In the 20th march of AO China, AO Smith is now a leading technology company in the water heater and household appliance industry. On May 18th, AO Smith added another generous hand to plan the launch of the global super-production and research base for environmental appliances. The total planned area of the project is 350 mu, and the project investment is about 940 million yuan. Ding Wei, senior vice president of the American AO Smith Group and president of the China Investment Corporation, said in an interview that the first phase of the project covers an area of 150 mu, including office work. Building, two complete machine and component production plants, and a world-class standard water treatment R&D laboratory, will produce household, commercial water purifiers, air purifiers, water softeners and other environmental electrical products with a total capacity of up to 3 million. station.
Aerial view of A.O. Smith Environmental Electric Super Production Base
As a long-established US water heater brand, AO Smith's route in China is very different. No foreign brand like AO Smith, from the very beginning of its establishment, puts innovative development based on the local market in the first place, and is determined to meet the local market. Various demands for products. From the earliest research and development of water heaters that meet Chinese bathing habits, to 2009, we noticed the safety of drinking water, entered the water purification market, and now is dedicated to solving the problem of household air quality.... AO Smith, President Ding Under the leadership of Wei, he has been trying hard to find the pain points of consumers, and to solve the pain points, solve and improve them one by one, and the products finally reach the level of leading industry standards.
A.O. Smith Group Senior Vice President and President of China Investment Corporation Ding Wei
In 2009, when AO Smith first introduced reverse osmosis products, the entire water purification industry was intricately complex. Reverse osmosis products accounted for only a small share of the total category; eight years later, reverse osmosis has become the most mainstream category of water purification products. It was recognized by various experts. Jia Dongsheng, general manager of well-known data company Zhongkang, also mentioned the growth history of the category in the report. Admitted to this Ding Wei, AO Smith is the first in terms of domestic water purification products. A single innovation has developed different from European and American water purification products, especially for reverse osmosis products, from reducing wastewater ratio to increasing instantaneous flow rate, to greatly extending filter life... It is a tenacious spirit of attack and strong technical strength. AO Smith is the newcomer to the water purification market.
In fact, clean water is just the beginning of AO Smith's new category in the Chinese market. The smog and decoration pollution that people are paying more and more attention to in recent years has made Ding Wei aware of new opportunities in air quality. If the air purifier is obvious, Seasonal products, purifiers that can remove decorative pollutants such as formaldehyde are inevitable four-year-old home. AO Smith research found that, unlike removing indoor PM2.5, formaldehyde is more difficult to remove. PM2.5 comes from As far as the outside world is concerned, as long as the window is not opened, it is disposable, and formaldehyde is released from the furniture and other materials without interruption. The domestic safety standard for formaldehyde in the environment is 0.1 milligrams per cubic meter, and the foreign standard is 0.03 milligrams per cubic meter. AO Smith’s formaldehyde purifier is now able to meet foreign standards. Ding Wei still requires a goal of 0.01 milligrams per cubic meter. Ding Wei also mentioned that the air purifier must not only perform well, but also experience good results. Digital display , Mute, filter life and convenience of replacement are important.
We have to admit that the nearly paranoid president of technical control such as Ding Wei in the home appliance industry is rare, but it is he who led AO Smith to make great strides in the Chinese home market. 'The global super research and production base is also in the United States and now in China. They will be complementary to each other and can provide more suitable products for markets with different needs and different needs,” Ding Wei said. In the next 20 years, AO Smith will develop a broader territory on the environmental electrical territory and further establish Water treatment and air treatment industry is a world leader in innovation, energy conservation and environmental protection. It also brings global practical experience and leading technologies to China for common development.