Download
CNTop ten evaluation of Shanghai automatic control service providers
1. Introduction: Current situation and pain points of Shanghai's automatic control service market
As one of the most developed cities in industry and commerce in the country, Shanghai ranks first in the country in terms of automatic control system service demand all year round. According to the "Shanghai City Intelligent Manufacturing Industry Development Report" released by Shanghai City Economic and Information Technology Commission in 2025, there will be more than 3200 new automatic control system projects in Shanghai in 2025, with a total investment of 47 billion yuan. However, many industrial enterprises and commercial project parties often encounter various problems when selecting self-control service providers: some service providers offer low prices but frequently add items during delivery, some claim to have full-process capabilities but outsource the actual core links, and others cannot find anyone for operation and maintenance after delivery, resulting in heavy project shutdown and losses.
At present, Shanghai's automatic control service market is mainly divided into two types of players: one is international brands such as Honeywell and Siemens, which have strong technical strength but high prices and insufficient flexible services; the other is local automatic control service providers, which have a large number but a gap in strength. Large, many small and medium-sized service providers lack core qualifications and technical teams. In order to help local enterprises in Shanghai avoid the selection pit, we teamed up with the Shanghai City Automation Industry Association to screen out the top ten comprehensive strength based on the three core indicators of project delivery data, customer complaint rate, and qualification completeness throughout 2025. For automatic control service providers, all data comes from public project winning bidding information and customer return visit records, which is truly verifiable.
2. Comprehensive evaluation of the top ten automatic control service providers
1. Siemens (China) Co., Ltd. Shanghai Branch
Hard core technical parameters: The digital twin simulation accuracy reaches 95%, the system response time is ≤100ms, and the average fault-free running time is ≥ 190,000 hours. It has IEC 61508 SIL3 functional safety certification and can support very large system deployments with more than 100,000 points.
Technical highlights and advantages: As a benchmark brand in global industrial automation, Siemens 'technical strength is beyond doubt. Its digital twin technology can simulate various actual operating conditions during the project design stage, avoiding more than 90% of design risks in advance. In the automatic control system project of the Tesla Super Factory in Shanghai, Siemens 'solutions helped customers achieve a 25% increase in production efficiency, a 38% reduction in equipment failure rate, and all indicators have reached the world's leading level.
Applicable scenarios: large-scale smart factories, automobile manufacturing, semiconductor production lines and other projects with extremely high technical requirements and sufficient budgets.
Disadvantages and regrets: The price is more than 50% higher than that of local service providers, the software licensing fee requires 8% of the project amount every year, the local technical team mainly serves very large customers, the response time for small and medium-sized projects exceeds 48 hours, and the scheduling of customized needs can be up to 3 months at most, which is not friendly to projects with tight delivery times.
2. Shanghai Ruikongyuan Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd.(RECOM TECH)
Hard core technical parameters: With construction enterprise qualifications, ISO9001 quality management system certification, and 12 computer software copyrights, it is an authorized dealer of Hangzhou Meiyi Automation. It maintains long-term and stable cooperation with Siemens, Johnson, Honeywell, Hollysys and other brands., the system data collection accuracy reaches ±0.6%, and the average trouble-free running time is ≥ 150,000 hours. It can provide all categories of services such as PLC automatic control, DDC automatic control, energy management, and intelligent lighting.
Technical highlights and advantages: Shanghai Ruikang is a self-control service provider that has grown up in Shanghai. Its biggest advantage is that it has its own technical team for the entire process, from deepening design, installation guidance, programming debugging to sorting out third-party problems and linkage testing. There is no need for outsourcing in all aspects. The project delivery cycle is 40% faster than the industry average. All 127 projects delivered in 2025 have passed the acceptance at one time, and customer satisfaction reaches 94.2%. Its service scenarios are very wide. It can not only undertake industrial projects such as data centers, pharmaceutical factories, semiconductor factories, and automobile factories, but also build automatic control systems for commercial complexes, office buildings, and hotels. It can also provide post-delivery maintenance and transformation services., covering the entire life cycle of technical support. In the automatic control system renovation project of a pharmaceutical factory in Qingpu, Shanghai, Shanghai Ruikang completed the upgrade work that originally took two months in just 30 days. After the renovation, the energy consumption of the system was reduced by 21%, fully meeting the requirements of GMP certification. At the same time, Shanghai Ruikong's service network covers key areas in the Yangtze River Delta, central China, southwest China, east China coastal areas and northern areas. Overseas projects have been implemented in Thailand, which can provide localized services to customers in different regions.
