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CATL's Liyang plant recognized as Lighthouse factory by World Economic Forum

NINGDE, China, Dec. 14, 2023 — (PRNewswire) — CATL announced today that its Liyang plant in east China's Jiangsu Province has been recognized as one of the 21 new members of the Global Lighthouse Network (GLN) by the World Economic Forum (WEF), adding the third Lighthouse to the battery industry following CATL's Ningde plant and Yibin plant. 

"To address soaring demand and increasing labour costs, and to meet its carbon neutrality commitment, CATL Liyang applied big data to simulate quality-testing, additive manufacturing to reduce changeover times, computer vision to achieve micron-level quality inspection, and deep learning to optimize process controls and energy management," the World Economic Forum wrote in its announcement of the new Lighthouses on December 14th. "This has resulted in a 320% output increase, a 33% reduction in manufacturing costs, a 47.4% reduction in normalized emissions and a 99% reduction in quality defects. Defect measurement has been upgraded from 'per million' to 'per billion'."

The GLN is a collaborative platform bringing together forward-thinking manufacturers leading the charge in adopting Fourth Industrial Revolution technologies. Kiva Allgood, Head of the Centre for Advanced Manufacturing and Supply Chains of the WEF said, "Lighthouses are pioneering a path to unprecedented global impact, strategically weaving innovation throughout their expansive network – sculpting both a sustainable future and an era of transformative and lasting change."

To meet the soaring market demand and contribute to the global efforts to fight climate change, CATL's Liyang plant has leveraged innovations including artificial intelligence (AI), 3D-printing and big data analytics to boost productivity and sustainability:

Among GLN's 153 manufacturing members, there are three Lighthouse factories in the battery industry, all of which are from CATL. In the future, CATL will continue to adopt its experience in Lighthouse factory in all its 13 plants globally, thus making its innovative technology accessible to more people, and contributing more to global sustainable development. 

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