Counterfeit industrial SCADA configuration software seized by the police – let’s take a look at what software is involve
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"Elite Couple" Cracked World-Famous Software for Profit: InTouch, iFix, KingView
2013-04-11 14:42:48 |
Counterfeit Industrial Control Software and New/Old Encryption Dongles Seized by Police
Industrial automation configuration software widely used in China's automation control field includes Wonderware's InTouch, Siemens' Wincc, GE's iFix, and Citet's configuration software.
Weng and Zhang, known as an "elite couple" to outsiders, exploited their computer knowledge to produce and sell counterfeit industrial control software of internationally renowned brands at low prices, making over 800,000 yuan in profits over six years.
Under the guidance, coordination, and unified command of the Economic Investigation Bureau of the Ministry of Public Security, police in Fuzhou, Fujian Province, and Shanghai recently launched simultaneous raids. Fuzhou police seized 3,643 sets of counterfeit industrial control software, 552 new and old encryption dongles, and 1,020 labels, with the total involved amount reaching 280 million yuan.
Investigation revealed that criminal suspects Weng Mouxing, Zhang Moufang, and others, all aged 30, are postgraduates of a prestigious university in Beijing, majoring in software engineering. Leveraging their experience in industrial control work, they cracked industrial control software of multiple internationally renowned brands. They purchased optical discs, encryption dongles, data connectors, and other accessories from Guangzhou, Shenzhen, and other places, mass-produced counterfeit industrial control software of famous international brands, and entrusted a printing company in Fuzhou to produce the outer packaging.
After being copied and forged by Weng and Zhang, a set of genuine industrial control software priced at over 110,000 yuan on the market was sold for only 1,000 to 2,000 yuan. Since 2007, Weng and Zhang have sold counterfeit registered trademark industrial control software to hundreds of manufacturers in Beijing, Shandong, Jiangsu, Shanghai, Guangdong, and other regions through online stores, earning over 800,000 yuan in profits.
The couple's reckless money-making attracted the attention of police in multiple regions. Due to the case's significant complexity, high involved amount, and involvement across multiple provinces and cities nationwide, the Economic Investigation Bureau of the Ministry of Public Security designated it as the "2·18 Case of Infringing Copyrights and Counterfeiting Registered Trademarks of Industrial Control Software."
According to the police, this is a typical case of high-IQ crime. The criminal suspects did not need to build factories or make huge investments; they could easily create "wealth" from home with just a computer and relevant accessories.
Late Night in Shanghai: A Clue Uncovered
In the dead of night in Shanghai, most people who had been busy all day were asleep. Detective Sun could not contain his excitement and lay awake for a long time. Sitting by his computer, he continuously collected and analyzed information about industrial control software sales on websites. As a graduate of a relevant major, he keenly realized that behind the calm internet lay astonishing criminal activities.
This was an unforgettable night two months ago for Detective Sun Qianren of the Economic Investigation Detachment of Jiading Branch, Shanghai Public Security Bureau. After that night, he sifted through the complicated information and dug deeper layer by layer, gradually uncovering a criminal network covering all links of pirated industrial control software production, supply, and sales.
From March 27 to 28, under the unified command of the Ministry of Public Security, public security organs in 7 provinces and cities nationwide launched a cluster campaign, successfully cracking the first cross-provincial and municipal case of pirated industrial control software infringement in China. More than 7,000 sets of pirated engineering control software of internationally renowned brands were seized, with the total involved amount exceeding 500 million yuan.
Police Traceability: Corporate Clues Lead to Pirated Engineering Software Industry Chain
In early February this year, a report from a world-renowned multinational enterprise attracted great attention from Shanghai police.
The company stated that it had recently received frequent customer complaints, reflecting that the company's engineering control software they used could not effectively monitor, acquire, and store data, and the software itself had problems with stability and security. Further verification by the company found that the software involved in the complaints was pirated software without the company's authorization.
Given that such engineering control software is mainly used for operational monitoring of infrastructure, the instability and insecurity of pirated software pose serious hidden dangers to public safety. Shanghai police quickly set up a special task force to carry out work.
Where exactly did the pirated engineering software on the market come from? This crime that seriously endangers public safety has been weighing on the minds of the task force police officers.
