The production rollout ceremony for Shandong HiTHIUM’s world‑first long‑duration energy storage (LDES) integrated industrial park – the Heze Base – took place today in Heze Luxi New Area. As the globe’s first intelligent manufacturing campus purpose‑built for LDES, the Heze Base embodies an industrial philosophy of “benchmark from day one, leadership from first output.” The event marks a strategic turning point for HiTHIUM in its unwavering LDES commitment and deepening global integrated industrial footprint, propelling the company into a new phase of worldwide LDES integrated smart manufacturing and scaled delivery capabilities.

Three Pillars of Leadership: From Benchmark Base to Industrial Powerhouse

With a planned area of roughly 80 hectares and a total industrial‑chain investment exceeding RMB 13 billion, the Shandong Heze project stands as the world’s first integrated park exclusively focused on LDES. Adopting a whole‑industry‑chain model, the facility covers intelligent manufacturing of LFP battery cells, module and system integration, new material production, and upstream raw material processing – achieving seamless end‑to‑end integration from materials to cells to complete systems.

Wang Pengcheng, HiTHIUM’s Co‑founder and President, commented: “The production rollout signals a new chapter for the Heze Base in scalable manufacturing, market‑oriented delivery, and ecosystem cultivation. Building on this fresh foundation, HiTHIUM will continue advancing our ‘three pillars of leadership’:

First, industrial leadership – establishing a national‑benchmark LDES industrial cluster. With the Heze LDES integrated park as the ‘core engine,’ HiTHIUM will bring together upstream and downstream partners to cover the full ‘generation‑transmission‑distribution‑utilization’ application ecosystem.

Second, product leadership – defining full‑scenario LDES solutions. HiTHIUM has taken the lead in defining and deploying LDES offerings. Leveraging the Base’s scaled capacity, the company will fully unlock the manufacturing potential of thousand‑ampere‑hour large‑capacity products, guiding the global lithium‑based LDES industry into an era of large‑scale, full‑fledged delivery.

Third, production efficiency leadership – building global competitiveness through integrated intelligent manufacturing. Fully equipped with independently developed fifth‑generation smart lines, the Base enables end‑to‑end synergistic integration across core materials, cell fabrication, system assembly, and global logistics, ensuring the capacity to deliver large‑volume, high‑efficiency, and premium‑quality products to worldwide markets.”

Integrated Intelligent Manufacturing: Redefining LDES Manufacturing Standards

The Heze Base’s integrated intelligent manufacturing system spans the entire process from raw materials to prefabricated container delivery. Powered by fifth‑generation production lines – the industry’s first to exceed 15 GWh in single‑line capacity – the new generation achieves a 50% reduction in floor space per GWh, a 58% cut in production manpower, a 13% decrease in manufacturing energy consumption, and a 200% efficiency gain over previous generations. With an automation rate surpassing 95% and over 1,000 quality‑control checkpoints reinforced by AI‑powered visual inspection, the Heze Base establishes low‑cost operations, high‑efficiency delivery, and superior product quality – offering globally competitive LDES solutions to customers around the world.