Featuring humanoid robots with 41 degrees of freedom, pipe inspection robots with 1mm positioning accuracy, and 51 industrial grade AI agents SHANGHAI , July 24, 2026 -- Operations in high-end equipment manufacturing often involve confined spaces, complex objects, and fine manipulation tasks that demand sustained and stable precision. At the recent 2026 World Artificial Intelligence Conference and High-Level Meeting on Global AI Governance (WAIC 2026), Shanghai Electric (SEHK: 02727, SSE: 601727) showcased its comprehensive portfolio of embodied intelligence solutions tailored to a range of industrial scenarios.
Delegates gained firsthand insights into the Toyota Production System robotics driven smart factory transformation and frontline quality cultures that have positioned Japanese enterprises as global benchmarksThe Highlevel delegation benchmarked TQM TPS and Kaizen practices to strengthen leadership ownership enhance supplier capabilities and advance Quality 40 for global competitiveness BENGALURU India April 29 2026 The Indian Foundation for Quality Management IFQM a Section 8 notforprofit company dedicated to embedding a worldclass quality culture across Indias manufacturing and services sectors spearheaded a highlevel industry delegation to Japan from April 2024 2026 Hosted by the Union of Japanese Scientists and Engineers JUSE the mission convened leading CXOs and quality experts to benchmark Japans globally renowned practices in Total Quality Management TQM TPS TPM and Kaizen with exclusive gemba access to leading corporations including Meidoh Co Ltd Yaskawa Electric Corporation and Komatsu Ltd Delegates experienced the Toyota Production System supplier quality ecosystems roboticsdriven smart factory transformation and reliability frameworks in heavy machinery
BARCELONA Spain March 2 2026 During MWC Barcelona 2026 Huawei held its Manufacturing Industry Forumwith the theme of Intelligent Factory Upgrades Boost Digital Productivity Nearly 100 industry customers partners and experts gathered to discuss the digital and intelligent development of the manufacturing industry During the event Liu Chao Vice President of Huawei and CEO of Huaweis Manufacturing and Large Enterprises BUalongsideother guests released theFully Connected Industrial Networksreport Developed based on Huaweis own practices and industry benchmark cases thereportprovides a forwardlooking prediction of four major trends in industrial networks ubiquitous access converged connectivity autonomous networks and integrated network security These trends indicate essential
XUZHOU China Dec 16 2025 XCMG Machinery SHE 000425 has been officially recognized as one of Chinas inaugural PioneerLevel Smart Factories the highest national echelon in intelligent manufacturing at the 2025 World Intelligent Manufacturing Conference WIMC This prestigious designation awarded to only 15 enterprises nationwide by Chinas Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and five other government authorities signifying XCMGs smart manufacturing capabilities represent the pinnacle standard in Chinas manufacturing sector
CHANGSHA China Dec 5 2025 Zoomlion Heavy Industry Science amp Technology Co Ltd Zoomlion 1157HK was named one of the first 15 industryleading smart factories at the 2025 World Intelligent Manufacturing Conference on November 27 2025 The Companys breakthrough in shared mixedflow 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 industrys digital and intelligent transformation