On 21 June 2024, the South China International Industry Fair (SCIIF) 2024, jointly organized by Hannover Milano Fairs Shanghai and DLG Exhibitions & Events Shanghai Industry & Commerce Exhibition Co., Ltd. came to a successful close at the Shenzhen World Exhibition & Convention Center (Bao’an New Hall).

Held concurrently with MATERIALS 2024, SCIIF 2024 covered a total area of 80,000 square meters and featuring over 800 exhibitors. The fair was divided into seven major themed exhibition areas, including industrial automation, machine vision, laser technology, CNC machines and metal processing, robotics, new generation IT and applications, industrial internet, testing and measurement. It fully showcased innovative technologies, products and solutions across the intelligent industrial chain. The three-day event attracted 133,221 professional visits from various fields such as 3C electronics, automotive, packaging, machinery, home appliances, textiles, medical and new energy.

The organizers stated that SCIIF aims to display the innovative products and market potential of the manufacturing industry in South China, creating a high-end platform for exchange and cooperation among industry peers. Leveraging this grand event, exhibitors were able to engage in in-depth communication with potential customers, not only promoting the widespread dissemination and application of new technologies and products but also significantly advancing the development of the manufacturing industry in South China towards higher-end clusters.

In three-day event, countless new products, technologies, and concepts made their debut at SCIIF 2024, spanning the entire industrial manufacturing value chain. From precise automation equipment to intelligent software systems, and from the application of eco-friendly materials to the concept of green manufacturing, each display is a profound interpretation of new quality productive forces. The rapid development of artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies has made even simple tasks like screw tightening possible through mature industrial automation solutions.

Mr. Zou, the regional sales manager of Beckhoff Automation in Shenzhen, commented, "The atmosphere at the fair was great, with a large number of visitors coming for communication and negotiation. We hope SCIIF will help accelerate the upgrade of China's high-end intelligent automation equipment and empower Chinese manufacturing industry to steadily go global."

Baowu Group, owning the first robot with full independent intellectual property rights, brought its Turin Robot screw-locking workstation to the fair. This station can solve technical problems related to fastening screws at different angles and is now widely used in white goods and automobile parts, offering higher precision, lower cost, and superior efficiency compared to manual labor. The product received a warm response in South China, attracting many visitors during the fair.

Well-known exhibitors making their first appearance at SCIIF, such as Advantech, Rittal, Delta, and Xinje drew significant attention at the site. Their stunning debuts featured a continuous stream of globally launched innovative products and solutions, showcasing how digital and intelligent transformation enhances industrial competitiveness.

OPT Machine Vision Tech, a leader in machine vision technology application and positioned as a core component supplier for automation, affirmed the gathering effect of SCIIF 2024. The company’s representative said: "OPT brought fifteen cutting-edge solutions to demonstrate its strength in 'empowering intelligent manufacturing with vision', earning praise and recognition from many customers and professional visitors. We appreciate SCIIF for providing such an exchange and cooperation platform and look forward to meeting again next year!"

Holding its tradition of rooting deeply in the industry, the specialization level of LASERFAIR Shenzhen 2024 was once again widely recognized by the industry. The exhibition site was filled with high-tech content, with highlights including G3015-K fiber laser cutter by Han's Laser, Bodor Laser's Scanning Cutting Machine 3.0, Raycus's flag series with light gate ABP, and BWT's Thunder series fiber lasers, all drawing considerable interest.

Laser technology plays a crucial role in transforming and upgrading traditional industrial manufacturing. Bao'an in Shenzhen, being close to the industrial application end, provides fertile ground for the development and aggregation of laser companies.

As a local benchmark in Shenzhen for the popularization and application of laser and automation, a representative from Han's Laser Smart Equipment Group said: "During this fair, Han's received positive market feedback from all sides, which provided important references for subsequent product optimization, service improvement, and corporate development planning. After the fair, we have gathered a large number of potential clients, showing that the event not only had significant brand promotion effects but also high market communication returns. We sincerely thank the organizers for their strong support and assistance and look forward to meeting again next year to create an even more brilliant future together!"

