Jiading, a company, is about to launch a new intelligent manufacturing center, dedicated to creating a "robot's eye" LiDAR | Technology | Enterprise
A high-tech enterprise intelligent manufacturing center has been established at 3188 Baoqian Road in Jiading District, and will be completed in a week. It will be put into operation by the end of this year. This is the Hesai Maxwell Intelligent Manufacturing Center located in the core area of the northern part of Jiading Industrial Zone. It covers an area of about 40 acres and has a total construction area of nearly 70000 square meters. It includes a research and development production building, auxiliary buildings, landscape greening and outdoor ancillary projects, supporting roads, etc., with a total investment of over 1 billion yuan.
On the afternoon of August 22nd, during the "High quality Development in Shencheng" series of concentrated interview activities, the reporter visited the Maxwell Intelligent Manufacturing Center of Hesai. "Here, we have world-class research and development technology and intelligent production technology for LiDAR. We will undertake the research and development, production, vehicle testing and other functional modules of LiDAR, using advanced intelligent manufacturing technology and a large number of intelligent industrial robots. The automation rate of the production line will reach 90%." Le Xiaolei, Vice President of Strategic Development of Shanghai Hesai Technology Co., Ltd., said that Hesai's "Maxwell" Intelligent Manufacturing Center provides guarantees for large-scale production and delivery, and can meet the diversified and customized production needs of customers.
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To achieve autonomous driving, a car must be able to "see the road" on its own, and sensors are the "eyes" of the car. In 2013, Hesai Technology was established in Silicon Valley, USA and settled in Jiading in 2014. At the beginning, Hesai entered the drone market, and the company's first batch of drones equipped with laser detectors brought in sales revenue of tens of millions of yuan. Later, by chance, the startup team of the company came into contact with autonomous vehicles and was instantly attracted by the vast market prospects of autonomous driving technology. Afterwards, they focused on developing and manufacturing LiDAR for robots and autonomous vehicles.
"Landing in Jiading Industrial Zone is an incredibly correct choice," Le Xiaolei told reporters. Jiading is a treasure trove, not only gathering research institutes, but also possessing the most complete automotive industry chain in the country. In recent years, the automotive market has undergone rapid changes, with rapid development in areas such as the "new four modernizations" of automobiles and autonomous driving technology. "Jiading's industrial environment and supporting facilities are highly compatible with the enterprise's business ecology, and Hesai Technology is facing a broad market prospect on a global scale."
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Today, Hesai's products are widely used in passenger vehicles and commercial vehicles that support advanced auxiliary driving systems, as well as autonomous vehicle. Hesai Technology's LiDAR technology is also committed to empowering various robot application scenarios, such as unmanned delivery vehicles and logistics robots in enclosed areas. In December 2022, Hesai announced that the cumulative delivery volume of LiDAR had reached 100000 units, topping the global LiDAR annual production champion. As of the second quarter of 2023, the cumulative delivery volume had exceeded 190000 units. In February this year, Hesai Technology was listed on NASDAQ in the United States.
The rapid rise of Hesai Technology is a typical epitome of Shanghai's "new energy" and also a testament to Jiading's "abundant innovation vitality". The birth and development of a large number of high-tech startups in Jiading have continuously injected vitality into regional development. Jiading is actively creating an open and inclusive innovation ecosystem, striving to improve the efficiency of technology transfer and transformation, and unleashing the primary driving force of innovation leading development.
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Jiading District Economic Committee Director Lu Tielong told reporters that currently, Jiading District has promoted the construction of 36 national, municipal, and district level intelligent factories. Recently, the "Jiading District Action Plan for Promoting Intelligent Transformation and Digital Transformation of Manufacturing Industry" has been issued, proposing that by 2025, offline digital diagnosis of manufacturing enterprises above designated size in the district will achieve full coverage, and the proportion of "intelligent transformation and digital transformation" will not be less than 80%. The proportion of "intelligent transformation and digital transformation" in key industries such as automobiles, integrated circuits, and biopharmaceuticals will not be less than 90%, and more than 3 benchmark intelligent factories, 30 demonstration intelligent factories, and 100 excellent intelligent manufacturing scenes will be created.
"We have also introduced 7 dry goods policies, such as providing interest subsidy support of no less than 1% of the project loan amount to enterprises that obtain intelligent transformation and improvement project loans through the industry finance cooperation service platform, giving a reward of 500000 yuan to enterprises that have been awarded the title of district level intelligent factory, a maximum reward of 1.5 million yuan to enterprises that have been awarded the title of city level intelligent factory, and a maximum reward of 2.5 million yuan to enterprises that have been awarded the title of national level intelligent factory. We hope that through action plans and policy support, Jiading can achieve a magnificent transformation from a 'manufacturing region' to a 'smart manufacturing strong area'." Lu Tielong said.
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