Hengqiang hand in the United States TI: starting from the "core"

On August 23, on the bank of the beautiful West Lake in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Hengqiang Technology Co., Ltd., the leading manufacturer of needle-spinning intelligent control system in China, and Texas Instruments Co., Ltd., a world-renowned semiconductor manufacturer, held a strategic cooperation press release. The meeting was held and a unveiling ceremony was held for the joint laboratory jointly established by both parties.

Under the background of global economic integration, any industry that wants to develop rapidly must be exposed to the open environment, get rid of the shackles of the region, and carry out division of labor and cooperation with an international perspective. As a cutting-edge company in our country's needle spinning intelligent control system, Hengqiang Company has been adhering to such a spirit for more than three years since its establishment and has continuously created miracles. Today's cooperation with TI has not only created the field of needle spinning and spinning control. The first of its kind, but also let Hengqiang stand in a higher starting point to participate in international competition. “Sharing innovation and helping the world is not only corporate social responsibility, but also the goal of the entire industry.” Hu Junxiang, Chairman of Zhejiang Hengqiang Technology Co., Ltd. said, “The cooperation between Hengqiang and US TI companies is based on this kind of thinking.”

Interpretation of Hengqiang Hengqiang Technology Co., Ltd. was born in 2008, and in the next three years, it is the development of computerized flat knitting machines in China for three years, and it is also three years for Hengqiang to create an industrial miracle. In the past three years, they have completed the development of more than 20 knitted electronic control product applications and achieved mass production. Among them, the “GE2-52C Computerized Flat Knitting Machine Project” was awarded the second prize of Zhejiang Province Science and Technology Award in 2009, and the “Double Nozzle Multiple Servo Machine Computer Control System” project was listed as “Sci-tech SME Technology Innovation Fund Project. The "Multifunction Computer Flatbed Control System" project was listed as "2010 National Torch Program Industrialization Project." In the past three years, the scale of the company has grown year by year, from more than 70 people at the beginning of the business to more than 600 people. Sales performance has been rising at a rate of three times per year. In 2010, sales revenue was 565 million yuan, and the market share of Knitwear's intelligent control products exceeded 60%.

In addition to breakthroughs in R&D results and sales, Hengqiang Technology's own strength is constantly being consolidated. In 2009, the company established the first circuit high-strength catalytic plant in the industry, and in 2010 it established a second circuit with high strength. Catalytic workshop, and the introduction of a full electronic detector to ensure the quality of the factory board.

With constant innovation of products and growing strength of the company, Zhejiang Hengqiang Technology Co., Ltd. has become undisputedly the leader in computerized flat knitting machine control. In 2010, the company was the first drafting unit of the "Computer Flatbed Control System Device Industry Standard" (National Standard) and presided over the drafting of the "Computer Flatbed Control System Device Industry Standard." At the same time, the company's product development has extended to the intelligent control systems for needle spinning, such as embroidery machines, hosiery machines, circular loom machines, glove machines and underwear machines.

Hengqiang Company takes the strength as evidence, and completed a new leap of a science and technology enterprise in 3 years. However, the head of the company, Hu Junxiang, is not satisfied with this. He has a higher and more distant plan for the future of the company. He believes that with the development of mechanical and electrical equipment in the direction of intelligence and automation, mechanical performance of mechanical equipment will become more and more simple in the future, and electronic control technology will become more and more complex. Electronic control systems will play an increasingly important role in equipment. "Continually developing new products is the norm in our work." Entering 2011, Hu Junxiang and his team have entered a higher level of research and development in the electronic control system, so they started the idea of ​​cooperating with the American TI company.

Meet TI

Texas Instruments (TI) is headquartered in Dallas, Texas, USA. TI is a leading global semiconductor company that provides innovative digital signal processing (DSP) and analog device technologies for real-world signal processing.

Established in 1930, TI was founded as a geological exploration company that used seismic signal processing technology to explore crude oil. In 1951 it was renamed Texas Instruments (TI). In 1954, it entered the semiconductor market and launched the first commercial silicon transistor. The company's products are widely used in high-tech industries such as automobiles, aviation, and computers. In 2011, TI became one of the world's Fortune 500 companies. With the efforts of approximately 29,000 employees worldwide, it has accumulatively received more than 38,000 patents worldwide, and has manufacturing, design, or sales organizations in more than 30 countries around the world. , Serving more than 80,000 customers worldwide.

TI of the United States is unrivalled in the global integrated chip field and is the world's largest supplier of analog chips. TI's most prominent strengths are reflected in the strong R&D capabilities of integrated chips. The introduction of new generations of products not only changed the control system, but also changed people's lifestyle.

At present, almost all of the chips in the intelligent control system of our country's chiropractic equipment come from TI. In other words, TI holds an absolute monopoly in the chip field. Hengqiang’s chips, which account for more than 60% of the country’s market share, are all provided by TI.

The strategic alliance computer intelligence control system as the core of the needle spinning intelligent equipment needs to be based on stable, fast, efficient, and scalable performance. The computer intelligence control system uses the CPU (integrated chip) to perform program operations and signal feedback to integrate The chip is the core. The advanced nature of electronic control products is concentrated in the chip.

As an internationally leading integrated chip R&D and manufacturer, TI has provided highly targeted industry products for high-tech industries such as automotive, aerospace, and railways. However, for the intelligent control of needle spinning, they have not yet been involved on a large scale. Hu Junxiang, Chairman of Hengqiang Company, said that Hengqiang Technology, as the leader in the intelligent control system of the Knitting Spinning, first cooperates with TI in hopes of leveraging TI's powerful R&D capabilities in chips and jointly developing stability for the electrical control system of knitting equipment. The integrated chips with better integration, higher computing power, faster speeds, and expanded capacity have promoted the technological advancement of knitting equipment. Mr. Mr., head of TI's Shanghai branch. Keith Ogboenyiya said at a press conference that TI is involved in a wide range of fields and has provided dozens of industries with highly applicable proprietary products. He hopes that through deepening cooperation with Hengqiang, the integrated chip industry will be closer to the needle spinning and intelligent control industry, and the technical characteristics of needle spinning intelligent control will be fully integrated into the development of integrated chips, and one or more functions and performance will be promoted. It is more suitable for the integrated chip of the needle spinning industry and provides a complete solution for the intelligent control products of needle spinning.

The first step of Hengqiang's cooperation with TI was the establishment of a joint laboratory in a pragmatic manner. The laboratory is located at Hengqiang Technology Co., Ltd. Now it has been put into operation. The current main task is to conduct a comprehensive test on the performance and reliability of the chip. According to Hu Junxiang, the purpose of setting up the laboratory is to establish the platform to use the most advanced international integrated module as soon as possible for needle spinning intelligent control equipment, allowing users to enjoy the fruitful achievements of scientific and technological progress and international cooperation. . At the same time, Hengqiang will also serve as an information bridge in the cooperation between the two parties. It will timely feedback to TI the customer needs of the needle spinning intelligent control market that it has learned so that TI can accurately grasp the technical dynamics of knitting equipment and the needs of users. , so that the development of the chip is more targeted and applicable, to maximize the market demand. TI's role in the joint laboratorium is to provide training for Hengqiang's technicians on the one hand, and to share TI's latest technologies and products with Hengqiang, so that TI's chips will become Hengqiang's successful new products. Occupy the strong driving force of the market.