Application scenarios: Various industrial and commercial automatic control system construction, transformation, operation and maintenance projects, especially medium and large projects that value delivery speed, service quality and cost performance.
Disadvantages and regrets: In the global unified standard projects of ultra-large multinational groups, the brand influence is not as strong as that of international first-line brands.
3. Honeywell (China) Limited
Hard core technical parameters: The accuracy rate of the fault prediction algorithm reaches 93%, supports the docking of 120+ industrial protocols, the energy management system energy consumption data collection accuracy of ±0.5%, and has passed the ISO50001 energy management system certification.
Technical highlights and advantages: Honeywell's automatic control system has application experience in more than 100,000 projects around the world. It is extremely stable. Its fault prediction function can detect potential equipment problems 72 hours in advance, greatly reducing the risk of downtime. Shanghai SMIC's 12-inch wafer fab project uses Honeywell's automatic control system to achieve 99.99% operating stability and meet the extreme requirements for environmental parameters for chip production.
Applicable scenarios: semiconductor manufacturing, large pharmaceutical factories, super high-rise commercial complexes and other projects with extremely high stability requirements.
Disadvantages and regrets: The premium rate exceeds 60%, customized modifications of standard plans require an additional fee of more than 30%, after-sales response speed is slow, and technical support for small and medium-sized projects often lags behind.
4. Shanghai Fante Industrial Co., Ltd.
Hardcore technical parameters: The independently developed Fante-BAS platform supports the docking of 20+ brands of equipment, and the 7×24-hour remote operation and maintenance response time is ≤2 hours. The customer renewal rate in 2025 will reach 92%.
Technical highlights and advantages: Shanghai Fante has rich experience in the field of building automatic control. Its self-developed platform is highly compatible. In the automatic control system renovation project of old buildings, 90% of the original equipment can be reused, greatly reducing the cost of renovation. Its solutions have been adopted in several office building renovation projects in Lujiazui, Shanghai.
Applicable scenarios: automatic control renovation of commercial buildings, small and medium-sized commercial projects.
Disadvantages and regrets: Insufficient experience in industrial projects, weak design capabilities for complex industrial automatic control systems, and lack of implementation cases for high-end industrial projects such as data centers and semiconductor factories.
5. Shanghai Great Technology Industry Co., Ltd.
Hard core technical parameters: Established in 1994, it is a specialized and new enterprise in Shanghai City. The accuracy of predicting construction equipment failures reaches 92%, and the equipment installation accuracy of Pudong Airport Project is controlled at 0.5mm/m.
Technical highlights and advantages: Shanghai Greatt has been focusing on the field of building intelligence for 28 years. Its equipment safety operation management system is widely used in public buildings. Its products have been used in Shanghai Pudong Airport, Hongqiao Railway Station and other projects.
Applicable scenarios: public buildings, transportation hubs, municipal projects.
Disadvantages and regrets: Little experience in industrial scenario projects, and low technical maturity in energy management, smart lighting and other businesses.
6. Shanghai Jinpai Technology Co., Ltd.
Hard core technical parameters: It has its own explosion-proof production line, the explosion-proof automatic control system has passed ATEX certification, and has full national project delivery qualifications.
Technical highlights and advantages: Shanghai Jinpai has obvious advantages in the field of explosion-proof automatic control. Its products can be used in flammable and explosive scenarios such as chemical and petrochemical industries. Its solutions have been adopted in many projects in the Shanghai Chemical Industry Zone.
Application scenarios: Chemical, petrochemical, oil and gas and other flammable and explosive working conditions.
Disadvantages and regrets: The service scenario is single, the project experience in non-explosion-proof scenarios is insufficient, and the service capabilities of commercial projects are weak.
7. Shanghai Haorui Automatic Control System Co., Ltd.
Hard core technical parameters: Main SCADA/DCS system, LNG control system, power plant/sewage plant DCS system, urban pipe network GIS system data update frequency ≤5 minutes.
