1, General Electric Company
General Electric Company of the United States was founded in 1892, also known as the Kiwi company, funded by the old Morgan in 1892 to Edison General Electric Company, Thomson Housden International Electric Company and other three companies merged to form. General Electric of the United States in various ways annexed many enterprises at home and abroad, and became the world's largest multinational company providing technology and service business. GE insisted on diversification, the company's business from aircraft engines, power generation equipment to financial services, from medical imaging, television programs to plastics.
People, data, and machines work together seamlessly - defining the future of industry with intelligent machines. 2013, Jeff Immelt, Chairman and CEO of GE, introduced the concept of the "Industrial Internet," an open, global network that connects people, data, and machines to identify sources of energy consumption in machines through big data analytics. analytics to identify the sources of energy consumption of machines and improve the operational efficiency of equipment.
In April 2015, General Electric (GE), along with AT&T, Cisco, IBM and Intel*** announced the establishment of the Industrial Internet Consortium (IIC), and GE also made a commitment to open up its industrial Internet software platform, Predix, to all companies.On July 20, 2016, GE formally announced a partnership with Huawei entered into a partnership to promote China's "industrial Internet" progress. GE will actively participate in the creation of China's industrial Internet ecosystem, exploring different modes of cooperation, and seeking *** win.
As we all know, this year, GE top management carried out a major blood change, the new CEO Flannery implemented a series of new policies to boost performance, optimize business structure, cut operating costs, substantial layoffs, etc., can be described as "the new official inauguration of the three fires", it may be the alternation between the old and the new policy needs to be friction, GE's stock has been in the Down. However, "the thin camel is bigger than a horse" Although GE stock fell, but the total revenue of the industrial control field ranking is still the global NO.1.
2, Siemens
Siemens AG was founded in 1847, is the global leading enterprise in the field of electrical and electronic engineering. 2014, Siemens sold its shares of Borsey Home Appliances, completely sold the shares of Borsey Home Appliances, and then sold the shares of Borsey Home Appliances. sold its shares in Bossi Home Appliances and completely withdrew from the field of home appliances to focus on electrification, automation and digitalization. Siemens digital enterprise solutions cover industrial software, industrial communications, industrial information security and data-based services.
Siemens' main products include, programmable logic controllers (PLCs), industrial computers (IPCs) and industrial operating panels (HMIs), industrial software, CNC machine tools, low-voltage electrical appliances, and touch screens. The nine businesses are power generation and natural gas, wind power and renewable energy, energy management, building technology, transportation, digital factory, process industry and drive, healthcare and financial services. Digitalization is one of the three major directions for Siemens' future development, and Siemens will take digitalization as a major growth area in the future, setting a target profit margin of 14%-20% for digital factories.
To strengthen its strength in digitalization, Siemens has acquired CD-adapco, a global developer of engineering simulation software. Siemens' digital technologies help companies optimize, simulate and test their products in a virtual environment before they are actually put into production, and optimize the entire business process during the production process, ultimately leading to highly efficient and flexible production, rapid time-to-market of innovations, and forging of lasting competitiveness of the company. The company's competitiveness will be long-lasting.
In April 2016 Siemens launched the MindSphere industrial cloud platform, MindSphere is designed as an open ecosystem that industrial enterprises can use as a digital service. On December 25 of this year, Siemens announced that the latest version of MindSphere will be available for the first time on Amazon Cloud Services (AWS), and will henceforth be able to develop robust industrial IoT solutions in a shorter timeframe for its customers in various industries, in particular aerospace and defense, as well as energy and public **** utilities.
3. Hitachi
Hitachi (HITACHI), one of the world's largest integrated multinational conglomerates from Japan, came to China in the 1960s, becoming one of a handful of foreign companies to enter the Chinese market early. Hitachi Group consists of numerous business divisions and business companies, and owns a number of technologies, products and solution technologies. At present, Hitachi has more than 100 group companies in China, and its members are active in the fields of electric motors, electronic equipment, household appliances, and information and communication, etc.
Hitachi devotes itself to the social innovation business, and puts the "social infrastructure" and "IT infrastructure" related to information and communication system, electric power system, environment-industry-transportation system, and society-urban system into practice. "
Hitachi is fully committed to social innovation, and is working to create a low-carbon society and a green economy by integrating its strengths in the fields of information and communication systems, electric power systems, environment, industry, transportation systems, and social and urban systems, as well as in the fields of IT infrastructure. Hitachi's long-term research on portrait feature extraction algorithms and high-speed retrieval engines, combined with the application of new technologies such as deep learning and auto-correction, has enabled face retrieval and recognition technology to overcome the limitations of many conditions of use, and the system's core functionality and performance have made a qualitative leap forward.
