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When I started SZGH in 2013, China was the world's largest importer of industrial robots. ABB, FANUC, and KUKA logos were everywhere on Chinese factory floors. Domestic brands were a distant second thought — affordable, yes, but not yet trusted for precision work. We imported components, reverse-eng

In 2026, I speak with fabrication shop owners nearly every week who are at the same crossroads: they know they need to automate welding, but they feel locked out of it. Traditional welding robots seem too expensive, too complex, and too inflexible for a shop doing 20 different part numbers. Manual w

When a procurement manager in Singapore reached out to me earlier this year, his opening line was familiar: "Fannie, we can't justify the cost of a deburring robot right now." He was running three manual deburring operators across two shifts on an aluminum die casting line — and he was convinced the

In 2026, robot adoption among small and mid-sized manufacturers is accelerating faster than I've seen in my fifteen years in this industry. That's largely good news — but it also means more buyers are making purchasing decisions before they fully understand what they're buying into.The most conseque

In 2026, my answer to "which welding robot should we buy?" has genuinely changed. Three years ago, I would have almost always said traditional — a full-size industrial arm behind a safety cage, programmed by a specialist, optimized for volume. That was the right advice for most shops at the time. No