This is not an April Fool's joke! On the morning of April 1, Wahaha established Zhejiang Wahaha Intelligent Robot Co., Ltd., which is an artificial intelligence robot company. The Company was established on March 27th, 20 19 with a registered capital of 40 million yuan and its legal representative is Zong. Its business scope includes research and development, manufacturing and sales of intelligent robots, mechanical equipment and parts.
Wahaha Commercial Co., Ltd. is the major shareholder of the company, accounting for 65% of the shares. Zong is the legal representative and ultimate beneficiary of the company, serving as the president, with a shareholding ratio of 52. 15%.
Why do traditional beverage giants want to be robots? In fact, on 20 16, Wahaha Group had the idea of making robots and put it into practice. We developed a robot with a bomb and a lead-zinc TV because of the role of lead and zinc. Zong 20 17, president of Wahaha Group, said in an interview with Caixin Media in March that the company cooperated with Israeli universities and Chinese Academy of Sciences to develop robots and core components.
What is the reason why Wahaha established the intelligent robot company? Facing the decline of the domestic beverage market, Wahaha began a strategic shift several years ago. In addition to robots, Wahaha also tried commercial real estate, children's wear, milk powder, liquor and other industries. Wahaha used to have two electromechanical factories, which produced their own molds and auxiliary beverage equipment. Zong and Wahaha said that so far, they have made molds.
Wahaha was founded in 1987, mainly producing milk drinks, drinking water, carbonated drinks, juice drinks, tea drinks, health foods, canned foods, snack foods and so on 100. It is the largest food and beverage enterprise in China at present. In 20 13, Wahaha's revenue reached a peak of 78.3 billion yuan, and has been declining since then.