Against the backdrop of the current global energy transformation, with countries around the world looking to embrace a low carbon future by adopting renewable energy solutions, Wuxi Autowell Technology (ATW) continues to provide its range of high-end intelligent manufacturing solutions to key players in the PV and ESS sectors.
Founded in 2010 and headquartered in the high-tech city of Wuxi in China’s Jiangsu province, the company entered the PV industry in 2012 and within two years had established itself as a respected professional equipment manufacturer. With a current workforce of over 3,000 and recognized throughout the industry for research into and development of cutting-edge PV technologies, the company has created a broad and growing portfolio of solutions serving the four major links in the PV industry chain, namely ingots, wafers, cells and modules.
Among ATW’s main products are crystal growth furnaces, wafer inspection systems, screen printing lines, laser cutting and automatic bussing machinery and MBB cell soldering stringers, this last item considered to be one of its flagship products with a market share of over 70% and deployed by a number of global manufacturers including JinkoSolar, JA Solar, Trina, LONGi and Adani.
In 2016, ATW established Wuxi Autowell Intelligent Equipment, a subsidiary to develop and manufacture automated intelligent equipment for the Li-ion battery industry. To date, Autowell Intelligent has supplied customers with over 100 energy storage Module/PACK assembly lines, winning orders from numerous high profile clients including Envision AESC, Trina Storage, Jinko, SYL (Risen), AlphaESS and Ligend Power.
As an overall business, ATW’s footprint extends to more than 600 customers across over 40 countries and regions around the world. In 2022, the company’s revenue reached 3.540 billion yuan, an increase of 72.94% year-on-year; the value of new orders reached 7.374 billion yuan (inclusive of taxes), an increase of 72.25% year-on-year; and the value of orders on hand reached 7.322 billion yuan (inclusive of taxes), an increase of 72.04% year-on-year.
As of the end of December 2022, equipment supplied by ATW had enabled the generation of over 430 billion kWh of solar power, reducing coal consumption by over 130 million tons, and eliminating 360 million tons of carbon emissions.