Dominant global electronics brand, TCL, has completed Phase I of the Wuhan Intelligent Industrial Park, which will manufacture more than six million air conditioning units per year.
TCL is doubling down on smart manufacturing to facilitate premium air conditioning production at a cost of $US497 million.
The TCL Wuhan Intelligent Industrial Park for Air Conditioner is a three-phase project.
Set within premises of up to 390,000 square metres, the Park comprises a full AC supply chain – R&D, smart manufacturing and smart logistics – from where TCL's high-end air conditioners are exported to over 160 markets around the world.
Sixty per cent of the park's production automation is developed by TCL and the park is digitally driven to wield the technology of AIoT, big data and machine learning to raise operational efficiency, product quality and lower costs.
Apart from applying smart technologies, TCL also lays a sustainable foundation throughout the manufacturing process. The park uses solar power, monitored by EMS (energy management system) and fed by a smart hydration system to ensure both energy consumption and carbon emissions are kept at a sustainable level.
TCL has been building high-quality air-conditioning products for more than 20 years with an established global production network of 10 manufacturing bases spanning across China, Brazil and Indonesia.
The company produces more than 30 million units every year. TCL Air Conditioning models, such as Fresh Air 1.0, Gentle Cool, Elite, Q-Series, have been available in many countries.
Just last month TCL introduced the second generation of TCL Fresh Air AC Technology. Unlike conventional AC that circulates air inside the house, TCL's proprietary FreshIN+ fresh air system transports the fresh air from the outdoors to the indoors with a capacity of up to 60 cubic metres per hour thanks to its powerful air engine, which helps increase the oxygen and humidity levels.
With the latest upgrade, the TCL Fresh Air Technology is now taking your air quality to the next level. Its proprietary circulation technology not simply inhales fresh air from outdoors, it exhales stale indoor air.
Its built-in sensor detects the total volatile organic compounds TVOC in the air, and the detection results are presented in the "dynamic display of air quality" in real time, on top of the already powerful fresh air functionalities.