On Jan. 19, 2015, Citic Dicastal and Siemens signed a strategic cooperation agreement in the Citic Dicastal Industry Park, which is the cooperation between a state-owned enterprise and a transnational corporation.
Based on the intelligent manufacturing strategy of Citic Dicastal, both sides will build strategic cooperation in the digital manufacturing of auto parts, and exchange in areas of development, manufacturing and digital life cycle management of digital products. Siemens, as a world leading supplier of advanced industrial automation electric products and software, will provide Citic Dicastal with the cutting–edge automation, electric, digital products and related technology support, training and after-sale services.
This cooperation will help Citic Dicastal to implement its Digital Manufacturing System (DMS 1.0), which will provide software and hardware support to the improvement of cost efficiency and productivity. It will also provide all-round external support in future in regard to research new equipment and expand business for Citic Dicastal’s equipment modules.