Recently, an entrepreneur who has been working in the fields of industrial automation and PLC control for 20 years accepted an exclusive interview and shared in depth his innovation practices and development insights, and talked about the company’s innovative path in technology research and development, business models, and development concepts.
As an industry practitioner, he not only relies on his profound technical accumulation to lay a solid foundation for enterprise development, but also uses his excellent innovation ability to lead the team to break through industry bottlenecks and lead technological trends, building a small start-up team into an innovative enterprise in the field of local automation system integration, using innovative thinking to drive high-quality development of enterprises, and interpreting the innovative responsibility and leadership of entrepreneurs in the new era.
More than 20 years ago, traditional relay control systems were still commonly used in the domestic industrial field. Complex circuits, high failure rates, inconvenient maintenance, low efficiency and other pain points severely restricted the improvement of enterprise production capacity and safe production.
Facing industry difficulties, he broke the shackles of traditional thinking, gained insight into industry development trends with an innovative perspective, took the lead in taking PLC (programmable controller) technology as the core development direction of the enterprise, established the core concept of “innovation empowers automation, and ingenuity protects high quality”, and embarked on a path of differentiated innovation and development.
In the early days of entrepreneurship, faced with multiple difficulties such as shortage of funds, lack of technical talents, and low market recognition, he did not stick to the rules, but solved development problems with innovative ideas.
Technically, he took the lead in simplifying the PLC programming process, optimizing the control system design, and launching lightweight automation solutions that better meet the needs of small and medium-sized enterprises. In the market, he innovatively adopted the “technology trial + full-process assistance” model, breaking the industry’s traditional practice of “pay first and then serve”, gradually winning the trust of the market and opening up the development situation.
Talking about the iterative upgrades of industrial automation and PLC technology over the past 20 years, he said that innovation is the core competitiveness of an enterprise’s survival and development. Only continuous innovation can gain a firm foothold and achieve breakthroughs in the wave of technological change.
The past 20 years have been a golden period for the rapid development of PLC technology. Its functions have gradually upgraded from the initial single-machine logic control to networked, intelligent, and digital comprehensive control, becoming the core hub of industrial intelligent manufacturing.
Faced with the challenges brought about by technological iterations, he always adheres to the principle of “innovation leads technology and technology drives development”. With the foresight of a leader, he takes the lead in building an enterprise innovative R&D system, takes the lead in joining the front line of technological innovation, and leads the team to break through one technical difficulty after another.
He breaks traditional technical barriers, innovatively promotes the deep integration of PLC with industrial Internet, SCADA monitoring systems, and AI intelligent algorithms, and develops intelligent control modules with independent intellectual property rights, which greatly improves the stability and intelligence level of the control system. In response to the special needs of high-risk industries such as metallurgy, chemicals, and mining, he innovatively develops core technologies such as redundant control and fault warning, and builds a full-process safety protection system to effectively reduce enterprise production safety risks and form unique technological innovation advantages.
As the core leader of the company, he not only focuses on technological innovation, but is also good at optimizing corporate management and layout business development with innovative thinking, and promoting the company to achieve all-round upgrades.
In terms of team management, he broke the traditional hierarchical management model, innovatively implemented the “technical partner” mechanism, encouraged core technical personnel to participate in corporate innovation decisions, gave R&D personnel sufficient autonomy and incentives, stimulated the team’s innovation vitality, and created a core team with strong technology, courage to innovate, and strong cohesion.
In terms of business layout, he innovatively proposed a business model of “customization + full life cycle service” to tailor PLC automation solutions to the needs of enterprises of different industries and sizes. At the same time, he provided full-process services from solution design, programming and debugging to post-operation and maintenance, breaking the pain point of “emphasis on sales and light on service” in the industry.
In addition, he innovatively deeply integrated automation technology with green manufacturing and launched the “PLC + energy saving and consumption reduction” integrated solution to help enterprises achieve green production and low-carbon development, providing practical experience that can be used for reference in the innovation and development of the industry.
In the process of innovation practice, he always adheres to “pragmatic innovation and long-term success”, focusing on industry pain points and corporate needs to make innovation results truly effective.
The relevant technologies developed by him and led by his team have obtained utility model patents, are widely used in various industrial scenarios, have solved many practical problems, and have been widely recognized by industry customers.
Over the years, under his innovative leadership, the company has completed dozens of technological innovations, led the creation of multiple industry benchmark projects, and gradually grown into an innovative leader in the local automation field.
Looking forward to the future, he said that innovation will never end, and the next step will be to continue to play the leading role of leaders in innovation, leading enterprises to continue to increase investment in R&D, deepen technology integration and innovation, focus on multiple core tracks, and launch more innovative products and solutions that meet industry needs.
At the same time, relying on industry resources, uniting universities, scientific research institutes and upstream and downstream enterprises to build an innovation collaboration platform, promote technology sharing and achievement transformation, drive high-quality development of enterprises with continuous innovation, lead the team to strive to start the innovation journey of intelligent manufacturing in the next ten years, and inject more innovation momentum into high-quality industrial development.
