From tradition to the future: Sany Heavy Industry interprets new productivity with digitalization

2025-09-23

As the global industrial landscape undergoes profound transformation, transforming traditional industries into emerging ones that lead the future is a pressing question facing every manufacturing company.

As a leader in China's construction machinery industry, Sany Heavy Industry has provided its own answer through a profound "digitalization" revolution. No longer content with the traditional manufacturer role, it has charted a new path toward future industries centered around intelligent manufacturing, intelligent products, and intelligent operations, becoming a vivid example of new-quality productivity in the industrial sector.

Smart Manufacturing: From Manufacturing to Intelligent Manufacturin

Traditional manufacturing is characterized by labor-intensiveness and rigid processes, but Sany Heavy Industry, which is committed to becoming a global pioneer in intelligent manufacturing, is completely rewriting this narrative.

Sany Heavy Industry has built 35 smart factories worldwide, accelerating the unleashing of new productivity. Changsha Factory 18 and the Beijing Pile Driver Factory are the only two world-class Lighthouse Factories in the global heavy industry, while the Indonesian factory is the first overseas Lighthouse Factory in China's construction machinery industry.

Take the Beijing Pile Driver Factory as an example. By leveraging machine decision-making, the factory has increased labor productivity by 85% and shortened production cycles from 30 days to 7 days, a 77% reduction. The factory has successfully implemented 35 smart manufacturing scenarios, including digital twins, digital process design, flexible production line configuration, and intelligent scheduling, earning it recognition as one of the first "Excellent Smart Factories" by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology.

This not only reshapes production efficiency but also redefines the industry landscape: traditional heavy industry manufacturing has evolved into a new paradigm of human-machine collaboration and flexible production.

Smart Products: From Devices to Solutions

The accelerated evolution of construction machinery into intelligent terminals is a core component of Sany Heavy Industry's digitalization strategy and an inevitable requirement for developing new-quality productivity.

From traditional construction machinery to intelligent products such as the world's first 5G-controlled remote-controlled excavator and intelligent cranes, and then to a series of scenario-based integrated solutions for open-pit mining, pump truck foundation construction, intelligent crane operations, and intelligent compactor fleets, Sany Heavy Industry's product evolution vividly embodies its transformation from a traditional machinery manufacturer to a provider of intelligent terminals and solutions.

Construction machinery is no longer isolated "steel behemoths" but intelligent terminals integrated with 5G, the Internet of Things, big data, and artificial intelligence. Sany's digital open-pit mining solution, based on intelligent products such as remote-controlled excavators and mining loaders, allows operators to stay away from the front lines and ensure production safety. Furthermore, leveraging a digital and automated mine management system, the solution optimizes resource allocation, route planning, and job scheduling, further improving overall operational efficiency.

Transforming from an equipment provider to a scenario enabler, Sany Heavy Industry is using new-quality productivity to drive the entire construction machinery industry towards a future industrial echelon with high added value and high technological content.

Intelligent Operations: From “Man-Based Governance” to “Data-Based Governance”

Iterating on its operational model is key to Sany Heavy Industry's transition from traditional industrial management to a future-oriented industrial ecosystem. By continuously promoting comprehensive and comprehensive data collection, deeply exploring its value, and continuously improving operational refinement, Sany Heavy Industry has digitized its entire business operations process, achieving a shift from "management by humans" to "management by data."

From energy efficiency management and supply chain collaboration to marketing, customer acquisition, and customer service, digital applications permeate Sany Heavy Industry's entire operational chain, significantly reducing costs and increasing efficiency, driving overall operational efficiency to a new level. Taking energy efficiency management as an example, Sany Heavy Industry's independently developed Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) platform currently provides real-time online access to 19,000 devices, 33,000 instruments, and 61,000 cameras. Leveraging its "Peak, Valley, and Flat" intelligent scheduling application, Sany Heavy Industry analyzes and dynamically schedules energy consumption of production equipment, prioritizing high-energy-consuming operations during periods of low electricity prices, achieving precise energy conservation. Data indicates that between 2022 and 2024, Sany Heavy Industry will save approximately 200 million yuan in energy costs through energy-saving and consumption-reduction projects.

This data-driven, refined operational capability not only reduces costs and increases efficiency, but also builds a green, sustainable development model that aligns with the essence of new-quality productivity, clearly demonstrating the core characteristics of future industries.

From "traditional industries" to "future industries," Sany Heavy Industry is steadily moving toward a smarter, greener, and more efficient era. This not only sets a benchmark for how the construction machinery industry and the entire real economy can cultivate and strengthen new-quality productivity, but also injects strong momentum into the high-quality development of China's manufacturing industry through innovative practices.




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