On the morning of October 29, 2025, the "Meide Group New Intelligent Manufacturing Base Launch Ceremony" was grandly opened in Linyi, Shandong. More than 500 people, including leaders from relevant national and provincial associations, experts from design institutes in the fields of water conservancy and water affairs construction, professors from universities such as Tsinghua University and Harbin Institute of Technology, and industry partners from around the world, gathered at the event to witness Meide Group's milestone step in the global fluid transportation field.
This event was not merely a production launch ceremony, but a grand industry gathering bringing together the wisdom of associations, design institutes, universities, government departments, and upstream and downstream enterprises in the supply chain.
Colleagues from domestic water and other related companies gathered to explore new opportunities for cooperation. More than 40 company chairmen and over 170 company general managers attended the event, jointly seeking new collaboration opportunities.
In his address, Kong Linglei, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Meide Group, expressed his sincere gratitude to all the leaders and guests present. He fondly recalled Meide Group's more than 60-year development journey—from a local enterprise to an international group with business operations in more than 140 countries and regions around the world.
Chairman Kong emphasized that the completion and commissioning of the new intelligent manufacturing base is not only a solid step in the digital transformation and upgrading of the Meide Group, but also opens up new opportunities for international cooperation in the global fluid transport field. He stated that the Meide Group will take this as a new starting point to continuously empower the construction of the domestic and international dual circulation pattern and further enhance its global industry influence.
Zhang Zhiyong, Executive Vice President of the China Foundry Association, extended his warm congratulations to Meide Group. He pointed out that with the in-depth implementation of the "dual-carbon" strategy, the commissioning of Meide Group's "500,000-ton intelligent manufacturing project for short-process ductile iron pipes" is a vivid practice and benchmark example of the foundry industry's transformation towards high-end, intelligent, and green development.
Li Bingshu, Executive Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee and Secretary-General of the China Chamber of Commerce for International Cooperation of Private Economy, succinctly summarized the project's three benchmark significances: the perfect integration of "global vision" and "deep local cultivation"; the synergistic evolution of "intelligent manufacturing upgrade" and "green and low-carbon"; and the resonance of "corporate wisdom" and "regional development".
Amidst the expectant gazes of the audience, key leaders, experts, and international partners moved together to the interactive launch screen. As the countdown on the large screen reached zero, the commissioning ceremony of the Meide Group's Short-Process Intelligent Manufacturing Industrial Park was successfully completed. This launch ceremony, which blends technology and vision, officially ushered in a new chapter for Meide Group's intelligent manufacturing and industrial upgrading.
The launch of the new intelligent manufacturing base of the Meide Group has attracted great attention from global partners. At the subsequent signing ceremony, Guo Lei, Secretary of the Party Committee and Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of Meide Group, signed cooperation agreements on behalf of the Group with representatives of partners from Hong Kong, Henan, Guangdong, Hubei, Fujian, Shaanxi, Liaoning, Guizhou, Sichuan and other places, fully demonstrating the strong market appeal and broad cooperation prospects of the new intelligent manufacturing base.
Meide Group always adheres to the core values of "user-centric, quality-oriented, innovation-driven development, and win-win cooperation" and will continue to provide safe and reliable products and comprehensive solutions to users around the world in the future.
The newly commissioned 500,000-ton ductile iron pipe intelligent manufacturing base has become the focus of industry attention due to its late-mover advantage, outstanding expert team, six leading technologies, and strong cost competitiveness.
1. Expert Leadership, Technological Support: Gathering senior industry experts across the entire supply chain, including R&D, process engineering, and production, provides a solid guarantee for technological innovation and process optimization.
2. Six Leading Technologies: Equipped with high-efficiency centrifuges and a 70-meter ultra-long intelligent annealing furnace, achieving technological leadership in fully automated processes, ultrasonic intelligent online thickness measurement, pipe number identification and recording, and automated painting robots.
3. Multi-dimensional Empowerment, Superior Cost Performance: Leveraging Linyi's superior logistics and port location advantages, combined with short-process technology to reduce carbon emissions and costs, and digital intelligence to improve production efficiency, a strong comprehensive cost competitiveness is built.