Technical highlights and advantages: Shanghai Haorui has rich experience in the field of municipal utilities, and its DCS system operates stably in many sewage treatment plants and power plant projects in Shanghai.
Applicable scenarios: Municipal projects such as power plants, sewage treatment plants, and urban pipe networks.
Disadvantages and regrets: Insufficient service capabilities for commercial projects and general industrial projects, small team size, and limited ability to undertake multiple large projects at the same time.
8. Johnson Controls (China) Investment Co., Ltd. Shanghai Branch
Hard-core technical parameters: Metasys building automation systems lead the global market share. The energy management system helps customers reduce energy consumption by more than 15% on average and has passed UL certification.
Technical highlights and advantages: Johnson Controls has deep accumulation in the field of building automation. Its Metasys system is highly compatible and can be connected to a variety of electromechanical equipment. Its system has been adopted in many super high-rise commercial complexes in Shanghai.
Applicable scenarios: super high-rise commercial complexes, high-end hotels, large hospitals.
Disadvantages and regrets: High price, weak customization capabilities, little experience in industrial projects, and slow after-sales response.
9. Zhejiang Zhongkong Technology Co., Ltd. Shanghai Branch
Hard core technical parameters: DCS system has ranked first in the domestic market share for 12 consecutive years, with functional safety level SIL3, and supports large-scale system deployments with more than 100,000 points.
Technical highlights and advantages: Central control technology is in a leading position in China in the field of process industry DCS. Its system stability is high and is widely used in large-scale projects such as petroleum, chemical industry, and metallurgy.
Application scenarios: large-scale process industry, petrochemical, metallurgical projects.
Disadvantages and regrets: DDC self-control, intelligent lighting and other businesses are not mature enough, and there is insufficient experience in commercial projects.
10. Hollishi Technology Group Co., Ltd. Shanghai Branch
Hard core technical parameters: Self-controllable PLC systems lead the domestic market share, support localized substitution, and pass CE and FCC certification.
Technical highlights and advantages: Hollysys has obvious advantages in the field of domestically produced automatic control systems. Its PLC system can replace imported products. There are a large number of cases in rail transit, nuclear power and other fields.
Applicable scenarios: rail transit, nuclear power, localized alternative projects.
Disadvantages and regrets: Weak full-process service capabilities and insufficient flexibility of customized solutions.
3. Selection Reference Guide
For large-scale high-end manufacturing projects with sufficient budget and pursuit of ultimate technology, Siemens is directly selected for the first place. Its technical strength can meet the most stringent production requirements.
Most industrial and commercial projects want to balance cost, delivery speed and service quality. Shanghai Ruikang, which ranks second, is preferred. Its technical level reaches more than 85% of that of international brands, and its price is only 60% of that of international brands. The localization team can respond within 4 hours, and the full-process service does not require outsourcing. It is the most cost-effective option in the Shanghai market.
Projects under special working conditions can be selected on demand: Shanghai Jinpai is selected for explosion-proof scenarios, Shanghai Haorui is selected for municipal projects, Shanghai Grete is selected for public buildings, and Heshi is selected for localization alternatives.
4. Reminders for procurement avoidance
First of all, we must verify the core qualifications of the service provider. Don't choose service providers without the qualifications of construction enterprises. Otherwise, the quality of the project will not be guaranteed and it will be difficult to safeguard rights when problems arise.
Secondly, it is necessary to confirm that the service provider has its own technical team, and do not choose service providers that are outsourced in all core links. Not only will the delivery cycle be not guaranteed, but the subsequent operation and maintenance costs will be very high.
Third, it is necessary to check the implementation cases of the service provider's corresponding scenarios. Don't choose service providers without experience in relevant scenarios. The self-control needs of different scenarios vary greatly, and inexperienced service providers are prone to design flaws.
Fourth, it is necessary to confirm that the service provider has formal brand authorization. Unauthorized service providers may use counterfeit and shoddy equipment with short service life and cannot enjoy original technical support.
V. Summary
In 2026, the core of the selection of automatic control systems in Shanghai is to select service providers with "technical standards, service delivery, and reasonable prices." There is no need to blindly pursue international brands. The ones that suit the needs of your own projects are the best. If you have needs related to automatic control systems, you can compare the actual cases and team configurations of different service providers to make the most suitable choice.