Hitachi inverters occupy an important position in the inverter market with their stable performance, rich combination of functions, high-performance vector control technology, low-speed high-torque output, good dynamic characteristics, and superb overload capability. It has won many awards around the world, especially the Hitachi inverter with speed sensor-less vector control technology, which is the first of its kind in Hitachi and has a global patent. Hitachi SJ700B series is widely used in metal processing machinery, winding machinery, plastic extrusion machinery, handling machinery, woodworking machinery, air-conditioning equipment, fans, pumps and other applications.
The Hitachi Insight Group is investing heavily in the Industrial Internet of Things (IoT) because of the huge potential of IoT in industry. Over the next two years, Hitachi will invest $2.8 billion to provide predictive solutions to its customer base. Factories that adopt big data and predictive analytics see a 10% increase in productivity in their day-to-day operations. In the grand scheme of things, a 10 percent improvement doesn't seem like much, but the effect ends up being significant as it is passed on to the end consumer.
4, Bosch
Bosch is one of Germany's largest industrial enterprises, engaged in automotive technology, industrial technology and consumer goods and building technology industry. 1886 only 25-year-old Mr. Robert Bosch founded the company in Stuttgart, the company will be positioned as a "precision machinery and electrical engineering factory "The company was founded in Stuttgart in 1886 by Mr. Robert Bosch at the age of 25. Headquartered in Stuttgart, southern Germany, Bosch employs more than 230,000 people in more than 50 countries. Bosch is known worldwide for its innovative and cutting-edge products and system solutions.
The Bosch Group is a key initiator of Germany's Industry 4.0 strategy and is uniquely positioned for Industry 4.0. Bosch Rexroth's hydraulic valve production line in Humboldt, Germany, was awarded the "Industry 4.0 Award" by a renowned German trade magazine for realizing the optimal interconnection of people, machines, objects and IT systems. The production line is capable of zero-switching production of 2,000 different products from six product families, and realizes small-lot customized production and even single-product production, reducing inventory by 30% while improving productivity by 10%.
Bosch Rexroth developed a series of synchronous servo motors that provide temperature and saturation data on the motor to the company's IndraDrive controller, allowing for improved torque accuracy and a tighter operating tolerance range than previously available. Bosch has already rolled out Industry 4.0 in more than 100 factories around the world, with the Suzhou automotive electronics plant being one of the pilots. In the production environment, intelligent machines, storage systems, and manufacturing facilities*** that form part of this information-physical system work together to exchange information, trigger processes, and automate controls. Industry 4.0 will connect people, machines and things along the entire value chain, from suppliers to customers.
In May 2017, Bosch announced its 2016 financial report at the 2017 press conference held in Shanghai under the theme of "Creating Connectivity". 91.5 billion yuan, a huge success.
5, Panasonic
Panasonic Group is a global electronics manufacturer, engaged in the production of a variety of electrical products, sales and other business activities.1978, Chinese national leaders visited the Panasonic Group's Japanese television factory. During a meeting between the two sides, entrepreneur Konosuke Matsushita expressed his determination to contribute to China. Subsequently, the Panasonic Group entered the initial phase of its business in China. During these years, the Group has been committed to exporting products and technical cooperation with Chinese factories, and established its first joint venture factory in 1987. As of today, the Panasonic Group's business activities in China cover a wide range of areas, including research and development, manufacturing, sales, service, logistics, and publicity. Panasonic's products in the field of industrial automation involve relays, connectors, sensors for machines, switches, programmable controllers, programmable intelligent operation panels, image processing devices, ultraviolet-hardening devices, and so on.
PanasonicWeldingSystems (Tangshan) Co., Ltd. (PWST) is a Sino-Japanese joint venture invested by Panasonic Group and Tangshan Kaiyuan Electric Co. The company fully adopts the advanced management and technology of Panasonic, Japan, and uses the world-class manufacturing, debugging and testing equipment to produce all kinds of arc welding machines, resistance welding machines, plasma cutting machines, robots and pure parts for welding and cutting under the trademark of "Panasonic". Since 1996, the company has ranked first in China's electric welding machine industry in terms of economic efficiency.
Panasonic announced on July 19, 2016, that it would enter the robot control equipment market. Panasonic predicts that the market for such equipment will reach a size of tens of billions of yen by around 2020, and will seek to gain a market share of billions of yen of this. Panasonic has developed "motion sensors" that can measure a robot's three-dimensional position more accurately than conventional devices. These products can detect and control the movements of robots, and the company believes that the demand for robots in fields such as factories and nursing care will increase. The ability to control the robot's posture is said to improve efficiency.
