On July 23-24, the Guangxi stop of the All-Watt Touring Summit, jointly organized by Corrface and Xiangshi Culture, co-sponsored by Guangdong Xiaohua, and with the summit dinner exclusively sponsored by J.S. Machine, concluded successfully. At the event, J.S. Machine Vice General Manager Zhou Tianhai delivered a keynote speech titled "Empowering Smart Manufacturing, Co-creating the Future: The Nanning Gomei Smart Factory Construction Journey," detailing the project's path from overall planning to full-chain implementation, and from a traditional factory to a smart factory.

Currently, the packaging industry's smart transition shows clear divergence: some companies continue using traditional operating models with isolated equipment data, relying on manual labor for material transport, storage, and shipping. Other firms have gradually updated equipment and deployed partial logistics automation, but the full production process remains unconnected. This leaves them struggling with low efficiency, high costs, and labor shortages. Recognizing this, Zhou did not focus on J.S. Machine's equipment performance. Instead, he used the Nanning Gomei project's full lifecycle as a benchmark to guide other factories in their smart transformation.

Three Major Barriers in Traditional Factories

In industry research, J.S. Machine identified three major barriers still present in most traditional packaging factories: limited corrugator capacity—old lines have low average speeds, long order change times, and capacity is constrained by worker skill levels, making output unstable; low logistics efficiency—factories without smart logistics rely on manual handling and forklifts, with workers wasting time on material retrieval, placement, and transfer; and manual dependence in printing—product transport and bundling in printing and post-printing processes are still manual, preventing full utilization of equipment capacity. Before partnering with J.S. Machine, Nanning Gomei faced these same challenges. Its business covered three scenarios—paperboard, cartons, and litho-laminated boxes—making the production process more complex and the smart transformation harder. The question was whether to make conservative investments by upgrading the old factory step by step, or start from scratch to build a brand-new smart factory. After multiple rounds of evaluation, Nanning Gomei decided on a 150-acre new factory site, initiating the leap from a traditional to a smart factory.

Clear Path from Traditional to Smart Factory

A smart factory cannot be built overnight. Reviewing the entire process from site selection to full production, J.S. Machine leveraged its upfront overall planning, customized equipment selection, and full-cycle delivery to help Nanning Gomei carve out a clear path. A video of the Nanning Gomei project, filmed in 2024 at the project's start, showed the new site as vacant land while the old factory continued normal operations. The new factory had to accommodate three business lines—paperboard, cartons, and litho-laminated boxes—while addressing practical issues like personnel coordination and equipment relocation. How do you meet the multi-layered demands of short-term, medium-term, and long-term development? For J.S. Machine, the value of planning lies not in a static blueprint but in the process of continuously approaching the optimal solution. Based on the overall site plan, the J.S. Machine team considered every detail: the entrance location, the orientation of shipping docks, and how overhead power lines on site would affect vehicle movement. They spent extensive time exploring and then discarding options. Before reaching a mutually satisfactory final plan, the scheme went through 48 rounds of iterative optimization. This reflects J.S. Machine's service philosophy: not selling standard products, but co-developing the most suitable solution with each client. After the overall plan was finalized, the next consideration was equipment selection. A smart factory is not simply a collection of high-speed machines. The real challenge lies in matching the equipment to the client's order structure to achieve the optimal overall production efficiency. During the selection phase, Nanning Gomei compared solutions from multiple suppliers. Ultimately, it chose J.S. Machine because of the latter's full-chain, one-stop delivery capability—offering a single plan, unified interfaces, and a single team responsible for the entire project. The best plan is useless without solid execution. The Nanning project involved multiple product lines and multi-team coordination. With its mature project management system, J.S. Machine achieved high levels of coordination across all phases: civil works, equipment installation, integrated commissioning, and formal handover. This ensured on-time, high-quality delivery while maintaining normal production at the old factory. After production started, the factory continued to evolve through multiple rounds of customized technical upgrades. Currently, the site runs J.S. Machine's 2.8-meter corrugator. At the start of production, its average speed was about 200 m/min. Now, it has stabilized at 268-281 m/min monthly, with peak speeds reaching 290 m/min. The corrugator's adaptive cruise control coverage rate is 97.5%-99.9%. Energy consumption metrics—steam, glue, and electricity—have all dropped significantly. Three years of continuous real-world production data directly validate the cost-saving and efficiency-boosting value of smart transformation. The project's success also laid the foundation for deeper cooperation. Subsequently, Nanning Gomei again chose J.S. Machine, signing a contract for the smart logistics system at its Vietnam factory, extending the partnership further.

Focusing on Client Value with Complete Smart Factory Solutions

The value of the Nanning Gomei case lies in its replicability across the industry. Today, J.S. Machine has built a full-scenario, full-process, full-chain product matrix, from smart corrugators to plant-wide smart logistics. Rejecting the traditional mindset of selling standalone machines, it customizes holistic smart factory solutions for its clients. These solutions have been deployed and are operational in multiple client factories. "Focusing on client value, empowering smart packaging"—for J.S. Machine, this is not just a corporate slogan but a proven practice in enabling traditional packaging companies to transform intelligently and co-create a smart manufacturing future.