Recently, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) released the list of the 3rd batch of national "Little Giant" enterprises under the "Specialized, Refined, Specialized and Innovative" initiative, with 12 enterprises from West Coast New Area making the list. So far, the New Area is home to 21 national-level "Specialized, Refined, Specialized and Innovative" "Little Giant" enterprises, along with 35 provincial-level and 1,062 municipal-level "Specialized, Refined, Specialized and Innovative" small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) — all of which have become a new vital force driving the high-quality development of the manufacturing industry. Leveraging its advantages, West Coast New Area will continue to promote the development of SMEs towards the "Specialized, Refined, Specialized and Innovative" direction, further strengthen the efforts to cultivate such enterprises, and build the "Specialized, Refined, Specialized and Innovative" enterprise cluster into the main force and core engine for the high-quality development of the New Area’s industrial economy.

Today, let’s take an in-depth look at Qingdao Dadong Automation Technology Co., Ltd., an outstanding "Specialized, Refined, Specialized and Innovative" enterprise in the New Area.

Founded in March 2013, Qingdao Dadong Automation Technology Co., Ltd. is a national high-tech enterprise specializing in the R&D, production and sales of intelligent CNC punching equipment.

The company’s main products include high-efficiency intelligent sheet metal CNC equipment such as CNC laser cutting machines, CNC turret punch presses, CNC bending machines, CNC bending centers, CNC flexible production units, CNC feeding machines, and pre-feeding equipment for CNC shearing machines. It is a domestic production base for automation equipment.

Adhering to market demand and industrialization trends as the guide for technological innovation and product R&D, Dadong Technology adopts high-quality raw materials, refined management models and product inspection methods, and organizes production in strict accordance with standards. This not only effectively ensures "safety, independence and controllability" and "sustainable development", but also alleviates the cost pressure caused by importing core components.

By continuously implementing the technology innovation-driven strategy, Dadong Technology has pressed the acceleration button for intelligent manufacturing. The intelligently developed and produced project of the intelligent complete set of sheet metal CNC equipment production line avoids multiple complex production processes, reduces production energy consumption and material costs, and ensures pollution-free production. Compared with the original processing technology, the production efficiency has increased by more than 20%, the production capacity has risen by 33.3%, and the production workforce has been reduced by 10 people — achieving the goal of "staff reduction, efficiency improvement, and environmental protection". Additionally, the automatic data collection rate reaches 80%, and the operating costs are cut by 15%.

The CNC punch press products developed and produced by the company can realize a series of automated operations, including automatic feeding, automatic and precise movement of sheet metal, automatic tool changing, automatic stamping, and automatic reset. This product can replace 10 to 15 ordinary punch presses, significantly reducing the number of employees while improving the production efficiency and precision of products.