From elevator control to intelligent manufacturing, STEP always has a brilliant performance on the track, which is not unrelated to the fact that it has always regarded products and technology as its core competitiveness and adhered to long-term and high-investment research and development since its establishment 27 years ago. In 2010, STEP was listed in the A-share market, injecting financial vitality into the development of enterprises and becoming an "accelerator" for scientific and technological research and development. According to statistics, after listing, the cumulative investment in STEP's R&D reached 1.56 billion yuan, and the per capita R&D expenditure in 2021 exceeded 300,000 yuan.
In recent years, the company has increased the strategic layout of scientific and technological innovation, and realized the deployment of several R&D centers in Shanghai, Shenzhen, Hangzhou, Germany, Japan and other global cities, forming a clear division of labor and mutual cooperation of scientific and technological innovation force, which supports the healthy and sustainable development of the company.
In fact, STEP's regional R&D layout is still being added, and Xi 'an Research Institute is one of them. The Xi 'an Research Institute is located on the 8th floor of the Zhongenergy-saving R&D Building in Jingkai District, Xi 'an, with an office area of about 865 square meters, which will provide support for STEP's layout and strategy in northwest China.
Why did you settle in Xi 'an? Shaanxi and Xi 'an governments issued a series of policies and measures to support the development of key industries. With the continuous and in-depth promotion of the national "One Belt and One Road" strategy and the Western development strategy, and the superposition of favorable policies such as the approved construction of Xi 'an national central city, In the future, Xi 'an will become the market focus of high-end equipment manufacturing, elevator, servo, motion control, industrial robots and other fields. At this time, STEP will settle in Xi 'an. Through R&D investment and technological innovation, STEP will provide a strong power engine for the development of the above fields in Xi 'an and even Shaanxi Province, and help upgrade the high-end equipment manufacturing industry in Xi 'an.
The western region will become the main battlefield of inverter and servo motor industry in the future. STEP can provide supporting products and services for the development of local industries, and Shaanxi Province and the whole northwest region will surely become the key strategic layout area of STEP.
In addition, Shaanxi is a province with large science and education resources, with 57 undergraduate colleges and universities. Xi 'an has gathered a large number of national research institutes and R&D institutions of private enterprises such as Huawei, Alibaba and Xiaomi, so it has a strong scientific research atmosphere and a rich reserve of talents, which provides effective support for the talent supply of STEP.
Xi 'an Research Institute is essential for STEP to achieve the 2025 strategic development goal. It will be led by STEP National Enterprise Technology Center and operated by its subsidiary -- STEP (Xi 'an) High-end Equipment Manufacturing Software Application Research Co., LTD. Xian institute will bear group, motor control, motion control, industrial robots and workstation 3 d simulation software, machine vision software, algorithms and applications in the field of research and development work, and completes the IOT and cloud platform technology development, software and hardware testing, group each institute and department prototype structure, hardware, PCB and other project development tasks, will also be in xian by the open area for the origin, We will promote the transformation and upgrading of high-end equipment manufacturing and end users in the region into intelligent and digital industries.
Finally, we expect Xi 'an Research Institute to keep up with the market demand and the direction of high-end manufacturing transformation, promote the continuous iterative innovation of STEP technology and products with excellent output results, and add strength and energy to the innovative development of Shida.