CIMC Container strategically partners with Siasun to promote its intelligent upgrading

CIMC Container and Siasun Robot & Automation Co., Ltd (Siasun) entered into a strategic cooperation agreement on March 27. According to the agreement, the two sides will carry out deeper cooperation in intelligent manufacturing field. The finalization of the agreement represents that the “Flying Dragon Plan” of CIMC Container will get to a new level in the upgrading and renovation of production lines.   

Affiliated with the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Siasun is a leading robotics listed enterprise in China and has one of the most comprehensive robotic product lines in the world. Its high-tech industrial park went into operation last year and has become the largest robotic industrial base in China. Siasun impressed the world with its robots that transcended technological frontiers at Winter Olympics: with dazzling lights, a group of 24 mobile robots "danced" to music with performers in an eight-minute high-tech show at the closing ceremony of the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics. It was one of the world's first live performances involved such a large-scale mobile robot team and human dancers, showcasing the country's technological progress in the past years.

CIMC is a world’s leading logistics and energy equipment provider. Since 1996, it has been ranking first in global container industry in terms of the output and sales volume. To contribute to the implementation of “Made in China 2025” Development Strategy, CIMC Container launched the “Flying Dragon Programme” to manufacture safe, green, intelligent and eco-friendly containers and promote its industrial upgrading. CIMC and Siasun will make complementary efforts and fully explore the upgrading and transformation of intelligent production line. So far, CIMC has entered into strategic cooperation agreements with well-known robot providers EFFORT, ABB, Fanuc, MEGMEET and Siasun within the framework of “Flying Dragon Programme”.

Ding Feng, Assistant to General Manager of CIMC Container, noted that the two sides have great complementarities in markets, products and technologies and their cooperation will further consolidate the Segment’s competitiveness in the industry and play a leading role in the industrial upgrading of the segment.