Through investigation, the task force found that such pirated software was mainly traded on websites. The price of genuine software ranges from 50,000 to 110,000 yuan per set, while the price of pirated software is less than 4% of the genuine version. To seek illegal profits, there are as many as 11 online sellers of pirated software, spread across 7 provinces and cities including Beijing, Fujian, and Jiangsu.
"Due to the virtual nature of the internet, the true identities and criminal dens of the suspects could not be determined, which once brought our investigation to a standstill," said Detective Sun Qianren of the Economic Investigation Detachment of Jiading Branch, Shanghai Public Security Bureau.
No matter how cunning a fox is, it cannot escape a clever hunter. On the one hand, the task force worked with enterprises to conduct technical analysis of the pirated engineering software starting from the software itself to find flaws; on the other hand, they started from online stores to search for suspicious clues. After the police dug deeper layer by layer and compared information in detail, a criminal industry chain with network members scattered across different regions and intertwined with each other gradually became clear.
From March 27 to 28, under the unified command of the Ministry of Public Security, public security organs in 7 provinces and cities including Beijing, Fujian, and Jiangsu launched a cluster campaign, successfully cracking the first cross-provincial and municipal case of pirated industrial control software infringement in China. They destroyed 10 dens producing and selling pirated industrial control software in one fell swoop, arrested 16 criminal suspects including Weng and Gu, and seized more than 7,000 sets of pirated engineering control software of internationally renowned brands, with the total involved amount exceeding 500 million yuan.
Shocking Inside Story: Pirated Engineering Software is Common in the Industry
This is a typical high-IQ criminal activity. Major suspects such as Weng and Gu used their professional knowledge to crack engineering control software of internationally renowned companies. They purchased optical discs, encryption dongles, and other accessories from Guangdong and other places, entrusted illegal printing enterprises to produce packaging identical to genuine products in appearance, thus mass-producing and selling pirated software. They then collaborated with dealers in the gang to sell the pirated software as genuine products at low prices on the market to seek illegal profits.
"The criminal network in this case has involved links such as the production, supply, and sales of pirated engineering software. The criminals are young and professional, with hidden criminal methods, mainly selling on Taobao. The potential harm is huge, and a fixed industry chain has gradually formed," said Xu Qin, Deputy Captain of the Fourth Detachment of the Economic Investigation Corps of Shanghai Public Security Bureau.
Reporters learned that the main suspect Weng graduated from a prestigious university in Beijing, has a professional background in automation control, and once worked as a technical staff in an automation research institute in Beijing.
However, Weng, who was regarded as a technical elite by others, did not use his professional knowledge for technological innovation but took advantage of his position to take genuine engineering control software home to crack it. In 2009, after cracking the software, Weng registered an online store named "DuojinBao" with fake information to sell pirated software.
In the No. 1 Detention Center in Fuzhou, Weng, who spent three years cracking engineering control software, no longer had the complacency he once had.
The price of genuine engineering control software ranges from 50,000 to 110,000 yuan per set. However, reporters saw on the webpage of an online store that a hardcover full set of engineering control software was sold for only 2,100 yuan, with the words "Consumer Protection Agreement Signed" in the upper right corner of the webpage. With such a huge price gap, most buyers are technical personnel—could they not understand the market situation? Weng's answer shocked reporters.
Pirated software can implement some basic functions of genuine software, but not advanced functions. For example, it cannot send SMS alerts when a project malfunctions, nor can it realize web publishing and alarm functions. "Most software buyers want to save investment costs. The software requires long-term debugging after installation, and they value the technical support I provide more," Weng said.
Serious Hidden Dangers: Pirated Software Endangers Public Safety of Major Infrastructure
Although after the case occurred, relevant enterprises conducted self-inspections and removed the pirated software according to the case information notified by public security organs, the hidden dangers it posed to public safety still made reporters break out in a cold sweat.
According to the world-renowned multinational enterprise, such engineering control software mainly monitors operating equipment on the production site and alarms for dangerous situations, including data collection, equipment control, signal alarm, and analysis and statistics functions. It is widely used in infrastructure and various manufacturing enterprises.
However, it is difficult to ensure that pirated engineering control software is copied to carrier discs and used in actual operations in a "virus-free" safe environment. Once viruses carried by pirated software invade the computer monitoring system, the pirated software may cause the entire or partial system to crash in a very short time, making it impossible to effectively monitor, acquire, and store data. The monitoring system can hardly achieve the monitoring, alarm, and other functions of genuine software.
