“In industry competition, the real king is the construction of technology and brand highlands; low-cost competitive advantages can win the admiration of peers, but cannot win their respect and reverence; to become an industry leader from the industry leader As a leader, Sanhua must make the leap from cost leadership to technology leadership," said Zhang Daocai.
From the perspective of technological development stages, if Sanhua’s first ten-year basic period is the “complete imitation” stage, and the second ten-year improvement period is the “imitation plus improvement” stage, then We are now in the late stage of the "imitation plus improvement" stage and are entering the "independent innovation" stage. At present, Sanhua has initially established a global sales network, providing accessories to the world's top 500 or China's top 500 companies such as Panasonic, Mitsubishi, Toshiba, LG, Samsung, Carrier, York, Gree, Midea, and Haier. The global layout gives Sanhua certain advantages in exchanging and collecting the most cutting-edge information in the industry and synchronizing with customer product research and development. It also gives Zhang Daocai a deeper understanding of the low-end and mid-range markets in Asia and the high-end markets in Europe and the United States. understand. This laid the foundation for Sanhua to move from cost leadership to technology leadership.
In the past few years, Sanhua has been targeting energy saving, emission reduction, consumption reduction, environmental protection and other products that are in line with the general trends of social progress and economic development. According to research by Japan's Panasonic, inverter air conditioners save 24% more energy than traditional air conditioners, which represents the future development direction of air conditioners. Therefore, Sanhua concentrated its investment in development, broke through technical difficulties, and developed an electronic expansion valve product that is essential for inverter air conditioners. Currently, this product has been supplied in batches to air conditioning manufacturers in Japan and South Korea.
After accumulating a certain amount of technology, Sanhua began to build an intellectual property protection system. As of June 2007, Sanhua has applied for 285 patents and obtained 197 authorizations. Currently, Zhang Daocai plans to establish a "Central Research Institute" to plan, design and develop new technologies and products that represent new directions for industry development, and actively promotes the simultaneous research and development of cutting-edge technologies with world-class customers to improve his own technical literacy. Zhang Daocai’s ambition is to gradually enter the field of global industry standard setting and gain the right to speak in the industry.