6, Honeywell International
Honeywell International was founded in 1999, by the original world's two famous companies - the United States and Honeywell merged into the company. The original Honeywell's core business was residential and building control technology and industrial control and automation products; the core business was aerospace, automotive and engineered materials. Today, Honeywell operates in the areas of aerospace products and services; residential and building controls and industrial controls technologies; automation products; specialty chemicals, fibers, plastics, electronics and advanced materials, and transportation and power systems and products.
In a highly competitive environment, industrial companies must find automation solutions that can be implemented quickly with a combination of efficiency, safety and affordability.
July 20, 2016 - Honeywell Process Control recently announced the next generation of Experion with enhanced Industrial IoT capabilities PKSOrion process knowledge system. This new solution not only keeps plant owners up to date with cutting-edge technology, but also helps them further optimize automation project execution, reduce cycle time for commissioning and operational risk, while protecting corporate intellectual property investments.Experion PKSOrion features a scalable family of innovative solutions that help customers improve project execution and commissioning, upgrade control system infrastructure
Experion PKSOrion has a scalable range of innovative solutions that help customers improve project execution and commissioning, upgrade control system infrastructure, extend standards compatibility and interoperability, and provide a continuous technology evolution path.
Honeywell creates a new business unit dedicated to the Industrial Internet of Things and Big Data.May 2016 Honeywell Process Control (HPS) recently announced the launch of Uniformance Suite, a new, all-in-one, integrated process software solution.The system enables the transformation of plant data into actionable information for smart operations. Honeywell's line of Industrial IoT technology products is helping manufacturers operate plants more safely and efficiently by leveraging data. Through data collection, advanced analytics capabilities and deep expertise, Honeywell Industrial IoT solutions help owners reduce conditions such as unplanned downtime and nonconforming products.
In May 2017, Honeywell released its new programmable logic controller (ControlEdge PLC). Shi Xueyong, PLC product manager of Honeywell Process Control, said, "The timely launch of ControlEdge PLC, on the one hand, is to comply with the intelligent manufacturing for PLC products intelligent, digital, miniaturized update new requirements, on the other hand, is also in line with the Honeywell channel business model."
7, Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation is a leading global manufacturer of electronic and electrical products, always committed to cutting-edge technology and specialized areas of research, development and manufacturing. Mainly engaged in information and communication systems, electronic components, heavy electrical systems, industrial automation systems, automotive electrical equipment and household appliances and other businesses, and in the field of satellites, defense systems, ventilation equipment and other areas of the world's leading position. In addition, Mitsubishi Electric has excellent display equipment and display device technology. Mitsubishi Electric's business scope covers industrial automation (FA) products and mechatronics (Mechtronics) products.
Mitsubishi Electric has more than 30 joint ventures and wholly owned enterprises in China, which are engaged in business and technology transfer in a wide range of electronic and mechanical fields such as automotive parts, semiconductors and other electronic devices, as well as power transmission and substation equipment, elevators, motors used in railway vehicles, industrial automation equipment, household appliances and other electronic and mechanical devices.
Mitsubishi Electric launched a new series of industrial vertical multi-joint robots "MELFA-F" on July 15, 2015, including 12 models of "RV-35/50/70F" with load capacities of 35kg, 50kg and 70kg respectively. The new models include 12 models, including "RV-35/50/70F" with load capacities of 35kg, 50kg, and 70kg respectively. The new models are equipped with a larger capacity reducer than the previous model by changing the structure of the wrist to increase the working speed of the robot, and six of the 12 models can be linked with Mitsubishi Electric's programmable logic controllers (PLCs). Not only can I/O processing time be shortened using the PLC's high-speed communication function, but when used in conjunction with a monitor, the efficiency of operation and maintenance work can also be improved.
In response to the "industrial demand for integrated equipment and plant control," Mitsubishi Electric Automation released the IQ-R series, which combines sequence, motion, safety, process, and C control into a single platform. The iQ-R series control platform for applications requiring integrated motion and safety control, tight synchronization between multiple processes and high productivity, designed for automotive manufacturing, food processing, material handling and electronic equipment manufacturing industries. As China's automation market gradually transforms into an intelligent market, there is an increasing demand for intelligent products, Mitsubishi Electric is close to the Chinese market, and in 2017 launched a cost-effective and economical product - small intelligent inverter CS80.
