The intelligent manufacturing workshop of Taiyuan Heavy Machinery Group. [Photo/Shanxi Daily]

Five enterprises in Taiyuan, capital of North China's Shanxi province, were recently recognized as national green factories, with one designated as a green supply chain management enterprise.

The recognition involved several steps, including enterprise applications, Shanxi Provincial Department of Industry and Information Technology recommendations, and expert evaluations.

Taiyuan's industry and information technology departments plan to use the leadership and influence of these green factories and supply chain management enterprises to promote advanced experiences and typical practices. They will strengthen interactions with financial institutions and use their resources to support these enterprises’ green and low-carbon transformations and upgrades.

Among these pioneers, Shanxi Sanqiang New Energy Technology Co stands out for its rapid advancement in building a green manufacturing system. The company has achieved land intensification, clean production, waste resource utilization, and low-carbon energy use.

Its cutting-edge processes for processing carbon black and coal tar, along with tail gas power generation, are industry-leading. By fully utilizing waste heat and gas during production, its waste heat power generation units save 39,800 metric tons of standard coal annually.

Taiyuan Heavy Machinery Group's Xiangming Intelligent Equipment Co adheres to the environmental philosophy of "green manufacturing, environment-based enterprise". With energy saving, consumption reduction, pollution reduction, and efficiency improvement goals, the company has established a full green production chain from source to terminal through continuous technological innovation and management system upgrades.

This has resulted in efficient utilization of resources and a significant reduction in energy consumption and emissions during production.