The results of the third batch of classified and graded evaluations for intelligent manufacturing system solution providers were recently announced. Beijing Shougang Automation Information Technology Co., Ltd. ("Shougang Automation") received the highest-level AAA certification in the system integration and implementation category. This prestigious recognition places Shougang Automation among the top tier of domestic intelligent manufacturing system solution providers, solidifying its position as a benchmark enterprise leading the industry's digital transformation.

During this evaluation, Shougang Automation showcased its application scenarios in the ferrous metal smelting and rolling processing sector, with particular emphasis on its contributions to Shougang Cold Rolling's "Lighthouse Factory" project. This distinction positioned it as one of the select few to earn the AAA certification. The development of Shougang Cold Rolling's "Lighthouse Factory" closely aligns with production realities and developmental needs, implementing intelligent transformation across three pivotal dimensions: business operations, technology, and organizational structure. The project extensively incorporates Fourth Industrial Revolution technologies such as industrial internet, artificial intelligence, cloud computing, big data, and 5G, deeply embedding them within manufacturing processes. This integration has catalyzed a comprehensive transformation across production models, quality management, supply chain operations, R&D management, and business frameworks. It has upgraded traditional production systems, thereby significantly enhancing intelligent manufacturing capabilities and digital transformation. The outcomes feature improved production efficiency, greener and more low-carbon operations, and enhanced sustainable development, establishing the factory as a benchmark model for steel enterprises transitioning to intelligent operations. The application scenarios for ferrous metal smelting and rolling processing developed by Shougang Automation mainly include Shougang New Energy Information Systems, the advancement of Shougang Centralized Procurement Informatization, Shougang Zhixin Automation Systems, and Telecommunications Equipment Maintenance and Inspection Projects, among others. For non-ferrous metal smelting and rolling processing, the company's solutions have been successfully implemented in operation and maintenance services for Tianjin Zhongwang Aluminum Co., Ltd.

As a specialist in automation and information technology services, Shougang Automation has capitalized on the Shougang Group's three decades of steel production expertise to cultivate a highly skilled, professional, and experienced four-tier automation team dedicated to the steel industry. The company has established an integrated industrial framework that encompasses automation and information system design, programming, and debugging, as well as complete equipment supply, installation, and construction, along with operation and maintenance. In areas such as ironmaking, steelmaking, and rolling automation control systems; secondary mathematical models; tertiary MES; quaternary ERP consulting services and system development; as well as energy measurement systems, production security monitoring, and network system integration, Shougang Automation has developed an array of proprietary core technologies, comprehensive solutions, and patented software products. This extensive portfolio has fully equipped the company to undertake turnkey projects that involve intelligent, automated, and digital transformation for large-scale steel enterprises.

The Intelligent Manufacturing System Solution Provider Alliance was formed under the guidance of China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, through a joint initiative by over 50 organizations, including the China Electronics Standardization Institute. The Alliance's classification and grading evaluation of intelligent manufacturing system solution providers is critically important for promoting standardized development among suppliers and for advancing industry-wide intelligent upgrading. According to the evaluation criteria, AAA-rated providers demonstrate exceptional and intelligent manufacturing service capabilities. They can deliver industry-leading intelligent manufacturing products and holistic solutions, rapidly adapt to the diverse and complex needs of various clients, drive coordinated development across upstream and downstream industrial chains, and exert a substantial influence within the sector.