On March 29, the list of the fifth batch of provincial industrial design centers of the Guangdong Provincial Department of Industry and Information Technology (hereinafter referred to as the Guangdong Provincial Department of Industry and Information Technology) was announced, and the Guangdong Welling Motor Industrial Design Center (hereinafter referred to as Welling Industrial Design Center) and KUKA Robot Industrial Design Center (hereinafter referred to as KUKA Industrial Design Center) under Midea Group were successfully selected.

Provincial industrial design center refers to the Guangdong Provincial Department of Industry and Information Technology recognized that the selected units are industrial design centers, industrial design enterprises or industrial design bases with strong industrial design innovation capabilities, distinctive characteristics, standardized management, remarkable performance, and obvious demonstration and driving effects, representing the strongest innovation ability and the highest advanced level of industrial design in Guangdong Province, and the highest recognition of industrial design centers (enterprises) in Guangdong Province.

Welling: Industry-leading innovation ability, participated in a number of major technical research projects

With the industry's leading industrial design innovation ability and innovative talent advantages, especially in the industry's demonstration and leading role, Welling Industrial Design Center has been highly recognized by the Guangdong Provincial Department of Industry and Information Technology and has been recognized as a provincial industrial design center.

Since the establishment of Welling Industrial Design Center, it has been committed to product innovation and design, cutting-edge and key technology research in the field of motors, and actively carried out research on key technologies and basic technologies in various industries through the innovative integration of science and technology and design, and actively participated in undertaking major core technology research projects in key areas of provincial science and technology plans and national "14th Five-Year Plan".

In 2022, Welling Industrial Design Center undertook the "International Science and Technology Cooperation Project" of Guangdong Province's Science and Technology Innovation Special Project and the "Major Project" of core technology research in Shunde District, Foshan City. Break through technical barriers from multiple dimensions such as core technology, forward-looking technology, and basic innovation, and overcome the technical problems of the industry.

Welling Motor, where Welling Industrial Design Center is located, is the world's most influential motor brand, with two R&D centers in Shanghai and Shunde and six intelligent manufacturing plants, and is a global motor supplier with an annual production capacity of 200 million units. Up to now, Welling Motor has won many major awards such as China Patent Excellence Award, Provincial Patent Gold Award and Silver Award, Provincial and Ministerial Association Science and Technology Progress Award, and Guangdong Science and Technology Progress Award.

In the future, Welling Electric will continue to adhere to and practice Midea Group's "leading technology" strategy, accelerate talent training, drive independent innovation, accelerate the transformation of product design strategy, create higher industrial value, and empower the industry to develop sustainably and with high quality.

KUKA: Accelerate the localization of robots and promote the development of strategic emerging industries

With the country's leading robot industry innovation capabilities, KUKA Industrial Design Center continues to promote the rapid improvement of China's industrial robot design and technical level, with its whole value chain "Made in China" operation model, accelerate the localization of KUKA robot services, and promote the rapid growth of China's industrial robot industry. Based on this, the center was recognized as a provincial industrial design center.

KUKA Industrial Design Center, as an authoritative organization for KUKA robot design, aims to improve the innovation ability of KUKA robot industrial design, realize the extension of the company's unique technology and design, and promote the design and application of industrial robots. At the same time, through the integration of the function, machinery, structure, electrical and electronics, digital and intelligent system, application requirements and appearance of industrial robots, it has formed distinctive characteristics, standardized management, outstanding performance, and the development level is in the leading position in the country.

KUKA Industrial Design Center and its subordinate KUKA Robotics (Guangdong) Co., Ltd. were both established in 2018, as a national specialized and new "little giant" enterprise in the design and development of industrial robots, since it was put into operation in 2019, the development of a number of industrial robot series products, won the German Red Dot Award, Japan Good Design Award, Foshan "Mayor's Cup" Industrial Design Competition and Guangdong "Governor's Cup" Industrial Design Competition and other awards.

In the future, KUKA Robotics will continue to increase R&D investment, enrich robot product series, increase product application development, gradually realize the localization of high-end industrial robots, and achieve lower energy consumption, more open source systems, and more precision manufacturing at a lower cost, which will play a significant role in promoting the development of China's strategic emerging industries.

The two units were selected as provincial industrial design centers, adding another dazzling note to the "China Industry Award" won by Midea Group on March 19, demonstrating Midea's solid and comprehensive capabilities in the industrial field. This is due to the fact that Midea has always been rooted in the manufacturing industry and insisted on driving the development of enterprises with scientific and technological innovation. As early as 2000, Midea has built a national-level enterprise technology center, with Guangdong as the center, established national enterprise technology center sub-centers in Anhui, Chongqing, Wuxi and other places, and successively built a number of provincial-level enterprise technology centers in Guangdong, Jiangsu, Jiangxi and other provinces, driving the accelerated development of its R&D institutions, deepening collaborative innovation through the integration of advantageous resources, building an international leading scientific and technological innovation cluster, and helping the R&D strength to improve steadily.

Up to now, Midea has established heavyweight innovation platforms such as national enterprise technology centers, national industrial design centers, and national postdoctoral research workstations, and has built more than 80 provincial and ministerial enterprise technology centers, engineering centers, design centers or key laboratories, and has been newly approved for the construction of national key laboratories, with more than 100 docking cooperation projects, involving green, energy-saving, health, intelligent, robotics and automation and other technical fields.

In the context of the advantages of scale, innovation foundation and talents, Midea's R&D units actively carry out research on key technologies and basic technologies in various industries, actively participate in undertaking national, provincial and ministerial science and technology projects, break through technical barriers from multiple dimensions such as cutting-edge basic technologies and innovative product development, lead the sustainable development of the industry, and continue to enhance international competitiveness.