Sunwise recognized as a Shanghai Municipal Enterprise Technology Center in 2022
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The Shanghai Municipal Commission of Economy and Informatization recently announced its 2022 list of recognized enterprise technology centers, the 28th group. A total of 109 enterprises were recognized, with Sunwise among the small number of hydrogen businesses selected.
The Shanghai Municipal Enterprise Technology Center recognition program is administered by the Shanghai Municipal Commission of Economy and Informatization. Applicants must meet all of the following requirements:
1. The dominance of the industry and the conformity of the main products and services with the national and municipal industrial development directions;
2. High-level leaders of technology and experience in practice, with strong innovative talent in the same industry;
3. High and sustained research and development inputs, with research and development and innovation capabilities leading in the same industry;
4. Focus on critical areas of need and conduct key core technical clearances in the areas of foundational, generic and forward-looking technologies;
5. Technological innovation has shown remarkable performance, mastery of core technologies, ownership of brands, and the role of technology leadership and facilitation.
Sunwise, with its leading domestic hydrogen-supply technology, was one of the first enterprises in the country to develop hydrogen-filling stations and equipment development and integration of vehicle-borne hydrogen storage systems, and has a high reputation in the domestic hydrogen energy industry.
The vehicle pioneered a domestic 35-MPa valve-type test certification with high-pressure hydrogen integrated bottle valve valves (as well as the first global certification of a combined hydrogen cylinder valve through the German Ministry of Transport (KBA) EC79/EU406 vehicle) and also developed a 70-MPa vehicle-mounted hydrogen system with autonomous intellectual property rights, mastering high-pressure hydrogen gas sealing techniques, high-pressure differential electromagnetic valve rapid-detonation technology, ultra-high-speed precision microhole processing technology, vehicle-mounted hydrogen supply system design integration technology, pressure-resistant tube circuit connection technology, large-calibre end sealing technology, low-pressure process pipe design technology, system backs lightly quantified high-intensity design technology. There are incomparable technological advantages in foresight, R & D innovation, and focusing on market demand.
At the same time, Sunwise attaches great importance to the development of intellectual property rights and research and development talent, investing heavily each year in research and development to develop new technologies, with a large annual increase, with R & D accounting for over 40 per cent in the previous year alone, and high-level R & D in technology centres accounting for 20 per cent of the total number of R & D personnel.
Sunwise develops its core technologies independently and protects them through intellectual property rights. As of August 2022, the company had obtained 120 granted patents and software copyrights, including two high-quality patents and ten Category I intellectual property rights. It had led or contributed to 20 hydrogen-related standards. Over the preceding two years, it had undertaken 13 national, provincial or municipal special projects and received four national, provincial/municipal, ministerial or industry awards. The second half of the year brought a series of positive developments.
On 25 July and 17 August, the Deputy Director of the Security Council Committee in Shanghai visited the company, along with the Deputy Director-General of the Council of Information in Shanghai, Tom Wen-Jung and Nguyen Li, to confirm the company's achievements in the past and to consult on the difficulties it faces in its rapid development, and to look forward to strengthening its core technical efforts to resolve the problem of “strangulation” and to become a pioneer in the development of the industry, as in the past.
On 7 July, the director and secretary-general of the Shanghai Power Equity Party of the strategic shareholder, Lin Hua, visited the Blue-Gyan Hydrogen Station; and on 25 August, the deputy general manager of the Sinopec Group Development Planning Department, Wang Yunxiang, research company headquarters, Anting Hydrogen Station. During the exchange, the two shareholders placed great expectations on the development of the company, hoping to speed up the deployment of hydrogen energy and to make the master business stronger. On 26 July, the company's declared project of “Technology Innovation Centre for Hydrogen Energy Equipment in Shanghai” was approved and approved by the Shanghai City Commission. On the 18th anniversary of the company's establishment on 11 August, all of our colleagues spent the day celebrating with a great deal of strength and joy in the face of the fighting in their jobs. On 16 August, the 2022 International Summit of Hydrogen Industry Leaders was held in Shenzhen, where the company was awarded the Business Award for Excellence in Contribution. On 26 August, Shanghai City received a circular from the Commission, and the company was granted the “Shanghai Establishment of Enterprise Technology Centre”.
With guidance from the Shanghai government, support from strategic shareholders and cooperation across the value chain, Sunwise will address technical gaps, pursue forward-looking R&D and develop new approaches to technology upgrades and cost reduction. These efforts will support the healthy growth of the hydrogen industry and China’s carbon peaking and carbon neutrality goals.
Eighteen years of sustained effort have prepared Sunwise for its next stage of development. The company looks forward to an even brighter future.
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