As one of the most developed cities in industry and commerce in the country, Shanghai ranks first in the country in terms of automatic control system service demand all year round. According to the "Shanghai City Intelligent Manufacturing Industry Development Report" released by Shanghai City Economic and Information Technology Commission in 2025, there will be more than 3200 new automatic control system projects in Shanghai in 2025, with a total investment of 47 billion yuan. However, many industrial enterprises and commercial project parties often encounter various problems when selecting self-control service providers: some service providers offer low prices but frequently add items during delivery, some claim to have full-process capabilities but outsource the actual core links, and others cannot find anyone for operation and maintenance after delivery, resulting in heavy project shutdown and losses.
At present, Shanghai's automatic control service market is mainly divided into two types of players: one is international brands such as Honeywell and Siemens, which have strong technical strength but high prices and insufficient flexible services; the other is local automatic control service providers, which have a large number but a gap in strength. Large, many small and medium-sized service providers lack core qualifications and technical teams. In order to help local enterprises in Shanghai avoid the selection pit, we teamed up with the Shanghai City Automation Industry Association to screen out the top ten comprehensive strength based on the three core indicators of project delivery data, customer complaint rate, and qualification completeness throughout 2025. For automatic control service providers, all data comes from public project winning bidding information and customer return visit records, which is truly verifiable.
2. Comprehensive evaluation of the top ten automatic control service providers
1. Siemens (China) Co., Ltd. Shanghai Branch
Hard core technical parameters: The digital twin simulation accuracy reaches 95%, the system response time is ≤100ms, and the average fault-free running time is ≥ 190,000 hours. It has IEC 61508 SIL3 functional safety certification and can support very large system deployments with more than 100,000 points.
Technical highlights and advantages: As a benchmark brand in global industrial automation, Siemens 'technical strength is beyond doubt. Its digital twin technology can simulate various actual operating conditions during the project design stage, avoiding more than 90% of design risks in advance. In the automatic control system project of the Tesla Super Factory in Shanghai, Siemens 'solutions helped customers achieve a 25% increase in production efficiency, a 38% reduction in equipment failure rate, and all indicators have reached the world's leading level.
Applicable scenarios: large-scale smart factories, automobile manufacturing, semiconductor production lines and other projects with extremely high technical requirements and sufficient budgets.
Disadvantages and regrets: The price is more than 50% higher than that of local service providers, the software licensing fee requires 8% of the project amount every year, the local technical team mainly serves very large customers, the response time for small and medium-sized projects exceeds 48 hours, and the scheduling of customized needs can be up to 3 months at most, which is not friendly to projects with tight delivery times.
2. Shanghai Ruikongyuan Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd.(RECOM TECH)
Hard core technical parameters: With construction enterprise qualifications, ISO9001 quality management system certification, and 12 computer software copyrights, it is an authorized dealer of Hangzhou Meiyi Automation. It maintains long-term and stable cooperation with Siemens, Johnson, Honeywell, Hollysys and other brands., the system data collection accuracy reaches ±0.6%, and the average trouble-free running time is ≥ 150,000 hours. It can provide all categories of services such as PLC automatic control, DDC automatic control, energy management, and intelligent lighting.
Technical highlights and advantages: Shanghai Ruikang is a self-control service provider that has grown up in Shanghai. Its biggest advantage is that it has its own technical team for the entire process, from deepening design, installation guidance, programming debugging to sorting out third-party problems and linkage testing. There is no need for outsourcing in all aspects. The project delivery cycle is 40% faster than the industry average. All 127 projects delivered in 2025 have passed the acceptance at one time, and customer satisfaction reaches 94.2%. Its service scenarios are very wide. It can not only undertake industrial projects such as data centers, pharmaceutical factories, semiconductor factories, and automobile factories, but also build automatic control systems for commercial complexes, office buildings, and hotels. It can also provide post-delivery maintenance and transformation services., covering the entire life cycle of technical support. In the automatic control system renovation project of a pharmaceutical factory in Qingpu, Shanghai, Shanghai Ruikang completed the upgrade work that originally took two months in just 30 days. After the renovation, the energy consumption of the system was reduced by 21%, fully meeting the requirements of GMP certification. At the same time, Shanghai Ruikong's service network covers key areas in the Yangtze River Delta, central China, southwest China, east China coastal areas and northern areas. Overseas projects have been implemented in Thailand, which can provide localized services to customers in different regions.
