On March 31, the Yinzhou District People's Government and Aux Group signed an agreement to jointly develop a cutting-edge smart manufacturing technology park.
Located in Yinzhou Economic Development Zone, the project spans approximately 850 mu (56.7 hectares) with a total investment of 6 billion yuan. Designed as an industrial cluster, it will attract upstream and downstream enterprises in the supply chain to establish a benchmark for future factories and digital transformation.
Aux Group plans to develop this into the world's most advanced, efficient, and intelligent home appliance manufacturing base. Slated for full operation by November 2026, the park is projected to achieve an annual output value exceeding 10 billion yuan upon reaching full capacity.
As a perennial member of China's Top 500 Enterprises, Aux operates across air conditioning, power distribution, new energy, and healthcare sectors. In 2024, the group reported revenues over 90 billion yuan with taxes and profits surpassing 10 billion yuan. Its existing smart AC factory in Jiangshan Town – where panels transform from plastic pellets to finished products in just 38 seconds under fully automated "lights-out" production – has set a "Ningbo Model" for Chinese appliance manufacturers.
The project signed this time will not only achieve a high degree of automation and flexible production, quickly adjusting the production process and product configuration according to market demand and customer orders; it will also use a 3D vision system to conduct three-dimensional scanning and identification of the components on the production line, making the entire production process traceable. At the same time, the project will adopt photovoltaic and energy storage equipment to improve energy utilization efficiency and build a green and environmentally friendly "zero-carbon factory."
It is worth mentioning that this project will combine technologies such as big data, cloud computing, artificial intelligence, and digital twin, increasing the production efficiency of the factory by 30%, reducing production costs by 20%, and making intelligence cover more than 80% of the processes.