Longgang’s steel and intelligence projects in China’s Fujian Province are to be modernised with the combined expertise of CISDI and Xinghua Fortune Group.

The two companies signed a strategic co-operation agreement at a recent meeting in Chongqing.

Longgang is located at the Zhangping Steel Industrial Park in Longyan City, a starting point of the Belt and Road Initiative. It boasts a thoroughfare connecting the coast and hinterlands and is seen as a driver for economic development in the region.

A demo Smart Factory is to be sited at Longgang’s 600-hectare plot.

Under the agreement framework, CISDI’s intelligence and information technology will transform the steel industrial chain, production and business models.

With its basic projects and process flows re-engineered, Longgang’s modernisation will feature automation, intelligence and information technology-based management and enable the plant to produce tailored prime products.

Representatives of CISDI and Longgang, pictured at the signing of the strategic co-operation agreement