Rushing towards the 'strong magnetic field', grass roots quickly transform into 'little giants'

The original article link of Hefei Evening News report：Rushing towards the 'strong magnetic field', grass roots quickly transform into 'little giants'

High quality business environment welcomes excellent talents, Hefei creates a highland for the development of high-end industries

　　Xu Xiukun (former), Chairman of Anhui Wofu Permanent Magnet Technology Co., Ltd., and his grassroots entrepreneurial team

Nowadays, strengthening industrial energy conservation and promoting green development have become important contents in promoting new industrialization. Having gone through the initial stage, with the increasingly widespread application of permanent magnet technology in industries such as power, coal, metallurgy, and chemical engineering, Anhui Wofu Permanent Magnet Technology Co., Ltd., which comes from a grassroots background, has grown into an industry leader with the title of national specialized, refined, and innovative "little giant" enterprise. How did this local gazelle enterprise develop its true skills in "black technology"?

New technologies provide new solutions for transformation

The trend of energy conservation and carbon reduction in the industrial sector is unstoppable, and the intelligent, digital, and low-carbon transformation of equipment has become a blue ocean.

At the end of May this year, a batch of six units of the independent patented product TW750 permanent magnet governor produced by Wofu Permanent Magnet were shipped to Panjiang, Guizhou Province. It is understood that the permanent magnet governor TW750 can improve efficiency and achieve significant energy-saving effects by adjusting the load speed.

As can be seen, permanent magnet technology has become the "new favorite" of traditional industry transformation, widely used in multiple industries such as power, coal, metallurgy, and chemical engineering. Local enterprise Wofu Permanent Magnet, with its independently developed patented technology, helps industrial enterprises achieve "green development" and provides "new solutions" for high energy consuming industrial enterprises.

In October last year, the 100000 Nm permanent magnet drive transmission performance type test bench of Wofu Permanent Magnet was successfully built and completed the pending simulation test, marking a major breakthrough in the construction of China's traditional permanent magnet and permanent magnet drive infrastructure.

As a high-tech enterprise and a specialized and innovative "little giant" enterprise, Wofu Permanent Magnet was put into operation in Hefei in 2021. After two years of rapid development, it will achieve full production in 2023 and complete the construction of the second phase of the factory building this year, further expanding production capacity.

Grassroots entrepreneurship chooses hometown

In 2015, we officially started our business in Shanghai, "Xu Xiukun, chairman of Anhui Wofu Permanent Magnet Technology Co., Ltd., told reporters. At that time, he was still a technical staff member of a Fortune 500 company. Due to his exposure to and familiarity with permanent magnet technology, Xu Xiukun believed that it had broad application scenarios in China, so he embarked on the "grassroots entrepreneurship path" with nearly ten colleagues from the department at that time.

Xu Xiukun is no stranger to entrepreneurship. As early as his college years, Xu Xiukun, who studied at Anhui Agricultural University, worked part-time to earn tuition and living expenses from his freshman year. By the second semester of his sophomore year, he not only had enough money to support himself, but also had a lot of surplus on hand.

In 2018, the team began searching for their own "headquarters". One third of us are from Anhui, during which we visited many cities for inspection and were ultimately attracted by the warm 'business environment' in Hefei. Xu Xiukun said that at that time, the high-tech zone was more interested in this industry and extended an olive branch to them.

At that time, Wu Jing, who was working in finance in Shenzhen, accepted an invitation from her friend Xu Xiukun and officially joined the team, becoming the general manager of the company. Coincidentally, my parents' former home is located in the current factory area, "Wu Jing said with emotion." My parents lived here, and I have traveled back here. Perhaps this is a kind of inheritance

Last April, the first phase of the transmission research and development production base of Anhui Wofu Permanent Magnet Technology Co., Ltd. was officially put into operation in Nangang Science and Technology Park. Wu Jing explained that the reason for further increase in capital investment is due to the establishment of the Ten Emerging Industry Guidance Funds in Anhui Province. Led by Hefei High tech Venture Capital, we received an early Series A investment of 20 million yuan and a Series B financing of 50 million yuan, which greatly helped our startup. ”Wu Jing told reporters.

Nowadays, the second phase of the company's factory has been officially put into operation. With its leading professional level and mature technology, Wofu Permanent Magnet has gradually grown into a leading enterprise in the industry, and has been awarded titles such as National High tech Enterprise and National Specialized and New "Little Giant" Enterprise. At the same time, its core technology has been rated as "domestically leading" in the scientific and technological achievement evaluation registered by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology.

Hefei seizes the high ground of high-end equipment manufacturing

The development of Anhui Wofu Permanent Magnet Technology Co., Ltd. is a microcosm of the high-end equipment manufacturing industry in Hefei. As the second industrial cluster in Hefei with a scale of over 100 billion yuan, the high-end equipment manufacturing industry is currently in a critical period of growing and strengthening.

According to statistics, in 2023, 634 large-scale enterprises in the equipment manufacturing industry in Hefei will achieve an output value growth rate of 11.6% and an added value growth rate of 4.3%, becoming the "vanguard" in fields such as engineering machinery, industrial robots, industrial mother machines, and intelligent complete sets of equipment.

In addition, Hefei has also built many new research and development institutions and innovation platforms, such as the Intelligent Institute of Hegong University, the Intelligent Institute of Chinese Academy of Sciences and other equipment innovation platforms, making Hefei's equipment manufacturing industry technology research and development strength more solid.

Based on the existing foundation in segmented fields such as robots and testing equipment, Hefei has laid out a number of high-end production lines and supporting projects, promoting the landing of projects such as the Magga Robot Production Base, Huace Anhui Testing Base Headquarters, and National Machinery Special Inspection, creating a "1+5" pattern of "manufacturing base+R&D center, sales center, listed entity, supplier cluster, and supporting industry fund".

The relevant person in charge of the Municipal War Information Office stated that Hefei is focusing on the targeted development of industrial "integration" and "agglomeration", and is committed to creating a high-end industrial development highland with distinctive characteristics, green intelligence, and independent controllability. As can be seen, Hefei is accelerating the construction of a national level comprehensive high-end equipment, new material innovation and research and industrialization base, and forging a strong industrial backbone in the new era.