SUPCON

SUPCON (Zhejiang Supcon Technology Co., Ltd.; Chinese: 中控技术) is a Chinese industrial automation and industrial software company headquartered in Hangzhou, Zhejiang. Founded in 1993 by Chu Jian and colleagues from Zhejiang University, the company grew from a developer of distributed control systems (DCS) into one of China's leading suppliers of process-automation hardware and industrial software. Its core business spans DCS and safety instrumented systems, field instruments and control valves, industrial software platforms, and smart-manufacturing solutions that increasingly incorporate digital-twin, simulation and industrial-AI capabilities. SUPCON serves process industries such as petrochemicals, chemicals, oil and gas, power, pharmaceuticals, metallurgy, building materials and food processing. Its installed base in China is large, and the company has expanded internationally across Asia-Pacific, the Middle East, Europe and Africa. Alongside hardware, SUPCON markets industrial software and platform offerings — including advanced process control, manufacturing execution systems, plant asset management and digital-twin/simulation tools — that connect plant data to models for optimization, training and predictive maintenance. The company is publicly listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange's STAR Market under the ticker 688777. It operates within the broader SUPCON Group and competes with international automation majors as well as other Chinese suppliers. Its positioning emphasizes domestic substitution of imported automation and industrial software, digital transformation of process plants, and the integration of AI and digital twins into industrial operations. Because the supplied evidence is limited, this dossier relies on well-established public facts about SUPCON's business and should be reviewed for any details that require confirmation.

SUPCON was founded in 1993 in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, by Chu Jian and colleagues associated with Zhejiang University. The company began by developing distributed control systems (DCS) for China's process industries, at a time when the domestic automation market was dominated by foreign suppliers. Its early DCS products were adopted by chemical and petrochemical plants, helping establish SUPCON as a domestic alternative. Through the 2000s and 2010s, SUPCON broadened its portfolio from control hardware into field instrumentation, control valves, safety instrumented systems and industrial software. It developed advanced process control, manufacturing execution and plant information software, and built a large installed base in Chinese refineries, chemical plants and other process facilities. The company also expanded internationally, serving customers in Asia-Pacific, the Middle East, Europe and Africa. In the 2010s and 2020s, SUPCON aligned its strategy with China's push for smart manufacturing and industrial digitalization. It invested in industrial software platforms, industrial internet and, increasingly, digital-twin and simulation technologies that model process plants for optimization, operator training and predictive maintenance. The company listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange's STAR Market under the ticker 688777, giving it access to public capital to fund research and expansion. Today SUPCON operates within the broader SUPCON Group and competes with both international automation majors and other Chinese suppliers. Its strategy emphasizes domestic substitution of imported automation and software, integration of AI into industrial operations, and expansion of its software and services business alongside its traditional hardware base.

• 2020

  Listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange STAR Market under ticker 688777.

• 1993

  SUPCON founded in Hangzhou, Zhejiang.

• ECS series DCS

  Distributed control systems for process automation.

• Industrial software platforms

  APC, MES and plant information software.

• Digital twin and simulation software

  Modeling tools for plant optimization and training.

1. 1SUPCON official websitesupcon.com
2. 2中控技术与新和成签订“数字化全面转型”战略合作协议finance.sina.com.cn