Marketing department representative from Bodor Laser mentioned: "In recent years, the deepening development of the Greater Bay Area has driven continuous technological innovation among manufacturing enterprises in the Pearl River Delta region, with Shenzhen forming an industrial cluster led by high-tech large enterprises, demonstrating strong economic strength and international competitiveness. SCIIF 2024 saw an upward trend in both the quantity and quality of professional visitors, which further expanded its brand awareness. At SCIIF, Bodor Laser achieved millions in new contracts and contacted many new customers, including visits from academicians of engineering academies to our booth. Bodor Laser gives SCIIF a thumb-up!"

Having participated in LASERFAIR Shenzhen for 12 consecutive years, Raycus also reaped substantial benefits at SCIIF 2024. Raycus noted that the LASERFAIR Shenzhen brought together upstream and downstream enterprises in the laser manufacturing field, forming an integrated exchange platform for production, education, research, and application. This year's fair clearly showed an increase in both the number and matching degree of visitors to the booth, bringing many new business opportunities.

A highlight of LASERFAIR Shenzhen—the opening ceremony and plenary session of the LMN 2024 World Laser Manufacturing Conference took place on the morning of June 18 at Han's Laser Technology Centre. At the conference hall, over 700 attendees including relevant leaders from Guangdong Province and Shenzhen City, industry experts, university representatives, and corporate colleagues witnessed the launch of this grand laser industry event. From the afternoon of June 18 to June 19, ten sub-forums of the LMN 2024 World Laser Manufacturing Conference were held at Shenzhen World Exhibition & Convention Center (Bao'an New Hall). These carefully organized sub-forums not only provided participants with opportunities to deeply understand the latest trends in laser technology but also built a good platform for exchange and cooperation with peers.

Pioneers in the laser industry have already taken steps to tackle core technologies as they advance towards higher ends. The "Secret Light Awards" (SLA), a top-tier award for the entire laser industry chain created by the China Laser Industry Innovation Contribution Award Organizing Committee, Laser Manufacturing Network, industry authoritative experts, and multiple domestic laser industry associations, laser societies, and laser industry alliances, was unveiled. This year's award gathered participation from 109 laser upstream and downstream enterprises with a total of 145 projects shortlisted, and 40 enterprises and related research institutions in the upstream and downstream of the domestic laser industry chain have won the "Red Light Award" of this year.

The machine vision exhibition area and the new generation information technology/industrial internet experiencing area were also hubs for premieres and debuts, gathering a series of innovative, distinctive, and differentiated products and high-quality solutions, collectively boosting the future development of "Made in Guangdong". In this showcase of fine products, elites from various industries personally experienced the vitality of global manufacturing transformation, the essence of technological innovation, and guidance on future development trends.

Among them, a highlight event of the new generation information technology exhibition—the "Greater Bay Area (Shenzhen) Industrial Internet Conference and Industrial Digital Transformation Summit 2024 " was held alongside SCIIF on June 19. This conference marked its third appearance at SCIIF and its first "Industrial Digital Transformation Summit" topic session. It invited experts and big names from Shenzhen University, JD Industry, Guangdong Unicom, Huawei, Tencent, focusing on hot topics such as digital transformation, intelligent upgrade, supply chain compliance and digital economy. From policy sharing, industry foresight, technology and case sharing, the summit dig out the pain points and difficulties of industrial enterprises in the transformation, promoted the landing of the new industrialization with digital solutions. In order to play a leading role in new industrialization and new quality productive forces and accelerate the high-quality construction of a strong manufacturing city, the conference attracted more than ten big names and over 300 professional listeners, building a platform for exchange and cooperation on industrial digital transformation in South China.

During the fair, more than 30 summit forums, specialized seminars and procurement-supplier matchmaking events were successfully held. Industry leaders discussed issues such as industrial policy orientation and technological innovation in depth, joining forces with peers across the entire industry chain to forge ahead and paint a grand vision of Made in China.

4-6 June 2025, in the era where intelligence meets manufacturing, let's look forward to the South China International Industry Fair 2025.