On November 27, Schneider Electric Wuxi Green Wisdom Industrial Park officially broke ground in Wuxi High-tech Zone. After the completion of the project, it will become Schneider Electric’s new industrial research and development and electronic capability manufacturing center in China, providing Schneider Electric’s Chinese and global customers with high-tech industrial control products and core control components for intelligent energy management.

Wuxi Municipal Party Secretary Du Xiaogang, Wuxi High-tech Zone Party Working Committee Secretary Cui Rongguo, Schneider Electric Chief Supply Chain Officer Mourad Tamoud, Schneider Electric Senior Vice President, Global Supply Chain China head Zhang Kaipeng attended the groundbreaking ceremony.

Schneider Electric Wuxi Green Wisdom Industrial Park officially laid the foundation

China’s industry is facing the “double transformation” of digitization and green low-carbon, digital technology and green development are the necessary conditions for high-quality development of enterprises. As Schneider Electric’s electronics capability manufacturing center in China, the Wuxi base faces the needs of business expansion, supply chain expansion and increased research and development efforts. With the strong support of the local government, Schneider Electric decided to build a new green smart industrial park, namely, Schneider Electric Wuxi Green Smart Industrial Park. The industrial park will be built in two phases, the first phase will build 68,000 square meters of comprehensive park, including 10,000 square meters of research and development building, is scheduled to be put into use in 2025.

Wuxi attaches great importance to the construction of green economy, focuses on the development of advanced manufacturing industry, and adheres to a high level of opening up. The good local business environment, rich talent reserve, complete upstream and downstream industry chain and infrastructure construction have laid a solid foundation for the development of Schneider Electric in Wuxi. Cui Rongguo, secretary of the Party Working Committee of Wuxi High-tech Zone and Secretary of Xinwu District Party Committee, highly recognized Schneider Electric’s development and exemplary role in Wuxi. He said: “The advanced manufacturing industry, represented by intelligent manufacturing, is the ‘backbone’ of the construction of a modern industrial system, and is also the ‘main position’ for promoting new industrialization and forming new quality productivity.” We sincerely hope to strengthen cooperation with Schneider Electric and other multinational enterprises to promote more major projects and high-quality resources to settle in the high-tech zone, and jointly climb the new peak of the industrial chain and value chain.”

Cui Rongguo, Secretary of the Party Working Committee of Wuxi High-tech Zone and Secretary of Xinwu District Party Committee, delivered a speech

Based on the three goals of zero carbon, green and smart, Schneider Electric Wuxi Green Smart Industrial Park will actively introduce cutting-edge digital technologies such as 5G communication and artificial intelligence, and comprehensively improve the safe and efficient production and delivery capacity of supply chain by building a comprehensive park integrating green sustainable development concept, digital factory and R&D innovation. Strengthen cooperation with local partners and industry customers to set a benchmark for green intelligent manufacturing and zero-carbon industrial parks in China.

Zhang Kaipeng, senior Vice President of Schneider Electric and head of Global Supply chain in China, delivered a speech

Zhang Kaipeng, senior vice president of Schneider Electric and head of Global Supply Chain China, said: “The construction of Schneider Electric Wuxi Green Smart Industrial Park is a major initiative for Schneider Electric to accelerate business deployment and continuously expand investment in China. The new industrial park will further expand the construction of Schneider Electric industry ecosystem, and to help China’s industrial transformation as an anchor, radiation the global market, and promote the traditional industry to accelerate the high-end, intelligent, green upgrade. In the future, Schneider Electric will continue to deepen the upgrading of green intelligent manufacturing, relying on leading technology advantages and rich experience accumulation, and work with industry customers to achieve efficient and sustainable development.”

Schneider Electric Wuxi base has been rooted in Taihu Lake since 2001, with the strong support of Wuxi Municipal government and Wuxi High-tech Zone Management Committee, relying on the localization concept and constantly moving forward. For more than 20 years, the company has continuously introduced new production lines, expanded R&D, production and business investment, and created an industrial ecosystem integrating research, production, supply, sales and service. It has been rated as an end-to-end “lighthouse factory” by the World Economic Forum. In March this year, Schneider Electric China Automation R&D Center officially landed in Wuxi, becoming Schneider Electric’s fifth R&D center in China. Today, Schneider Electric Wuxi Green Smart Industrial Park officially started, which is a new footnote for Schneider Electric to continue to expand local investment, accelerate the development of local industrial economy, and help the integration of the Yangtze River Delta and even China’s industrial development.

Mourad Tamoud, Chief Supply Chain Officer, Schneider Electric, delivered the speech

Mourad Tamoud, Chief Supply Chain Officer, Schneider Electric, said: “China is one of the driving forces of Schneider Electric’s continuous development and innovation, and we have been privileged to witness and deeply participate in the comprehensive economic and social development of China in the past 36 years. Today, China has developed into the world’s second largest market for Schneider Electric, we are full of confidence in the Chinese market, always adhere to the ‘China center’ strategy, uphold the concept of ‘in China, for China, benefit the world’, with an open attitude to share innovation results and successful practices with the industry, and contribute to the high-quality and sustainable development of Wuxi and China’s economy.”