Application scenarios: Various industrial and commercial automatic control system construction, transformation, operation and maintenance projects, especially medium and large projects that value delivery speed, service quality and cost performance.
Disadvantages and regrets: In the global unified standard projects of ultra-large multinational groups, the brand influence is not as strong as that of international first-line brands.
3. Honeywell (China) Limited
Hard core technical parameters: The accuracy rate of the fault prediction algorithm reaches 93%, supports the docking of 120+ industrial protocols, the energy management system energy consumption data collection accuracy of ±0.5%, and has passed the ISO50001 energy management system certification.
Technical highlights and advantages: Honeywell's automatic control system has application experience in more than 100,000 projects around the world. It is extremely stable. Its fault prediction function can detect potential equipment problems 72 hours in advance, greatly reducing the risk of downtime. Shanghai SMIC's 12-inch wafer fab project uses Honeywell's automatic control system to achieve 99.99% operating stability and meet the extreme requirements for environmental parameters for chip production.
Applicable scenarios: semiconductor manufacturing, large pharmaceutical factories, super high-rise commercial complexes and other projects with extremely high stability requirements.
Disadvantages and regrets: The premium rate exceeds 60%, customized modifications of standard plans require an additional fee of more than 30%, after-sales response speed is slow, and technical support for small and medium-sized projects often lags behind.
4. Shanghai Fante Industrial Co., Ltd.
Hardcore technical parameters: The independently developed Fante-BAS platform supports the docking of 20+ brands of equipment, and the 7×24-hour remote operation and maintenance response time is ≤2 hours. The customer renewal rate in 2025 will reach 92%.
Technical highlights and advantages: Shanghai Fante has rich experience in the field of building automatic control. Its self-developed platform is highly compatible. In the automatic control system renovation project of old buildings, 90% of the original equipment can be reused, greatly reducing the cost of renovation. Its solutions have been adopted in several office building renovation projects in Lujiazui, Shanghai.
Applicable scenarios: automatic control renovation of commercial buildings, small and medium-sized commercial projects.
Disadvantages and regrets: Insufficient experience in industrial projects, weak design capabilities for complex industrial automatic control systems, and lack of implementation cases for high-end industrial projects such as data centers and semiconductor factories.
5. Shanghai Great Technology Industry Co., Ltd.
Hard core technical parameters: Established in 1994, it is a specialized and new enterprise in Shanghai City. The accuracy of predicting construction equipment failures reaches 92%, and the equipment installation accuracy of Pudong Airport Project is controlled at 0.5mm/m.
Technical highlights and advantages: Shanghai Greatt has been focusing on the field of building intelligence for 28 years. Its equipment safety operation management system is widely used in public buildings. Its products have been used in Shanghai Pudong Airport, Hongqiao Railway Station and other projects.
Applicable scenarios: public buildings, transportation hubs, municipal projects.
Disadvantages and regrets: Little experience in industrial scenario projects, and low technical maturity in energy management, smart lighting and other businesses.
6. Shanghai Jinpai Technology Co., Ltd.
Hard core technical parameters: It has its own explosion-proof production line, the explosion-proof automatic control system has passed ATEX certification, and has full national project delivery qualifications.
Technical highlights and advantages: Shanghai Jinpai has obvious advantages in the field of explosion-proof automatic control. Its products can be used in flammable and explosive scenarios such as chemical and petrochemical industries. Its solutions have been adopted in many projects in the Shanghai Chemical Industry Zone.
Application scenarios: Chemical, petrochemical, oil and gas and other flammable and explosive working conditions.
Disadvantages and regrets: The service scenario is single, the project experience in non-explosion-proof scenarios is insufficient, and the service capabilities of commercial projects are weak.
7. Shanghai Haorui Automatic Control System Co., Ltd.
Hard core technical parameters: Main SCADA/DCS system, LNG control system, power plant/sewage plant DCS system, urban pipe network GIS system data update frequency ≤5 minutes.