During the investigation of the case, the Shanghai police task force found that a steel plant had purchased pirated software. Fortunately, the pirated engineering control software was still in the debugging stage and had not been officially put into use.
"Using pirated software on steel furnaces is extremely dangerous. The responsiveness and stability of pirated software are far worse than genuine software. Excessively high or low steel furnace temperatures may cause serious consequences, posing a serious hidden danger to public safety," said Xu Qin, Deputy Captain of the Fourth Detachment of the Economic Investigation Corps of Shanghai Public Security Bureau.
Pirated engineering control software may render monitoring equipment ineffective and fail to provide alarms, bringing great safety hazards to the operation of infrastructure and possibly causing inestimable consequences to social public safety.
Cai, who has been criminal detained by Shanghai police, was once an employee of a private enterprise engaged in engineering projects in Shanghai. In the second half of 2012, he purchased such pirated engineering control software from the internet at a low price of 2,400 yuan and quoted it as genuine software in his unit. According to Detective Sun Qianren of the task force, since such pirated engineering control software is professional software for major engineering projects, it is mostly privately purchased by technical personnel without the enterprise's knowledge.
If major accidents are caused by the production and sale of pirated engineering control software, should the offenders be punished for the crime of infringing intellectual property rights or the crime of endangering public safety by dangerous means?
"According to the principle that the more serious crime absorbs the less serious one, they should be punished for the crime of endangering public safety. However, in terms of civil liability, they still need to bear compensation liability for infringing intellectual property rights," said Yang Ming, an associate professor engaged in intellectual property research at Peking University Law School.
At the same time, Xu Qin, Deputy Captain of the Fourth Detachment of the Economic Investigation Corps of Shanghai Public Security Bureau, reminded units undertaking major engineering projects to deeply recognize the serious harm of pirated engineering control software, strengthen self-discipline, improve unit rules and regulations, standardize software procurement channels, and prevent pirated engineering control software from entering major engineering projects openly. Public security organs will further increase the crackdown on such crimes, strengthen the protection of intellectual property rights, and safeguard the public safety of people's production and life.
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ABB Just Secured a Major Automation Contract
2025-12-03
News, December 1, 2025: Independent Power Producer ContourGlobal Selects ABB to Upgrade Solar Field Control Systems for Four Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) Plants in Southwest Spain
ABB's solution for the four plants includes a full set of integrated control and data management architecture, covering the Symphony Plus SCADA system, S+ Historian historical data management function, AC 800M control cabinets, and AC500 local solar field controllers. Advanced cybersecurity measures such as automated backups, certified patch management, and anti-virus protection will further enhance system integrity and compliance. The system migration is scheduled to be completed by February 2027.
The four power plants are located in the following areas:
Majadas, approximately 210 kilometers from Madrid; Orellana, approximately 300 kilometers from Madrid; and Palma del Río, approximately 90 kilometers from Seville (including Solar Field 1 and Solar Field 2).
The existing systems of these power plants have been in operation for over 10 years. After the upgrade, they will be migrated to the ABB Ability™ Symphony Plus SCADA system based on the ABB AC500 and AC 800M platforms. This solution features scalability and high performance, which will ensure the long-term stable operation of the power plants and enhance cybersecurity protection capabilities.
The solar tracking algorithm integrated into the ABB system calculates the sun’s position every 480 milliseconds with an accuracy of 0.0001 degrees. It can dynamically adjust the posture of a total of 7,400 mirrors across the four power plants in real time. While correcting influencing factors such as offset deviations, terrain inclinations, and weather changes, it maximizes energy conversion efficiency.
This solution provides a robust and flexible path for the modernization of ContourGlobal’s concentrated solar power (CSP) assets. It can be seamlessly integrated with existing third-party control systems and supports phased replacement, minimizing operational disruptions and ensuring the continuous, efficient, and reliable operation of the power plants.
Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) can provide dispatchable electricity, supplementing the grid integration of variable renewable energy. It is regarded as a key enabler for the transformation of Europe’s energy system. The European Union (EU) funds CSP-related research projects to develop more efficient cycle systems and components, and provides financial support for the first batch of demonstration power plants.
