2026 Ringier Technology Innovation Awards - Smart Manufacturing Industry

2026 Ringier Technology Innovation Awards - Smart Manufacturing Industry

The Ringier Technology Innovation Awards, organized by Ringier Industrial Media, a professional industrial information media outlet, have been held successfully since 2006. With its fair and objective evaluation process, the awards have garnered widespread attention and recognition in the industry, becoming one of the most professional and influential industry evaluations in China.
The “Smart Manufacturing Industry - Ringier Technology Innovation Awards” was launched in 2024, covering the upstream and downstream sectors of the smart manufacturing industry. This award honors pioneers in innovation, outstanding solutions, and exceptional individuals who have made significant contributions to the industry. It aims to encourage more enterprises to invest in technological innovation, enhance productivity and economic efficiency, provide greater convenience to users, and achieve goals such as green, sustainable development.
The awards ceremony for the “2026 Smart Manufacturing Industry - Ringier Technology Innovation Awards” will be held in June, 2026 in Suzhou. Winning enterprises, members of the judging panel, readers of Ringier’s related magazines, and mainstream industry media will gather to witness this grand event.

Judges

Xu Honghai

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Shanghai Institute of Process Automation Instrumentation(SIPAI)

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Mingguo Zhao

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Prof. Dr. Dongdong Guo

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Junqi Zheng

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Chairman of Shanghai Robot Industrial Technology Research Institute Co., Ltd.

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Huijie Zhu

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Ming Li

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Director of the Advanced Manufacturing Technology Committee of the Shanghai Mechanical Engineering S

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Appraisal Process and Rules

Stage 1

Innovative Product Application and Nomination

Application Deadline:2026-02-13

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Stage 2

Innovative Product Review

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Stage 3

User Voting and Expert Evaluation

Voting Deadline:2026-03-02 ~ 20

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Stage 4

Announcement of Winners and Award Ceremony

Announce the list of winners:2026-03-30

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Award Ceremony

Award Ceremony:2026-06-01

1.The nominated products must be launched in 2024-2026 for China’s Smart Manufacturing Industry;
2.Entry must be relevant to China and in the forefront of the international Smart Manufacturing industry, and have helped take China's Smart Manufacturing industry to new levels;
3.The participants should greatly promote the development of Smart Manufacturing industry and be widely used and promoted in the industry. These promotion effects can be reflected in greatly increased productivity and improved production efficiency, improved production economics or input-output ratio, improved product quality, safety and performance, improved profitability, enhanced compatibility and flexibility, and promoting the landing of "Made in China 2025" and the direction of integrating with international intelligent manufacturing. 
4.Each enterprise shall nominate no more than 3 products or technologies.
5.It should be environmental-friendly, can reduce pollution and support the sustainable development of society.
6.The nominated products must meet the following intellectual property requirements:
The participating technology/product must be the original design of the participating company, do not infringe any intellectual property rights of any third party, and do not violate any relevant laws and regulations. Technical/product-related legal issues, not limited to reputation rights, copyright, portrait rights, trademark rights, patent rights, and other legal issues, are the responsibility of the evaluation enterprise. The information submitted by the participating technology/product must be true, and the submitting enterprise shall be fully responsible for any infringement caused by copyright, copyright, and patent rights related to the product.

Appraisal Category

Software & Platforms (MES, ERP, PDM/PLM, WMS, PLC, IoT, IIoT, AIoT, Digital Factory Simulation, Devi

Core components & Hardware (Sensors & Perception, machine vision, motion control, Reducer, End Effec

Intelligent equipment (intelligent processing equipment, intelligent testing equipment, industrial r

Intelligent manufacturing solutions (can be a total solution for a particular smart factory or appli

Other related innovative products/technologies

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