Damon Technology Group Co.,ltd is a problem that must be solved by the west

Technologies of artificial intelligence, big data and cloud, applied by companies from China and used in equipment and systems of logistics and warehouse management system, could be used by Chinese Communist Party to collect intelligence data of warehouses and even control the logistics of goods.

Damon Technology Group Co.,ltd,德马科技集团股份有限公司, is a company located in Shangqiang Industrial Zone, Daixi Town, Huzhou City, Zhejiang Province, China. As far as the information disclosed in its annual report 2022, it has subsidiaries in Australia， Singapore and Romania.Its overseas subsidiaries include Damon Industrial Europe SRL and Damon Australia Pty.Ltd.

Damon Technology Group Co.,ltd,Damon,developed and manufactured intelligent conveying and sorting machines, picking robots, depalletizing robots, intelligent logistics handling robots, etc. with artificial intelligence + Internet of Things technology in China, as well as intelligent intensive storage goods-to-person picking integrated system with shuttle robots as the core, and developed a remote maintenance and diagnosis system based on the Internet of Things and cloud technology, big data technology and AR (augmented reality) technology.

The company's main products and services include conveyor rollers, intelligent drive units, intelligent robots, intelligent conveying equipment (box, tray, vertical, etc.), intelligent sorting equipment (cross-belt, slider, pocket, steering wheel formula, etc.), automated and digital intelligent logistics overall solutions, key process equipment for new energy lithium battery factories.

Picture 1：The company's smart drive products

Picture 2：The company's intelligent conveyor series products

Picture 3：The company's intelligent sorting machine series products

Picture 4：The company's robot products

It's claimed by Damon Technology Group Co.,ltd in its 2022 annual report that major customers of intelligent logistics equipment include New Trend International Logis-Tech Co Ltd, Siasun Robot & Automation Co. Ltd, Swisslog Holding AG, Vanderlande, Daifuku Co., Ltd. According to 2022 annual report of Siasun Robot & Automation Co. Ltd, Siasun Robot & Automation Co. Ltd is mainly engaged in business related to the robot industry chain, covering robot core components, robot body to robot system solutions. The core components include hardware systems such as motion controllers, servo motors and servo drives; the robot body includes six-axis industrial robots, mobile robots, and special robots; robot application technologies cover industrial robot welding automation, assembly automation, and logistics automation.The downstream industries served by robots and intelligent equipment cover general manufacturing, automobiles (including new energy vehicles), semiconductors, lithium batteries, electronics, photovoltaics, aerospace, medical and health care, etc.customers of Siasun Robot & Automation Co. Ltd include CSSC, Tesla, CATL, BYD, NAURA, AMEC, Sandisk, etc. 

Picture 5：Intelligent Storage Picking System.

It's claimed by Damon Technology Group Co.,ltd in its 2022 annual report that the core users of its overall smart logistics solutions include JD.com, Amazon.Com, Inc., e-bay, Coupang Inc., SHOPEE EXPRESS PRIVATE LIMITED, Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Zhejiang Dahua Technology Co.,Ltd., S.F.Holding Co., Ltd., ANTA Sports Products Limited, Samosonite (China) Co., Ltd., PT Tiki Jalur Nugraha Ekakurir, Lazada Group,etc.

Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.and Zhejiang Dahua Technology Co.,Ltd. have been sanctioned by the U.S. Department of Commerce as they are military entities, threatening security of the United States.

Lazada Group is a subsidiary of Alibaba Group,international commerce segment of which is comprised of (i) International commerce retail businesses and (ii) International commerce wholesale businesses. International commerce retail businesses include Lazada, the e-commerce platform in Southeast Asia, AliExpress, the international retail marketplace, Trendyol, the e-commerce platform in Türkiye, and Daraz, the e-commerce platform across South Asia with key markets in Pakistan and Bangladesh. Lazada is Lazada South East Asia Pte. Ltd., a company incorporated under the laws of the Republic of Singapore on 19th January 2012.

