Hebei Ganggu United Technology Co., Ltd. was established in 2019. Relying on the solid industrial foundation and rich application scenarios of the steel and advanced manufacturing industries, it is driven by information technology and is dedicated to building smart cities led by the government and customized remote digital control smart factories. The company holds over 400 independent intellectual property rights and has obtained qualifications such as 3A enterprise credit rating certification, ISO9001 three-system certification, CMMI Level 5 certification, dual-soft enterprise certification, and DCMM Level 2 certification. It has made outstanding contributions in promoting the deep integration of informatization and industrialization and empowering the digital and intelligent transformation of industries. It is A national high-tech enterprise, a listed company reserve enterprise in Hebei Province, a specialized, refined, distinctive and innovative small and medium-sized enterprise, the vice president unit of Hebei Information Industry and Informatization Association, an A-level R&D institution of industrial enterprises in Hebei Province, and the Tangshan Steel Industry Data Application Industry Technology Research Institute. It is committed to becoming a leader in intelligent manufacturing and industrial interconnection in the steel industry.

Build a steel cloud business platform worth hundreds of billions of yuan. The "chain-like" digital transformation typical case of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of the People's Republic of China - Zhongxinlian Cloud Commerce Platform is a smart steel supply chain e-commerce platform integrating functions such as industrial product supermarkets, matching transactions, online bidding and tendering, transaction settlement, logistics and distribution, data information, and marketing promotion. Reshape and guide the entire business process of the enterprise supply chain with digital technology, solve the difficulties such as scattered procurement demands, low procurement efficiency and opaque processes of enterprises, improve the efficiency of procurement transactions, and reduce procurement costs through large-scale procurement. The platform was launched for trial operation in August 2019. It has cumulatively listed over 240,000 kinds of raw materials and spare parts for the metallurgical industry, with 6,224 registered users distributed in nearly 200 cities and regions across the country. As of May 1, 2025, the total transaction volume of Zhongxinlian Cloud Commerce Platform has reached 287.5 billion yuan. The Zhongxinlian Cloud Commerce Platform and the Today Steel Platform have cumulatively helped enterprises reduce costs and increase efficiency by 680 million yuan.

Build a steel sharing service ecosystem. Today Steel is committed to providing professional and timely information references for metallurgical professionals and promoting the green, low-carbon and high-quality development of the steel industry. It is a public service platform for the steel industry that integrates functions such as metallurgical industry trends, policy analysis, market conditions, metallurgical encyclopedias, talent recruitment, and online transactions. As of now, the total number of users of Today's Steel platform has exceeded 2 million. The Today Steel Industry Public Service Platform was launched in July 2022. As of April 2025, the platform's transaction volume exceeded 7.4 billion yuan. Since the beginning of 2023, it has been able to generate nearly 3 million yuan in benefits for the enterprises that have settled in each month. Among them, the bidding transaction module utilizes "Internet +" technological means, integrating three functions: sales, bidding, and procurement. The transaction content covers the sales of waste materials, non-normal steel, and by-products, as well as the centralized procurement services of raw materials, fuel, auxiliary materials, and spare parts. At present, more than ten steel enterprises have settled in the platform and conducted transactions. The platform has accumulated over a thousand certified and registered purchasers. The auction items cover dozens of green and recycled metallurgical resources such as waste materials, reusable steel materials, and by-products, effectively revitalizing the waste and idle materials of steel enterprises.

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Tackle core industrial software. The company is based on the process improvement, value exploration, functional enhancement and green development of the existing steel industry, assisting customers in the digital management of factory-level and line-level equipment. We have successively developed products such as the access control reservation mini-program, Xinda Home APP, environmental protection control platform, access control management system, smart wearable system, EAM system (equipment management system), EMS system (energy management system), ERP system (financial supply chain management system), and LWS system (unmanned metering system). Achieve high quality and efficiency in technical support and operation and maintenance such as software and hardware delivery.

