CHANGSHA, China, Dec. 5, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Zoomlion Heavy Industry Science & Technology Co., Ltd. ("Zoomlion"; 1157.HK) was named one of the first 15 industry-leading smart factories at the 2025 World Intelligent Manufacturing Conference on November 27, 2025. The Company's breakthrough in shared mixed-flow production for multiple types of heavy equipment has enabled a collaborative smart factory cluster for construction machinery. By combining flexibility, scale, and automation, the model is shaping a new standard for the industry's digital and intelligent transformation.
Zoomlion's major breakthrough in intelligent manufacturing addresses a significant industry challenge, namely, efficiently producing low-volume, multi-model heavy equipment on a shared mixed-flow production line. At its Smart Industrial City, the Company built a shared smart excavator factory, achieving three world-first milestones. Zoomlion became the first to implement full-process intelligent manufacturing across six core stages, run a mixed-flow line for over 100 models, and integrate collaborative production across multiple equipment categories.
This shared manufacturing model supports a modular, highly scalable cluster for construction equipment. Designed for interoperability, it spans major equipment categories and connects hundreds of manufacturing steps. Three shared manufacturing centers enable multi-plant integration, pushing steel plate utilization above 90 percent and cutting construction costs by 15 percent. Automated logistics replaces storage with real-time transport, reducing inventory by 70 percent and ensuring precise distribution. Combined with a cross-regional R&D platform and a flexible shared supply-chain model, Zoomlion has built a comprehensive ecosystem that advances efficiency and digital transformation across the industry.
Zoomlion's shared intelligent manufacturing model delivers leading efficiency driven by data and AI. At its excavator smart factory, AI covers over 80 percent of processes, enabling self-organizing production with zero changeover time. The full cycle, from steel plate cutting to final assembly, takes only 6.5 days, and one excavator rolls off the line every six minutes. With the industry's shortest takt time and production cycle, the factory supports sales-driven, customized output while sharply reducing inventory and eliminating the disconnect between production and demand.
The model's success is already scaling globally. Zoomlion has applied its intelligent production system to more than 20 factories worldwide, while also enabling innovation in sectors like agricultural machinery, energy equipment, and emergency response vehicles. Building on advances in AI and robotics, the company plans to deepen technology integration, accelerate innovation in next-generation processes, and share its smart manufacturing model with global partners across industries.
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Zoomlion Recognized as Top-Tier Smart Factory at 2025 World Intelligent Manufacturing Conference
CHONGQING, China, July 5, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- A major financial summit was held in Chongqing on July 3 aimed at strengthening connections between capital and the city's innovation-driven industries. The "Financial Support for High-Quality Development" conference featured deal-signing, investment pitches, panel discussions, and startup showcases, all designed to channel more private and institutional funding into local supply chains, technological innovation, and infrastructure projects. The event served as a targeted matchmaking platform—connecting companies seeking growth capital with financial institutions looking for investment opportunities in one of China's fastest-growing urban centers.
During the conference, the city unveiled four new financing lists covering industrial, technological, infrastructure, and state-owned enterprise projects. In total, 549 projects are seeking approximately RMB419.4 billion in funding. Following multiple rounds of matchmaking, 60.66% of these projects have already secured matching investors. As of the end of the first quarter, the city's medium- and long-term manufacturing loans reached RMB298.5 billion, while sci-tech lending hit RMB870 billion—up 13.9% and 13.1% year-on-year, respectively.
Beyond project pipelines, the conference delivered tangible outcomes: 56 contracts valued at RMB154.9 billion were signed on-site. The funds are directed toward some of China's most dynamic industrial sectors, including connected electric vehicles and next-generation electronics manufacturing. Perhaps more telling is the diversity of financial backers—banks, securities firms, and asset managers all participated.
Zhang Zemin, an academician at the Chinese Academy of Sciences, said Chongqing is cultivating a collaborative ecosystem that unites universities, research institutes, hospitals, and corporations. He called on investors to focus on early-stage, innovative companies developing hard-tech healthcare technologies. Separately, Yin Qi, chairman of Afari Technology, observed that artificial intelligence and the automotive industry are now advancing in tandem. He urged deeper integration of R&D, manufacturing, capital, and talent to foster a self-sustaining industrial environment.
Executives from three major financial institutions—Xu Siwei, chairman of state-owned China Reform Holdings Corporation; Chen Liang, chairman of China International Capital Corporation (CICC); and Li Liang, founding partner of Hillhouse—said they would continue to increase investment to drive Chongqing's technological innovation and industrial transformation by strengthening collaboration between finance and industry.
The event, organized by the Chongqing municipal government in partnership with its finance, technology, industry, and economic planning agencies. Two off-site sessions, held in the regional hubs of Wanzhou and Yongchuan, will explore each region's role in Chongqing's future growth.
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Chongqing Summit Seeks to Bridge Capital and Industry as City Accelerates Economic Transformation