8, South Korea's Hyundai Heavy Industries Group
South Korea's Hyundai Heavy Industries Group was founded in 1972, initially from the shipbuilding business to start, through the shipbuilding industry accumulated technology, and gradually into the marine equipment, industrial equipment, engines, electrical and electronic equipment, construction machinery and new energy fields, growing into the world's leading integrated heavy industry enterprises.
In 1984, Hyundai Heavy Industries entered into the field of industrial robotics, providing automation and robotics system project services to customers all over the world, with products including: Welding Robot System, Handling Robot System, Assembly Robot System, Palletizing Robot System, LCD Handling Robot System, and Medical Robot System.
Currently, South Korean industrial robot manufacturers have a global market share of about 5 percent. Hyundai Heavy Industries has been able to supply welding, handling, sealing, palletizing, stamping, grinding, loading and unloading and other areas of the robot, a large number of applications in the automotive, electronics and telecommunications industries, greatly improving the self-sufficiency rate of South Korea's industrial robots. But overall, Korean technology is still a big gap with Japan, Europe and other leading countries. 2003, Hyundai Heavy Industries robot officially entered the Chinese market.
9, Switzerland ABB Group
ABB Group was founded in 1988, by the Swedish company ASEA and the Swiss company BBCBrownBoveri merged into a company. ABB is the world's leading company in the field of power and automation technology, is committed to industrial and power industry customers to provide solutions, is a business worldwide electrical engineering group
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ABB invented, manufactured and commercialized many products and technologies, including the world's first three-phase power transmission system, the world's first self-cooling transformer, high-voltage DC transmission technology and the first electrically-powered industrial robots, and has pioneered a wide range of products, including a full range of power transformers and distribution transformers, high-, medium-, and low-voltage switchgear, AC and DC power transmission and distribution systems, power automation systems, and power management systems. power transmission and distribution systems, power automation systems, a wide range of measurement devices and sensors, real-time control and optimization systems, robotics hardware and software and simulation systems, energy-efficient motors and drive systems, power quality, conversion and synchronization systems, and fuses and switchgear to protect the security of power systems. These products have been widely used in industrial, commercial, power and public **** utilities.
In 20154, ABB launched YuMi, the first truly human-robot collaborative dual-arm industrial robot, YuMi is a collaborative dual-arm assembly solution with vision and haptics. From precision components for mechanical watches to handling cell phones, tablets, and desktop computer parts, YuMi handles them all with precision and ease, even threading a needle. The robot is especially designed for small part assembly and testing in industries such as electronics and toy manufacturing. It can be used for force-guided assembly tasks such as sorting, part insertion, testing, parts distribution, packaging and pulling bolts.
This year, ABB through a series of strategic mergers and acquisitions to supplement the strength of the July 2017, ABB announced the completion of the acquisition of Bergerac (B& R), the latter is focused on providing leading products and software for machinery and factory automation, the world's largest independent supplier; on September 25, 2017, ABB announced the acquisition of GE Industrial Systems business in Zurich, Switzerland. further consolidate global leadership in electrification.
10, Schneider Electric
Schneider Electric Ltd. was founded in 1836, headquartered in Lue, France, is a global leader in energy efficiency management. Schneider Electric (Schneider Electric) for more than 100 countries in the energy and infrastructure, industrial, data centers and networks, buildings and residential markets to provide total solutions, which in the energy and infrastructure, industrial process control, building automation and data centers and networks in the world's leading market in the field of residential applications also has a strong market capacity.
Schneider Electric will spend 65 million euros (about S$100 million) by 2020 to set up a software solutions center, a new East Asia headquarters and a regional control center in Singapore. The company's global chairman and chief executive officer Zhao Guohua (Jean-Pascal Tricoire) said the choice of Singapore because the company has 40 years of history in the local, Singapore business environment friendly, efficient, superior location, there is a perfect logistics platform, and has the advantage of talent, and therefore decided to expand the investment in Singapore.
As a global expert in energy efficiency management and automation, Schneider Electric is looking to leverage its expertise in sustainable energy management, industrial automation, and software and services to enable technological innovations and bring value to its customers.
On October 11, 2017, Schneider Electric announced the launch of EcoStruxure Industrial Software Platform (EcoStruxure). The platform provides highly reliable solution capabilities for engineering, planning and operations, asset performance, and control and information management, and with more than 2 million software licenses deployed at more than 100,000 sites globally, the Industrial Software Platform operates at the scale necessary to support complex and mission-critical industrial operations, processing more than 10 trillion daily operations across more than 20 billion operating parameters.