Recently, Omron Automation (China) Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Omron") signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Kunshan Boyi Machinery Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Boyi Machinery"). According to the agreement, both parties will integrate their advantageous resources and strive to deepen the long-term cooperation mechanism in the field of digital and intelligent packaging integrated production lines. The cooperation will cover multiple aspects, including integration of production line automation systems, intelligent identification systems, one item one code traceability systems, robot palletizing systems, digital factory construction, and priority use of new intelligent technologies, to jointly explore the market and inject new impetus into the digital upgrading of the packaging industry.
Xu Bin, Minister of Strategic Governance of Omron's Third Industry Development Division, and Wu Yongcheng, General Manager of Boyi Machinery, respectively signed the contract on behalf of both parties. Peng Tao, Deputy General Manager of Omron and Director of Automation Technology Center, awarded the license to Boyi Machinery and witnessed the signing of the contract.
Peng Tao, Deputy General Manager of Omron and Director of the Automation Technology Center, stated that this strategic cooperation is based on a deep insight and understanding of the future development trends of the food packaging industry. Both parties will work together to achieve technological integration and market resource integration, further meeting the diversified application needs of the market, and look forward to contributing to the sustainable development of the packaging industry.
Wu Yongcheng, General Manager of Boyi Machinery, fully affirmed the cooperation, believing that the development concepts of both parties are in line. Boyi Machinery will continue to take innovation as the cornerstone, and through strong cooperation, will deeply integrate Omron's digital and intelligent concepts into integrated production lines, providing customers with more efficient and flexible production methods.
Sincere cooperation, promoting industrial upgrading together
Driven by new technologies in intelligent manufacturing, leading companies in the convenience food industry are gradually promoting digital and intelligent development, and traditional production lines urgently need to be upgraded to intelligent packaging integrated production lines.
Boyi Machinery is a technology-based enterprise specializing in the research and development, production, sales, and service of high-end packaging machinery. With continuous iteration of high-speed packaging machines as the core, it provides one-stop intelligent packaging production line integration services for customers in the food industry. At present, the integrated production line of Boyi Machinery has been recognized by many industry customers and has successfully introduced customer factories, empowering the food packaging industry.
As an expert in digital transformation in the field of automation, Omron is committed to promoting industrial technology innovation and intelligent upgrading. The core technologies and solutions such as uninterrupted high-speed inspection, digital traceability, and AI visual inspection provide new ideas for solving the labor shortage, improving production efficiency, and ensuring personnel safety faced by the food packaging industry.
Collaborative robots can automate loading on existing production lines without the need for safety barriers, enabling human-machine collaborative stacking and flexible utilization of workers' workspace, thereby improving loading efficiency. The transportation operation after stacking can also be automated through Omron mobile robots, reducing the heavy workload of workers.
Boyi Machinery stated during the visit that Omron provides a fully servo integrated electronic control system for its packaging production line, ensuring stable and efficient operation of the packaging system. In the future, the R&D and application experience of Boyi Machinery will be diversified and integrated with Omron's core products and new technologies, scientifically planning integrated production lines, creating a benign interaction scenario between people and equipment, achieving personnel simplification, efficiency improvement, cost reduction and efficiency increase.
After the visit, both parties discussed and exchanged ideas about digital projects. Omron showcased the application cases of intelligent platforms in the food industry, helping food packaging factories to comprehensively innovate.
Omron and Boyi Machinery have reached a strategic cooperation, marking a deep integration of their technology and market. In the future, we will actively explore more development models and market opportunities together, empowering high-quality development and innovation in the food packaging industry.