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Gree Electric Appliances expands into AI-era sectors, boosting equipment sales

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Gree Electric Appliances, a major Chinese home appliance manufacturer, is expanding into new sectors including industrial robots, machine tools, and green energy to align with the AI era. The company's chairman, Dong Mingzhu, stated that its intelligent equipment revenue increased by 19% in the first half of the year, reaching 374 million yuan. Sales of robots and machine tools saw a 20% rise, while silicon carbide experienced a significant 200% growth. AI

IMPACT Chinese manufacturers are diversifying into AI-related infrastructure and tools to support the growing AI industry.

RANK_REASON Company expanding into AI-adjacent sectors, not a core AI release.

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Gree Electric Appliances expands into AI-era sectors, boosting equipment sales

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    Gree Electric Appliances, China's biggest home appliance maker, is moving into industrial robots, machine tools and green energy for the AI era, chairman Dong M

    Gree Electric Appliances, China's biggest home appliance maker, is moving into industrial robots, machine tools and green energy for the AI era, chairman Dong Mingzhu says. First-half intelligent equipment revenue rose 19 per cent to 374 million yuan (56.05 million USD), robot an…

    LINKS scmp.com/…/how-dong-mingzhu-chinas-manufa…

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