CISDI is a technology-based company and innovation is at the top of our agenda.

This commitment was emphasised at the company’s annual meeting earlier this year, with chairman Xuewen Xiao’s pledge: “We will intensify our research. Only by improving the role of innovation in our market planning and enhancing its value creation can we pursue technological developments.”

Underpinned by our tech-first strategy, in 2021 our achievements in innovation were many. Over 600 patents were applied for, nine overseas patents were awarded, six standards were released and nine technological rewards and honours were granted by provincial and national Chinese institutes.

We have formed close working relationships and continued our coordinated research programmes with multiple top universities and institutions in China and around the world.

In the quest for a greener, low-carbon steel sector, we built a Low-Carbon Technology Research Institute which will focus on breakthrough research into low carbon technologies.

Our hydrogen metallurgy, carbon circulation, intelligent-control phase coupling and other critical tech are now ready to market and wider applications are being sought.

In 2021 we achieved multiple technology firsts and breakthroughs for the steel production process:

² CISDI-AutoARC^TM was hot commissioned at Pangang Changcheng Special Steel in China’s Sichuan Province

² A stove fume desulphurisation system was applied at Tangshan Songting Steel in China’s Hebei Province

² Ultra-low emission total solutions achieved outstanding emission and low-carbon metallurgy results at a steel plant in Rizhao City in China’s Shandong Province

² The CISDI-developed universal mill and 3-roll cross tube mill met their production targets at Chinese rolling lines

² Intelligent platforms and products transformed Baowu Maanshan Steel, Yongfeng Steel and Pangang Xichang Steel to smarter production, resulting in greater efficiency and higher quality products.

Digital transformation has sped up across CISDI. Measurement, modelling, engineering and project management businesses were digitalised, enhancing our engineering efficiency and accuracy. A standardised digital design workflow has been formulated to respond to steel plant rebuild and post-pandemic construction challenges.

In 2022, we are helping clients and partners around the globe to build intelligent, green, low-carbon and super efficient steel plants. This requires us to redouble efforts to create ever-greater innovations in front-edge technology and develop more core expertise.

We will focus on breakthroughs in low-carbon technological research and project application. Our intelligent achievements at Yongfeng and Shaogang plants will enable us to further optimise and apply our intelligent platform-based solutions.

“Based on the strategies and objectives set at our annual meeting, we are already on the right track to continue developing advanced total solutions for global clients and playing our part in transforming global steel to greener, higher-quality levels,” concluded Mr Xiao.

CISDI’s annual meeting 2022 was held at the company’s Chongqing HQ  

The CISDI-developed universal mill is operating smoothly at Yongyang Special Steel

Our fume deNOx and deSOx expertise has gained ultra-low emission results at a Chinese steel plant

China’s first full-process Greenfield smart plant based on a unified industrial internet platform has been built by CISDI at Yongfeng Steel