Last year, the installed volume of Chinese industrial robot market increased by 44% year-on-year to 243,300 units, accounting for half of the total installed volume of global industrial robots, almost twice that of factories in the Americas and Europe. Among them, the installed volume of industrial robots in the electrical and electronic industries and the automotive industries was 81,600 and 50,700 units, respectively, an increase of 30% and 89% year-on-year respectively.
Although foreign-funded enterprises still dominate, a large number of Chinese enterprises are catching up. According to the top 20 domestically-owned industrial robot domestically-owned enterprises in the Chinese market in the first half of 2022, Eston ranked first. From the perspective of the entire market, ranking fifth, up 2 places, second only to Fanuc, Yaskawa Motor , Epson and Kuka ( Huichuan Technology also ranked among the top ten).
China's "sales champion" of industrial robots: ESTUN was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in Nanjing. It is known as one of the "Four Little Dragons" of domestic industrial robots. It has three major R&D teams, and has successfully cultivated three core businesses: industrial automation series, industrial robot series and industrial digital series, covering the robot market segment of new energy (photovoltaic lithium batteries, etc.), automobile and automotive parts, 3C and PCB industries, and other industries (packaging, building materials and home furnishings, food, etc.).
mentions Eston, and naturally, it cannot avoid the founder Wu Bo . He has loved robots very much since he was a child. After graduating from the Department of Mechanical Sciences of Southeast University, he worked as a teacher at Nanjing Forestry University for four years, and returned to his alma mater to get a master's degree in the Department of Mechanical Sciences. At the age of 33, he joined Jiangsu Machinery and Equipment Import and Export Company and served as department manager, and accumulated rich experience and connections.
Six years later, the "restless" Wu Bo decided to start a business and founded Eston. As the first company in China to independently develop AC servo system , thanks to the competitive advantages of the entire industry chain of "core components + body + robot integrated applications", it has maintained a R&D investment of about 10% of the annual revenue for a long time and successfully stood out from the market. At present, the products have formed a complete series of six-axis robots, with a load range of 3-600kg, and more than 54 types.
Since 2016, Eston has successively acquired or participated in a number of upstream and downstream European and American industrial robots including Italy Euclid Labs, UK Trio, Germany CLOOS, M.A.i. Company, and US Barrett. Through foreign investment and acquisition, rapid acquisition and absorption of technology can be improved.
Last year, Eston Industrial Robot sales exceeded 10,000 for the first time, and entered the top ten shipments of global industrial robot brands in the Chinese market for three consecutive years; the domestic industrial robot body and workstation business grew by 104.70%, and the shipment of six-joint robots was second only to the four major international robot manufacturers.
achieved revenue of 1.66 billion yuan and net profit of 76.3 million yuan in the first half of this year, an increase of 6% and 21.32% year-on-year; the target of industrial robot shipment for the whole year was 16,000 to 18,000 units. Currently, its robot production capacity exceeds 20,000 sets per year, and the company is still actively expanding production. The second phase of the Eston Robot Intelligent Industrial Park is being built and is expected to be put into use next year, with a production capacity of 50,000 sets per year.
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China's industrial robots are developing rapidly, but overall they are still big but not strong. At present, some key technologies have shortcomings and are at risk of being "bottled". For example, more than 70% of the core component reducers come from Japan; more than 90% of the cutting-edge servo motor technology in the servo system rely on imports; the software part of the controller has not yet formed a complete industrial chain. In addition, the application scenarios of robots are insufficient, similar products are crowded with single functions, and the pain points solved are not clear enough. Chinese companies still have a long way to go if they want to compete with leading foreign companies.
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