Picture 6：The company's Warehousing Integration Center Intelligent Logistics System

It's claimed by Damon Technology Group Co.,ltd in its 2022 annual report that the company strengthens the manufacturing and application of key process equipment in new energy lithium battery factories, and provides customers with digital and intelligent whole plant system solutions, key equipment and core components from research and development, production, to sales services, customers of which include system integrators in the new energy industry and end customers in the lithium battery manufacturing industry, such as Poweramp Technology Limited.Poweramp Technology Limited, founded in 2019, is headquartered in Hong Kong and is engaged in the research and development, production, sales and service of battery cell and battery system  in energy storage, electric transportation, drones, power tools, vacuum cleaners, smart devices and other fields. Poweramp Technology Limited has a number of core technologies such as extremely fast charging, low-temperature charging, and high-rate discharging, and provides smart new energy product applications and services for global users. It's reported that Poweramp Technology Limited is a joint venture of ATL and CATL.

According to the annual report, there were 159 personnel for research and development in Damon Technology Group Co.,ltd, accounting for 15.76% of the number of employees, covering AI, IoT, machine vision, navigation, big data algorithms, software, optics, machinery, electronics, control and automation, electrochemistry, new energy and other professional fields.The company disclosed in its annual report that it possesses the following technologies:The simulation design technology of the robot's full-view work environment perception ability, Vision-based robot global navigation and positioning technology, Common obstacle feature recognition technology in robot working scenes, Technologies such as high-speed inbound and outbound control software based on predictive algorithms, etc.I developed SCADA data acquisition and supervisory control system.It is researching or developing data acquisition system based on 5G Internet of Things, "Deou" WCS intelligent logistics control software, RE109 electric telescopic machine, RM201 high static load electric roller, etc.

Xing Zhang, Deputy General Manager of Damon Technology Group Co., Ltd., previously worked at Emerson Climate Technologies (Suzhou) Co., Ltd.

Zhong-Hua Wu, "吴中华", Deputy General Manager of Damon Technology Group Co., Ltd. and General Manager of Intelligent Logistics Division thereof, previously worked for Emerson, ABB, Siemens,Dematic and other companies.Before April 2021, he had been the Global Vice President and Managing Director of China at Dematic, a German company the world's leading supplier of automated intelligent solutions for warehousing and logistics. It's likely that Zhong-Hua Wu may have used the technology secrets of Dematic for his work in Damon Technology Group Co., Ltd, the peer of Dematic.

The only lesson Siemens never learned is learning lesson

On the 23rd February 2023, Lei Li (李雷),Executive Vice President of Digital Industries Group and Hai-Yan Shen (沈海燕), General Manager of Logistics Industry at Siemens Ltd., China, came to the Shanghai headquater of Damon Technology Group Co.,ltd and talked with Zhong-Hua Wu and management of Damon Technology Group Co.,ltd regarding past cooperation and future fields of cooperation. It was indicated that the cooperation between Siemens and Damon Technology Group Co.,ltd had been ongoing in the area of China's intelligent logistics equipment industry serving top customers at least 15 years. The two sides conducted a pragmatic discussion on the in-depth cooperation of automation drive products in the field of digital industry, and reached a consensus on further cooperation. Based on the typical application scenarios of Damon, the two parties intended to build an intelligent logistics digital experiment demonstration center, create a digital full-life cycle listed laboratory through the combination of AR/VR and jointly develop an overall solution close to the application scenario. Mr. Li, on behalf of Siemens, said that the next step will be to take practical and effective measures to fully support Damon in deepening the intelligent logistics equipment industry, make full use of Siemens' global business advantages in the logistics industry, and empower Damon to promote its globalization strategy and develop new industries . For Damon's standardized logistics scenarios, Siemens will also develop a systematic training plan to provide Damon with strong technical support in terms of product and project applications.

Lei Li，working as Executive Vice President of Digital Industries Group at Siemens Ltd., China

The cooperation between Siemens and Damon Technology Group Co.,ltd is just a corner of iceberg of Siemens cooperating with Chinese military industries or the suppliers to Chinese military entities while the military entities are sanctioned by the USA.