digital module, users can remotely monitor and control the status, ensuring that the equipment is lubricated correctly and effectively. This type of intelligent lubrication system will greatly change the previous lubrication business model and provide the possibility for creating an interconnected intelligent lubrication ecosystem. Not only that, the base will also enhance the service capabilities of bearings and lubrication products, elevate the strategic position of the supply chain in Taicang region to a new height, and lay a solid foundation for SKF's further development in the Chinese market.
Supported by partners, working together for mutual benefit, and jointly building a prosperous future for the industry
At the same time as the launch of SKF China Lubrication Management R&D Center and production base, SKF China has also established a comprehensive, close, in-depth, and long-term stable cooperative relationship with Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industry (Group) Co., Ltd., focusing on complementary advantages in the industrial chain and supply chain of lubrication related products in port equipment, jointly creating a "win-win" cooperation platform, and jointly promoting the intelligent, digital, and low-carbon development of the industry. As a leading enterprise in China's heavy equipment manufacturing industry and the world's largest port machinery equipment manufacturer, Zhenhua Heavy Industry plays an important role in numerous super projects both domestically and internationally. Previously, SKF had cooperated with Zhenhua Heavy Industry multiple times, and this renewed partnership means that the two sides will take their cooperation to the next level, jointly promoting the vigorous development of the industry. SKF will also continue to help "Chinese intelligent manufacturing" go global.
SKF China Lubrication Management R&D Center and Production Base is another important measure for SKF to increase investment and improve localization layout in China. After more than 110 years of development in China, SKF has established a full value chain system covering production and manufacturing, technology research and development, procurement, and supply chain in China. Nowadays, SKF has successively built the first phase of Changshan production base project, the first and second phases of Xinchang production base project in the Yangtze River Delta region, and continues to accelerate construction in Dalian, Jinan and other places. In the future, SKF will continue to increase its construction efforts in the Chinese market, promote the upgrading of industrial intelligence and green low-carbon, and provide strong support for the development of China's industry.
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