Shenyang, China, February 19, 2016—At the beginning of the new year, Siasun Robot & Automation Co., Ltd., a leading Chinese high-end equipment manufacturing enterprise, and Schneider Electric, a global energy management expert, signed a comprehensive strategic cooperation agreement in Shenyang, establishing a comprehensive strategic partnership. This cooperation aims to jointly lead the trend of industrial transformation and upgrading, promote the establishment of effective methodologies and ecosystems for intelligent manufacturing, and provide excellent value for industry customers. This cooperation has received high attention and support from the Shenyang Municipal Government. Mr. Zhu Hai, Global Executive Vice President and President of Schneider Electric China, and Mr. Qu Daokui, President of Siasun Robot & Automation Co., Ltd., jointly attended the signing ceremony. The two parties signed the comprehensive strategic cooperation agreement under the witness of Mr. Pan Liguo, Vice Governor of Liaoning Province, Deputy Secretary of the Shenyang Municipal Committee, Mayor, and Secretary of the Municipal Government Party Committee.

　　After a long period of rapid development, China's manufacturing industry has achieved global leadership in several sub-sectors. However, further development still faces many challenges, such as the lack of upstream advanced technology platforms, the need to further improve the quality of the workforce, and the diminishing demographic dividend. The integration of traditional industries and internet technologies is a common development trend in the global manufacturing industry. Against this backdrop, the Chinese government has also issued the "Made in China 2025" national strategy, which clearly defines the ten priority areas and roadmap for future development.

　　Based on the above industrial trends, Schneider Electric and Siasun Robot & Automation Co., Ltd. have decided to join forces under the framework of comprehensive strategic cooperation to jointly promote measures for the implementation of intelligent manufacturing. Siasun Robot & Automation Co., Ltd. possesses research and development and innovation platforms related to robotics, a deep understanding of the development trends and customer needs of China's manufacturing industry, and a regional operation platform with industrial agglomeration effects. Schneider Electric, on the other hand, has accumulated the precipitation of excellent management resources from a century-old enterprise and a global business network. It has accumulated a large number of solutions in energy management and covers a comprehensive range of products and solutions in industrial control, power distribution, energy, and software. The collaboration between the two parties is truly complementary.

　　The main contents of the strategic cooperation between the two parties include: jointly achieving advanced methodologies and implementation toolkits for intelligent manufacturing that are suitable for China's national conditions, and improving the quality of the manufacturing workforce through training and consulting; developing solutions for emerging industries such as electronics, logistics, food and beverages, and rail transit, further promoting "global innovation, local practice"; jointly building intelligent manufacturing demonstration factories and promoting best practices; sharing career development planning management methods and resources, as well as industry application experience and engineering experience. In addition, Schneider Electric will also utilize its global communication and business network to promote Siasun's global development.

　　Qu Daokui, President of Siasun Robot & Automation Co., Ltd., stated that Siasun is committed to solving the problem of how to achieve rapid transformation and upgrading of the entire manufacturing industry and change the development model of the manufacturing industry through robotics technology and intelligent equipment in the context of intelligent manufacturing. After years of accumulation, Siasun has formed a unique full-industry development strategy, becoming a booster for "Made in China" and a new engine for industrial transformation and upgrading. In this era of systemic change, cooperation with Schneider Electric will jointly promote the development of thinking, industrial ecology, and solutions.

Zhu Hai, President of Schneider Electric China, stated that improving the efficiency of the entire industrial chain is a key task of the new round of industrial revolution. The successful practice of this task requires the synergy of the entire value chain and close cooperation between different enterprises to maximize the core advantages of each. Schneider Electric hopes to leverage its extensive business portfolio, rich experience in energy management, and deep experience in lean manufacturing to more actively deploy intelligent manufacturing and work hand in hand with leading domestic enterprises such as Siasun Robot & Automation Co., Ltd. to jointly lead the trend of industrial innovation.

　　About Siasun Robot & Automation Co., Ltd.

　　Siasun Robot & Automation Co., Ltd. is a high-tech listed company that focuses on robotics technology and is committed to digital intelligent manufacturing equipment. It has built robot industrial parks in Shenyang, Shanghai, Hangzhou, and Qingdao, and has established its Siasun International Headquarters in Shanghai. Siasun currently has a research and development innovation team of more than 1,500 people. It has formed a complete industrial chain consisting of independent core technologies, key components, leading products, and industry system solutions, and has raised its industrial strategy to encompass the entire process of digital, networked, and intelligent manufacturing throughout the entire life cycle of industrial production.

　　www.siasun.com

　　About Schneider Electric

　　Schneider Electric is a global specialist in energy management and automation, committed to providing customers with safe, reliable, efficient, economical, and environmentally friendly energy and process management. The group achieved sales of €25 billion in fiscal year 2014 and has 170,000 employees in more than 100 countries worldwide. From the simplest switch products to complex operating systems, our technologies, software, and services help customers manage and optimize operations, leveraging interconnected technologies to help optimize industries, improve urban ecology, and enrich people's lives.

　　At Schneider Electric, we call it: Life Is On.

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