Unlike photovoltaic (PV) solar panels that generate electricity directly, CSP plants use mirror arrays to concentrate sunlight onto a receiver. The concentrated heat heats the working fluid to produce steam, which then drives turbines to generate electricity. This technology enables energy storage, allowing stable power supply even during periods without sunlight.
ABB is a globally leading enterprise in electrification and automation technologies. Headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland, it has a history of over 140 years and employs approximately 110,000 people worldwide. Its business scope is extensive, covering multiple fields such as electrification, automation, motion control, robotics and discrete automation, and process automation. It offers a rich range of products, including various controllers, robots, electrical equipment, and related software, which are widely used in numerous industries like energy, chemicals, power, manufacturing, and transportation.
Per Erik Holsten, President of ABB's Energy Industries Division, stated: "To build a safe and sustainable energy system to meet the growing demand, the modernization of automation assets is equally important as new construction projects. Leveraging ABB's expertise in automation, electrification, and digitalization, we help operators such as ContourGlobal extend the lifespan of their facilities, improve operational efficiency, and deliver stable renewable energy to the power grid."
This initiative will help integrate renewable energy into national power grids safely and efficiently, providing support for Europe's energy transition. It is not only a typical practice for the upgrading of existing energy assets but also offers a replicable technical path and cooperation model for the development of renewable energy in Europe and even globally. Upon the completion of the upgrade project in 2027, these four concentrated solar power (CSP) plants will integrate into Europe's energy network with higher efficiency and better safety, becoming a key force in advancing the achievement of "dual carbon" goals. With its profound accumulation in the fields of automation and energy, ABB will also continue to inject technological momentum into the global energy transition, contributing to the building of a cleaner and more sustainable energy future.
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At the 2025 Shanghai Industry Fair, the "three generations of Mitsubishi's legacy PLCs" are gathered at the booth of Mit
2025-11-26
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Legacy PLCs Gather at Mitsubishi Automation's Booth – Have You Used Any of These Products?
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The French government has blocked Swiss company ABB from acquiring France-based Legrand, which generates nearly $1 billi
2025-11-21
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Lead: ABB, the Swiss Giant, Fails in Acquiring Legrand, the French Company – The "Data Center" Battle Among European Industrial Giants Amid the AI Wave
Lead: A Strategic Acquisition Blocked by the French Government
Legrand, the French Electrical Equipment Giant, Becomes the Focus of International M&A Attention
According to media reports, Legrand has been the acquisition target of its major competitor, the Swiss ABB Group, over the past six months. It is stated that ABB’s acquisition attempts were unanimously rejected by Legrand’s board of directors twice and explicitly opposed by France’s Ministry for the Economy, Finance and Recovery (Bercy Group). Finally, ABB’s chairman assured France’s Minister for the Economy at the end of July this year that the group would abandon its plan to acquire Legrand, bringing this strategic acquisition drive centered on data center business to a temporary halt.
This unsuccessful acquisition not only revives the historical episode of Schneider Electric’s EU-vetoed acquisition of Legrand in 2001 but also profoundly reveals the ambitions and challenges of European industrial giants in pursuing intense strategic integration in the fast-growing data center infrastructure market, driven by the global AI wave.
Part 1: Competitive Landscape and ABB’s Strategic Gap
The global electrical equipment market is dominated by four giants: Schneider Electric, Siemens, ABB, and Legrand. Fueled by the AI wave, the explosive growth of the data center infrastructure market has increased the total market value of these giants by over €150 billion.
1. Leading Advantages of Schneider Electric and Siemens
In the current data center market, Schneider Electric and Siemens hold leading positions with their profound accumulation:
Schneider Electric: Its product portfolio covers software, storage racks, and cooling systems. It is estimated that data center orders will account for 24% of its total orders in 2024, making it an industry leader.
Siemens: Its Smart Infrastructure Group has achieved profitable growth and maintains significant advantages in automation and energy management.
2. ABB’s Goal of "Tripartite Market Share" and Strategic Gap
Although ABB achieved a record annual revenue of $32.9 billion in 2024, and data center orders accounted for 15% of its robust Electrification division (worth $16.4 billion), its data center business still has a strategic gap compared with Schneider Electric and Siemens in terms of vertical integration and growth rate.
To achieve the ambitious goal of "sharing the market equally with Schneider Electric and Siemens", ABB needs to quickly acquire high-growth, high-value-added data center-specific technologies and market share through external growth. The strategic acquisition of Legrand was regarded as a fast and efficient path.
