On April 16th, 2018, Liuzhou Wuling Automobile Industry Co., Ltd. and ABB Engineering Co., Ltd. (ABB Robots) signed a strategic partnership agreement in Shanghai. Both parties will conduct comprehensive, in-depth, and active cooperation in the robotics application technology field to jointly develop robots. Solution: Promote the application of robotic intelligence technology to improve the level of industrial robots and intelligent manufacturing of auto parts. On the same day, Mr. Yi Yi, Deputy Director of the Liuzhou City Industrial and Information Committee, and Mr. Weiwei Li, Deputy General Manager of Wuling Industry, President of ABB Robotics China Li Gang and others attended the signing ceremony.
According to the consensus reached by both parties, ABB Robotics will provide robotic products for Wuling Industrial and its holdings, joint stocks or wholly-owned subsidiaries, supporting standard equipment and professional equipment, and system solutions, involving auto bodywork production lines, motor assemblies, and traditional powertrains. As well as new energy battery production lines and other automotive manufacturing process. At the same time, both parties will jointly invest resources in the development of new technologies, new processes, and actively promote the application market.
ABB is the world's leading provider of robotics and solutions. It is also the first multinational robot company to come to the Chinese market, and is the only company in the world that can provide four major automotive manufacturing solutions. The ABB robot and Wuling Industrial Company have been established. The comprehensive strategic partnership will provide Wuling Industrial Co., Ltd. with high-quality/high-flexible auto parts production solutions. It is also a high degree of tacit agreement and comprehensive cooperation between the two sides based on the consensus of the general direction of intelligent manufacturing. It has both sides. Important strategic significance. Relying on the advantageous resources of both parties, we will work together to improve the level of smart manufacturing in the automotive industry and gradually realize the 'Made in China 2025' in the automotive sector.
Wuling Industrial and ABB robots have a long history of cooperation. For more than a decade, ABB has provided Wuling, Qingdao, and Chongqing bases for Wuling Industrial Co., Ltd. with multiple robot solutions for spot welding, arc welding, and bumper spraying. The establishment of a comprehensive strategic partnership between Wuling Industry and ABB robots is a further development of the cooperation between the two parties. Wuling Industrial will jointly develop and expand robot application technology with ABB robots, and work together to enhance the level of intelligent automobile manufacturing in China!