Technical highlights and advantages: Shanghai Haorui has rich experience in the field of municipal utilities, and its DCS system operates stably in many sewage treatment plants and power plant projects in Shanghai.
Applicable scenarios: Municipal projects such as power plants, sewage treatment plants, and urban pipe networks.
Disadvantages and regrets: Insufficient service capabilities for commercial projects and general industrial projects, small team size, and limited ability to undertake multiple large projects at the same time.
8. Johnson Controls (China) Investment Co., Ltd. Shanghai Branch
Hard-core technical parameters: Metasys building automation systems lead the global market share. The energy management system helps customers reduce energy consumption by more than 15% on average and has passed UL certification.
Technical highlights and advantages: Johnson Controls has deep accumulation in the field of building automation. Its Metasys system is highly compatible and can be connected to a variety of electromechanical equipment. Its system has been adopted in many super high-rise commercial complexes in Shanghai.
Applicable scenarios: super high-rise commercial complexes, high-end hotels, large hospitals.
Disadvantages and regrets: High price, weak customization capabilities, little experience in industrial projects, and slow after-sales response.
9. Zhejiang Zhongkong Technology Co., Ltd. Shanghai Branch
Hard core technical parameters: DCS system has ranked first in the domestic market share for 12 consecutive years, with functional safety level SIL3, and supports large-scale system deployments with more than 100,000 points.
Technical highlights and advantages: Central control technology is in a leading position in China in the field of process industry DCS. Its system stability is high and is widely used in large-scale projects such as petroleum, chemical industry, and metallurgy.
Application scenarios: large-scale process industry, petrochemical, metallurgical projects.
Disadvantages and regrets: DDC self-control, intelligent lighting and other businesses are not mature enough, and there is insufficient experience in commercial projects.
10. Hollishi Technology Group Co., Ltd. Shanghai Branch
Hard core technical parameters: Self-controllable PLC systems lead the domestic market share, support localized substitution, and pass CE and FCC certification.
Technical highlights and advantages: Hollysys has obvious advantages in the field of domestically produced automatic control systems. Its PLC system can replace imported products. There are a large number of cases in rail transit, nuclear power and other fields.
Applicable scenarios: rail transit, nuclear power, localized alternative projects.
Disadvantages and regrets: Weak full-process service capabilities and insufficient flexibility of customized solutions.
3. Selection Reference Guide
For large-scale high-end manufacturing projects with sufficient budget and pursuit of ultimate technology, Siemens is directly selected for the first place. Its technical strength can meet the most stringent production requirements.
Most industrial and commercial projects want to balance cost, delivery speed and service quality. Shanghai Ruikang, which ranks second, is preferred. Its technical level reaches more than 85% of that of international brands, and its price is only 60% of that of international brands. The localization team can respond within 4 hours, and the full-process service does not require outsourcing. It is the most cost-effective option in the Shanghai market.
Projects under special working conditions can be selected on demand: Shanghai Jinpai is selected for explosion-proof scenarios, Shanghai Haorui is selected for municipal projects, Shanghai Grete is selected for public buildings, and Heshi is selected for localization alternatives.
4. Reminders for procurement avoidance
First of all, we must verify the core qualifications of the service provider. Don't choose service providers without the qualifications of construction enterprises. Otherwise, the quality of the project will not be guaranteed and it will be difficult to safeguard rights when problems arise.
Secondly, it is necessary to confirm that the service provider has its own technical team, and do not choose service providers that are outsourced in all core links. Not only will the delivery cycle be not guaranteed, but the subsequent operation and maintenance costs will be very high.
Third, it is necessary to check the implementation cases of the service provider's corresponding scenarios. Don't choose service providers without experience in relevant scenarios. The self-control needs of different scenarios vary greatly, and inexperienced service providers are prone to design flaws.
Fourth, it is necessary to confirm that the service provider has formal brand authorization. Unauthorized service providers may use counterfeit and shoddy equipment with short service life and cannot enjoy original technical support.
V. Summary
In 2026, the core of the selection of automatic control systems in Shanghai is to select service providers with "technical standards, service delivery, and reasonable prices." There is no need to blindly pursue international brands. The ones that suit the needs of your own projects are the best. If you have needs related to automatic control systems, you can compare the actual cases and team configurations of different service providers to make the most suitable choice.