Part 2: Legrand’s Irreplaceable Strategic Value
As a model of successfully shifting to a data center strategy in response to the decline in European residential construction, Legrand provides precise supplementary value for ABB. Its strategic value is reflected in the following four core aspects:
1. Pure and Efficient Data Center Revenue Contribution
Data center orders account for 20% of Legrand’s 2024 revenue (€9.29 billion), double the proportion in 2019—highlighting its strong growth momentum and strategic execution capabilities. The growth of its first-half net profit (8.7%, reaching €628 million) is also mainly driven by its data center business.
2. Vertical Integration of Key Technologies
Core components of data centers include circuit breakers, intelligent controllers, and busbars. Legrand’s recent acquisitions have precisely targeted these high-value-added areas:
Power Busways: The acquisition of North America’s leading "Power Bus Way" (with annual revenue of approximately €70 million) and Asia’s leading "Linkk Busway Systems" has significantly strengthened its expertise in data center power busways.
Power Quality Management: The acquisition of "Avtron Power Solutions" (valued at over $1 billion) has granted Legrand global leadership in load banks and power quality solutions. With 50% of Avtron’s revenue coming from data centers, this acquisition has equipped Legrand with high-end, specialized power quality management capabilities.
3. Strategic Access to the North American Market
Legrand’s acquisition targets (such as Power Bus Way and Avtron) have strong business presence in the United States and Canada. This would provide ABB with a shortcut to enter the high-growth, high-value North American data center market, directly enhancing its competitiveness against U.S. rivals like Eaton.
4. Solid Future Outlook
Legrand forecasts its 2030 sales will range from €12 billion to €15 billion, reflecting the market’s long-term confidence in its existing data center strategy and its future growth potential.
Part 3: Post-Acquisition Synergies and Market Rebalancing
If ABB had successfully acquired Legrand, it would have created strong synergies, sufficient to build a global data center giant on par with Schneider Electric and Siemens:
Synergy Area
ABB’s Contribution (Scale & Core)
Legrand’s Contribution (Focus & Expertise)
Post-Integration Market Position
Product Breadth
Robust electrification product portfolio, circuit breakers, low-voltage switchgear technology
Highly specialized power busways, power quality management, digital infrastructure
Offers full turnkey solutions covering the entire data center project lifecycle.
Geographic Market
Scale advantages in Europe and global industrial markets
High-end channels and customer base in North American (U.S./Canada) markets
Achieves balanced global coverage, especially strengthening North American operations to compete with major rivals.
Revenue Scale
Large base of $32.9 billion annual revenue
Incremental €9.29 billion annual revenue from data center business
Significantly increases the scale and revenue share of data center business, approaching or even surpassing Schneider Electric’s scale.
Conclusion: Ongoing Integration and France’s Industrial Protection
This unsuccessful acquisition has once again drawn attention to France’s protection of its domestic "strategic assets" and antitrust issues. As early as 2001, Schneider Electric’s €5 billion acquisition offer was rejected by the European Commission. In the current AI-driven industrial competition, Legrand’s expertise in the data center field makes it an extremely attractive target.
Although ABB’s acquisition drive has been blocked, its strategic goal of challenging Schneider Electric and Siemens will remain unchanged. Through integration, ABB can gain strategic leverage to directly compete with these two major rivals, thereby rebalancing market power in the global electrical equipment and digital infrastructure sector. It is foreseeable that strategic M&A and market integration centered on data centers, power, and digital infrastructure will remain the main theme of Europe’s industrial sector in the coming years.
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Analysis of the Development Status and Trends of the Industrial Automation Industry in 2025
2025-11-18
Translation of Industrial Automation-Related Text
Industrial automation refers to an operational method that applies automation technology to the manufacturing process of the machinery industry. It enables automatic processing and continuous production, improves the efficiency and quality of mechanical production, and releases productivity.
Industrial automation involves a wide range of technologies, covering multidisciplinary knowledge such as control engineering, ergonomics, computer software, embedded software, electronics, electric power, mechatronics, and network communication.
With the development of intelligence, industrial automation has integrated new technologies like image processing, pattern recognition, artificial intelligence, and signal processing.
After long-term development, the industrial automation industry has achieved continuous technological innovation and expanding downstream application fields, and now has formed a relatively mature industry competition pattern.
