Recently, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of the People’s Republic of China announced the list of 2025 National Excellent Smart Factory Projects. SBS was successfully selected for the list with its “Integrated Smart Factory for the Entire Zipper Business Chain” project.
Step① Virtual-Physical Integration to Reshape Production Logic
The project takes “physical factory + virtual factory” as its core architecture. The physical factory has achieved full-process automation, integrating data from production, energy, equipment, and logistics to establish a flat and collaborative management system. Meanwhile, the virtual factory, powered by 1:1 3D modeling technology, creates a workshop-level digital twin system that enables real-time mapping and interaction of equipment operations, process flows, and material movements, providing precise decision-making support for production optimization.
Step② Building a Secure and Controllable System
In terms of the deployment of safe and controllable intelligent manufacturing equipment, industrial software and intelligent systems, we systematically integrate intelligent equipment with industrial software such as ERP, MES and PLM, introduce the industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) platform, achieve domestic substitution of key equipment, and independently control core functional modules to ensure supply chain security. Build an integrated intelligent system of “equipment – system – platform”.
Step③ Digital Infrastructure Fully Covered
In building high-performance networks and computing capabilities, SBS Zipper has deployed an industrial Ethernet and a dedicated 5G network across the entire factory. The cloud data center is equipped with high-performance servers and storage systems, providing a solid technological foundation for intelligent applications such as smart scheduling, quality prediction, and equipment monitoring. This infrastructure effectively supports the factory’s comprehensive intelligent upgrade across all scenarios.
Step④ Remarkable Results of Intelligent Transformation
Efficiency and productivity have improved: labor productivity increased by 52.98%, and production efficiency rose by 15.69%.
Fast and controllable cost recovery: the investment in intelligent manufacturing was recovered within just two years, while overall costs were reduced by 18.30%.
From digital planning to the implementation of digital twin, from the deployment of equipment systems to the construction of infrastructure, SBS has established a smart factory framework characterized by “virtual-physical integration, data-driven, and controllable security”.
Looking ahead, the company will continue to refine its solutions, contribute both methodology and talent to the industry’s transformation, and build a digital ecosystem centered on SBS. This will enable a leap from single-point breakthroughs to industry-wide improvements in quality and efficiency, demonstrating the driving value of a National Excellent Smart Factory.
