INNOVATIONS

Innovations & Impacts

Smart manufacturing is one of the major “smart” areas in the age of digital innovation. In Hong Kong, the government has put forward initiatives like re-industrialisation and “industry 4.0” in recent years by promoting the capitalization on new technologies such as Internet of Things (IoT), artificial intelligence and new materials for high-end and high value-added manufacturing.

Founded by Professor JIA Jiaya of the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, SmartMore is a rising vision AI unicorn that focuses on industrial optimization and automation (IOA) with world-class research and development, backed by top-tier international institutional investors. The company offers software and hardware integrated products for intelligent manufacturing and digital experience industries in the era of global economics. Thanks to the state-driven initiative to establish the “Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (Greater Bay Area),” the unicorn as one of the impetuses in facilitating Hong Kong’s development as an international innovation and technology (I&T) hub has established research and development (R&D) centers in both Hong Kong and Shenzhen, utilizing the talents from two regions for research, product development, marketing and business development.

SmartMore has provided solutions and products to over 100 enterprises worldwide covering various business areas including high-end consumer electronics, new energy, automobile, video content production, and many more. With its cutting-edge computer vision technologies, the unicorn leads the world’s digitalization particularly in the area of digital transformation of manufacturing industry.