Multinational enterprises such as Yaskawa Electric, Panasonic Electric, Mitsubishi Group, and Siemens hold leading positions globally. In the domestic market, European, American, Japanese, and South Korean enterprises dominate. However, local enterprises are gradually seizing market share by virtue of cost-effectiveness and rapid service capabilities, with a prominent trend of domestic substitution. Against the backdrop of the global entry into the Industry 4.0 era and China’s vigorous development of "Intelligent Manufacturing in China", the demand for industrial automation equipment in application fields such as manufacturing, transportation, energy, and environmental protection has further increased.
According to forecasts by Frost & Sullivan and the China Commercial Industry Research Institute, the global and China’s industrial automation market sizes will reach USD 509.59 billion and RMB 353.1 billion respectively in 2024, with year-on-year growth rates of approximately 6.0% and 13.4% compared to 2023.
There is a wide variety of industrial automation products, including core components such as Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs), Distributed Control Systems (DCS), motion controllers, Computer Numerical Control (CNC) machines, frequency converters, servo systems, pneumatic components, and sensors. These products not only cover key links in industrial production such as control, execution, and monitoring, but also realize seamless collaboration between equipment through integration and communication technologies, serving as an important foundation for achieving intelligent manufacturing.
According to statistics from Rui Industry, motion control products and drive system products have declined slightly, while segmented products such as CNC machines and high-voltage frequency converters have grown. In 2024, the market size of PLCs was approximately RMB 13.01 billion, a year-on-year decrease of 18.9%; the market size of general servo systems was about RMB 20.55 billion, a year-on-year decrease of 3.8%; the market size of low-voltage frequency converters reached around RMB 28.28 billion, a year-on-year decrease of 7.0%; and the market size of medium and high-voltage frequency converters was roughly RMB 5.89 billion, a year-on-year increase of 5.0%.
Downstream customers in the industrial automation industry are divided into OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) type and project type. The OEM market mainly targets customers who produce automated and intelligent manufacturing equipment in batches; the project market refers to the design and implementation of overall engineering automation systems.
According to statistics from Rui Industry, in the past 9 quarters, China’s automation market achieved slight positive growth in only one quarter. Among them, OEM automation has seen negative growth for 11 consecutive quarters, and project automation has shown a downward trend since the second quarter of 2024.
From the perspective of the downstream industrial automation market, the project-based market performed better than the OEM market, with a year-on-year growth of 0.1%. Among them, industries such as petroleum, refining, chemicals, mining, thermal power, and water conservancy remained prosperous due to policies like equipment renewal. However, industries such as iron and steel underperformed, as overcapacity and fluctuations in steel prices reduced manufacturers’ willingness to invest and upgrade.
The OEM market fell by 5% year-on-year. Among them, industries such as packaging machinery, plastic machinery, and textile machinery achieved growth, while demand in industries such as lithium battery equipment, photovoltaic equipment, and hoisting machinery remained sluggish. In 2024, among the three major types of knitting machinery, the flat knitting machine industry recovered and improved, the circular knitting machine industry operated under pressure, and the warp knitting machine industry maintained steady growth overall.
In 2024, the economic operation of China’s sewing machinery industry showed a trend of recovery and growth. Backed by policy support and warming market demand, the industry’s economic benefits rebounded significantly. In 2024, domestic and foreign market demand was gradually released, and the accelerated intelligent transformation and upgrading of equipment in downstream industries such as clothing, shoes, and hats drove a rapid recovery in the production and sales scale of the sewing machinery industry, with a marked improvement in corporate quality and efficiency.
With the continuous expansion of the downstream industrial automation market and the accelerated iteration of core technologies, the industrial sector is undergoing an all-round transformation. In key links such as production control and drive execution, automation technology is deeply penetrating traditional industries like automobiles, electronics, and chemicals, and rapidly extending to strategic emerging fields such as new energy and biomedicine.
The large-scale application of intelligent equipment such as new sensors, intelligent control systems, and industrial robots is driving automation equipment to evolve toward greater intelligence, precision, and reliability, and continuously expanding the application boundaries of new scenarios such as intelligent warehousing and unmanned workshops. In the process of China’s manufacturing industry moving toward high-end development, the level of automated production continues to improve, increasingly becoming a key variable reshaping the global manufacturing competition pattern.
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