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Create provincial-level demonstration achievements. We have successfully established a provincial industrial Internet platform - Xinda Group Industrial Internet Intelligent Platform, enabling managers to understand the production and operation dynamics at the group, company and production line levels with just one screen, and facilitating efficient scheduling and dynamic management. Some business data have also been interconnected with the Xiongan Command Center system, achieving synchronous update of materials, real-time query of quality information, viewing of materials in transit, and connection with video surveillance. The digital twin factory has been successfully built. The first phase has successfully projected the equipment data, production data, production process simulation and on-site monitoring video from the real scene of the steel section factory into the twin system, enabling remote operation and control of the real factory in the virtual world. Build an intelligent environmental protection ultra-low emission control platform integrating monitoring, control and feedback, and rely on big data and Internet technology to assist enterprises in in-depth ultra-low emission governance.

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Build intelligent unmanned factories. Develop a large number of intelligent mechanical arms and intelligent automation systems It includes bar OEM robots, automatic temperature measurement and sampling robots for continuous casting ladles, intelligent surface inspection systems for section steel, intelligent grading systems for scrap steel, intelligent warehouse control platforms, smart car washing platforms, smart fog pile and fog cannon systems, intelligent combustion systems for heating furnaces, optimized combustion systems for blast furnace hot blast stoves, intelligent slag addition systems for slab continuous casting, and the application of machine vision systems to optimize the middle of the 1580mm rolling line Billet shearing, etc., helps steel enterprises achieve computerized intelligence and full-process control with early warning in the production process. Among them, the application of two robots to simultaneously replace the long water outlet on the unmanned continuous casting platform has achieved a global first in the industry.

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Develop digital and intelligent lean management. The company is committed to promoting quality transformation, efficiency transformation and power transformation through intelligent lean. Through continuous practice, it has formed a national-level professional achievement in quality management innovation - the Xinda Digital Lean management model based on self-improvement. Based on the solidification of 6S, TPM, Six Sigma and Value Stream Analysis (VSM) management achievements, we will start the construction of lean production lines and lean factories. While transforming the environment, we will enhance organizational performance, improve personnel quality, break through production bottleneck links, and achieve a double harvest of environmental benefits and lean benefits. At the same time, actively empower lean management with digital and intelligent means to achieve digitalization, transparency, informatization and efficiency in management, and ultimately realize intelligent production and lean operation.

Build a digital government network to connect the entire city. The company is dedicated to building a smart city led by the government and focusing on enhancing the technological support capacity in the field of urban development. Successively assisted the Qian 'an Big Data Center in developing digital parking projects, covering 13 public parking lots and 5 community parking lots throughout the city, and was selected as a "Typical Case of Informationization Application Scenarios in Tangshan City". The "Zhangtong Home" project provides online monitoring services for 400 kindergartens. We have successfully developed systems such as "Talent Alliance", "Civilized Qian 'an", "Rule of Law Town", and "Speak Up If You Have a Problem", which have helped improve and enhance the city's service functions and promote the construction of urban civilization.

Improve the level of digital convenience services. The company is committed to making technology a powerful engine for people's well-being. It has developed platforms such as "Qian 'an Information Port App", "Qian 'an Talent Network", and "Agricultural Assistance E-commerce", providing a series of online services related to life, including convenient information and consumer e-commerce. Among them, the characteristic media publicity platform represented by "Qian 'an Information Port" has established a modern all-media communication system integrating the APP client, wechat official account, mini-program, video account, Douyin and Kuaishou, serving the Party and government organs, enterprises and institutions, business merchants and netizens in the region, with a total user base of nearly 800,000. The hourly transaction volume of the "Agricultural Assistance E-commerce" public welfare live-streaming sales reached over 600 orders, helping local farmers increase their income and adding energy to rural revitalization. Qian 'an Talent Network, relying on advanced Internet technology, professional human resource services and a team of experienced consultants, provides clients with services such as talent recruitment, labor outsourcing, flexible employment, enterprise recruitment agency, and academic advancement. It collaborates with county-level talent service platforms across the country to build a national talent service alliance and construct a national talent information data service platform.

Build the foundation for a strong nation and lead the digital and intelligent steel industry. In the future, Hebei Ganggu Internet Technology Co., Ltd. will grasp the development direction of cutting-edge technologies, leverage business model innovation, and comprehensively provide related products and services such as industrial Internet, big data, cloud computing, artificial intelligence, 5G, and industrial robots. It is committed to promoting the formation of a new manufacturing system that is data-driven, software-defined, platform-supported, service-value-added, and intelligence-led. Realize that information is accessible everywhere, digital technology is ubiquitous, and intelligence is pervasive, and contribute to the new industrialization process of the steel industry and the construction of modern smart cities!