Thirty colleagues, starting a new chapter together | ABB Mechanical Automation (B&A) Greater China 30th Anniversary and 2026 Automation Conference

On September 16, 2026, with the theme of "Thirty Companions, Starting a New Chapter Together"ABB Mechanical Automation (B&A) Greater China 30th Anniversary CelebrationHeld in Shanghai. This event brought together representatives from hundreds of machinery manufacturers and partners across the country to review the fruits of cooperation, look forward to the future blueprint, and have in-depth exchanges on topics such as B&R's localization strategy layout, industrial AI applications and implementation cases, new products and industry solutions, ecological cooperation and talent cultivation.

Li Xin

General Manager of ABB Mechanical Automation (B&A) Greater China Region

Over the past 30 years, B&R has grown together with Chinese customers and partners. China has become the second largest market for B&R in the world. Standing at a new historical starting point, the wave of new quality productivity is surging, including semiconductors, life sciences, and new energyrobotWaiting for broad opportunities on the track. Begalai will continue to practice‘In China, for China’Strategy: Increase local research and development, adhere to open coexistence, rely on ABB's global resources, and transform new technologies into a win-win situation for B&R with customers and partners.

At this meeting, ABB Mechanical Automation (B&A)Release 13 new productsThere are both cutting-edge technological achievements for the global market and localized innovation solutions that deeply integrate with the actual needs of China's manufacturing industry. Among them, the launch of the M-series industrial AI solution marks the breakthrough of B&R in the deep integration of artificial intelligence and industrial automationFrom machine perception, to autonomous understanding, and then to process optimizationProvide end-to-end solutions from data collection to intelligent optimization for equipment manufacturing enterprises with a complete chain. Truly realizing the intelligent upgrade of the entire production process empowered by AI. This progress further promotes the landing and application of industrial AI in manufacturing scenarios, providing a new practical path for the digital transformation and process upgrading of China's equipment manufacturing industry, and helping enterprises achieve a leapfrog upgrade from "automation" to "intelligence".

Kang Liang

General Manager of ABB (China) Co., Ltd

Thirty years of spring and autumn have carried countless days and nights of love, struggle, mutual trust, and cooperation. We are very proud to see that B&R has become a mainstream manufacturer in the field of mechanical automation and has integrated into the ABB family. We believe that in the future journey, B&R will continue its journey of technological innovation, work together with customers and partners, support industries to operate more intelligently, lean, and cleanly, and jointly write a new chapter for the next thirty years.

Talent is the core driving force for the high-quality development of China's equipment manufacturing industry. The conference also held the final and award ceremony of the 2026 ABB Cup Intelligent Technology Innovation Competition's B é jaray sub event simultaneously. The theme of this competition revolves around "Optimization and Deployment Implementation of Lightweight Speech Models in Industrial Application Scenarios". After intense defense and strict evaluation in the finals, Wu Jiaxuan and Song Hang (supervised by Li Fan) from Shandong University stood out among more than 200 participating teams and won the first prize.

In the face of the urgent demand for composite engineering talents in the era of intelligent manufacturing, ABB has long focused on talent cultivation, combining cutting-edge industrial technologies with theoretical practice in universities, and reserving key forces for the long-term sustainable development of China's manufacturing industry. This competition is a manifestation of promoting learning through competition and enhancing abilities through learning, cultivating outstanding engineering talents with both innovative spirit and practical ability.

From technology introduction to local research and development, from single machine automation to industrial AI and flexible manufacturing, ABB Mechanical Automation (B&R) Greater China region cannot do without the trust of customer partners and the perseverance of generations of B&R people for 30 years. Thirty colleagues, together we embark on a new chapter. In the future, ABB Mechanical Automation (B&R) will continue to increase local R&D investment, work hand in hand with customers and partners, deepen cooperation ecology, expand new tracks in high-end equipment manufacturing, and embark on the next chapter together.