On January 30, Zhou Bin, Party Secretary of the CPC Yancheng Municipal Committee, visited Faurecia (Yancheng) Automotive Component Systems Co., Ltd. and Jiangsu Yueda Textile Group Co., Ltd. for a field trip. He congratulated both companies on simultaneously being selected as global “Lighthouse Factories”, achieving a breakthrough for Yancheng by having its first “Lighthouse Factories.”
Faurecia’s Yancheng plant has just become the world’s first “Lighthouse Factory” in the automotive seating sector. Zhou Bin inspected the factory’s production workshops, observed the operation of automated production lines, and gained detailed understanding of product processes, technological R&D, and market layout. He commended the company for using the establishment of a “Lighthouse Factory” as an opportunity to accelerate the integration of artificial intelligence, smart logistics, and advanced equipment, continuously improving production efficiency and intelligent manufacturing levels.
Zhou Bin pointed out that “Lighthouse Factories” represent the highest standards of intelligence and digitalization in global manufacturing today. He expressed hope that the company would take this as a new starting point, continue to deepen its focus on core technologies, consolidate and expand its leading advantages, continuously enhance production efficiency and product competitiveness, and drive the city’s automotive components industry toward intelligent, green, and integrated upgrades.
Yueda Textile is the world’s first “Lighthouse Factory” in the global cotton textile industry. Zhou Bin walked through the production workshops, observing the efficient operation of intelligent material tracks and precise tasks performed by industrial robots, while inquiring about equipment interconnectivity, data applications, energy consumption management, and other aspects. Upon learning that since 2023, the company has deeply integrated advanced technologies and digital equipment to build a 100,000-spindle green intelligent factory, becoming a model benchmark for industry transformation, Zhou Bin affirmed Yueda Textile’s persistence in intelligent transformation, digital upgrading, and network connectivity, which has explored a new path for quality improvement and efficiency enhancement in the traditional textile industry. He instructed relevant departments to fully leverage the leading and radiating role of “Lighthouse Factories,” promote the replication and dissemination of mature experiences and models to upstream and downstream segments of the industrial chain, and accelerate the transformation of more manufacturing enterprises.
