In order to cultivate and strengthen hard-core technology enterprises, promote future industrial innovation breakthroughs, and create an industrial innovation vane, under the guidance of Shanghai Municipal Commission of Economy and Informatization, Shanghai Industrial Technology Innovation Promotion Association conducts research on the innovation index of hard-core technology companies and establishes an evaluation index system. And released the "2022 Shanghai Hardcore Technology Enterprises TOP100 List" on July 21. Shanghai STEP Electric Co., Ltd. ranks among the top ten, and the company's innovation ability and core technology advantages have been recognized again.
The evaluation of the list involves 1,993 companies, covering the city's national and municipal enterprise technology centers, listed companies, top 100 companies in emerging industries, top 100 private manufacturing companies, and companies undertaking major municipal technology projects. Hard-core technology companies are mainly concentrated in the "3+6" industrial system. There are 53 companies belonging to the three leading industries, and 85 companies belonging to the six key industries. The ratio is 37%. It is worth mentioning that STEP ranks highest among companies whose core business is smart manufacturing.
For hard-core technology companies, technology is the core moat. In the 27 years since its establishment, STEP has adhered to the long-term principle and unswervingly followed the road of innovation and development. Through research and development, it has spared no effort to break through key core technologies such as elevator control, variable frequency drive, motion control, and robotics, and popularized them to every user, becoming an industry leader. The support behind the application. Relying on the innovation platform of the National Enterprise Technology Center, STEP maintains a high level of research and development intensity. After listing, the cumulative investment in research and development has reached 1.56 billion yuan. Currently, research and development personnel account for 36% of the total number of employees.
In addition, STEP has also demonstrated its hard-core strength in terms of core independent intellectual property rights. By the end of 2021, STEP has obtained 730 nationally authorized patents, including 242 invention patents and 266 software copyrights.
STEP will use this ranking as the driving force to move forward, continue to focus on technology research and development and investment, attract more outstanding talents to join the team, continue to innovate and optimize products and services, and help more industries realize intelligent and digital transformation and development.
