From June 25 to 26, the “Digital Workshop” Certification and New Technology Achievement Evaluation Meeting for the Wood Door/Furniture Research Topic of the project “Key Technologies for Intelligent Manufacturing of Wood Products Based on Digital Collaboration,” a National Key R&D Program of China project under the 14th Five-Year Plan, was grandly held at MACIO Home’s Chongqing headquarters. Zhou Hongsheng, President of the China National Forest Products Industry Association; Zhang Zhongtao, Professor-level Senior Engineer in Ecological Industry at the National Forestry and Grassland Industry Development and Planning Institute; Wu Zhihui, Subproject Leader and Professor at Nanjing Forestry University; and other leaders and experts, as well as relevant leaders of the Banan District People’s Government of Chongqing, attended the event and conducted an authoritative evaluation of the subproject’s digital workshop and related scientific and technological achievements.
Macio achieved outstanding results, with three achievements successfully passing evaluation:
Demonstration Production Line for Digital Design and Manufacturing of Solid Wood(Frame-Board) Furniture (Smart Factory for Solid Wood Furniture) — Certified as China’s First Smart Factory for Solid Wood Furniture
Key Technologies and Applications for Data-Driven Integrated Manufacturing of Customized Solid Wood Furniture — Rated at the International Advanced Level
Key Technologies and Applications for Feature Data Mining and Processing in Intelligent Manufacturing of Customized Solid Wood Furniture — Rated at the International Advanced Level
China’s First Smart Factory for Solid Wood Furniture Lands; Addressing Industry Pain Points Such as Delivery Difficulties and Unstable Quality
This smart factory, recognized in this evaluation as China’s first smart factory for solid wood furniture, aims to build a full-chain innovation ecosystem integrating “technology R&D — commercialization of achievements — industrial application.”
In traditional solid wood manufacturing, business and production systems operate independently of one another, and data related to design, processes, production, logistics, and quality are fragmented, creating severe data silos. This leads to opaque production management and control, delayed response to anomalies, difficult problem traceability, and inefficient production-sales collaboration. Macio built a multi-software integrated visual management and control platform to break down data barriers across the entire chain, achieving full-process data interoperability, real-time visibility, and closed-loop control across orders, production, equipment, quality control, and logistics, comprehensively enhancing the company’s digital collaborative management capabilities.
The successful evaluation further consolidated Macio’s leading position in solid wood (frame-board) intelligent manufacturing. It is understood that after the demonstration production line was put into operation, it not only significantly improved product quality but also notably shortened the delivery cycle for wood furniture products, providing a replicable engineering practice model for large-scale flexible delivery of customized solid wood furniture.
The attending leaders and experts also visited Macio’s intelligent manufacturing factory on site, gaining a comprehensive understanding of the production line’s digitalization, informatization, and intelligentization. Professor Wu Zhihui, Subproject Leader at Nanjing Forestry University, said, “Domestically speaking, and even across Asia, this production line is quite advanced.”
Two Key Technologies Rated at the International Advanced Level; Achieving Efficient Personalized Customization
The two technological achievements rated at the international advanced level—“Key Technologies and Applications for Data-Driven Integrated Manufacturing of Customized Solid Wood Furniture” and “Key Technologies and Applications for Feature Data Mining and Processing in Intelligent Manufacturing of Customized Solid Wood Furniture”—fully demonstrate Macio’s technological accumulation and innovation capabilities in intelligent manufacturing for custom solid wood furniture.
Among them, the scientific and technological achievement titled “Key Technologies and Applications for Feature Data Mining and Processing in Intelligent Manufacturing of Customized Solid Wood Furniture” resolved challenges such as complex component structures and multi-system data silos, improved the product design efficiency of customized solid wood furniture, and reduced the product component error rate. “Key Technologies and Applications for Data-Driven Integrated Manufacturing of Customized Solid Wood Furniture” enabled flexible production, quality traceability, and transparent on-site management and control, while simultaneously improving production performance and shortening the product manufacturing cycle.
Macio has been deeply engaged in the field of solid wood customization for more than 20 years, accumulating extensive experience in solid wood customization. It has participated in the formulation of four national standards for solid wood and holds more than 100 solid wood-related patents. Macio has established an end-to-end digital processing system covering order processing, intelligent production, and product delivery. Through the intelligent information system, all production data on the workshop can be viewed at a glance; by using QR codes to maintain production line balance and drive production with data, it has achieved efficient and flexible manufacturing for personalized customization of solid wood furniture.
Zhou Hongsheng, President of the China National Forest Products Industry Association, spoke highly of Macio’s intelligent manufacturing capabilities and customization level after the visit. He said, “Macio has not only intelligent standard production, but also non-standard customization. I saw many furniture customized by Macio for consumers, which is truly remarkable. Non-standard customization will be Macio’s trump card. To borrow a term from Jin Yong’s novels, it is the “18 palm attacks to defeat dragons.” Macio is a leading enterprise in our industry.
Why Macio?
The evaluation meeting for the National Key R&D Program project under the 14th Five-Year Plan was held at Macio, and the three achievements passed evaluation successfully was no coincidence. In the customized home furnishing industry, solid wood is a “paradox”—consumers have an inherent preference for wood, yet due to material shrinkage, grain variability, numerous non-standard components, and long process chains, solid wood has long been regarded as the most difficult category to conquer in intelligent manufacturing. Macio’s ability to host this industry conference is a strong testament to its long-standing dedication to intelligent manufacturing of solid wood furniture.
Since Macio founded in 2004, “wood” has been the soul of Macio’s brand. From launching solid wood wardrobes in 2006 to upgrading to full-case solid wood customization today, through 22 years of trials and triumphs, Macio has accumulated a wealth of knowledge and technological expertise that far exceeds the industry average.
In 2021, Macio established in-depth cooperation with Nanjing Forestry University. By setting up an intelligent carbonization kiln production line and other ways, it overcame multiple technical challenges in the field of solid wood furniture and achieved multiple results in material stability, structural optimization, and eco-friendly processes. In the past two years, Macio has invested tens of millions of RMB to introduce the Italian Cefla intelligent spraying system, significantly improving coating precision and efficiency, supporting high-quality coating for non-standard customization and irregular-shaped components, and meeting 98% of precise customization needs. These technological breakthroughs represent a pivotal leap for solid wood customization from “manufacturing” to “intelligent manufacturing.”
From the certification of China’s first national-level smart factory for solid wood furniture to the implementation of two internationally advanced technological achievements, Macio has completed its leap from “solid wood DNA” to “solid wood intelligent manufacturing” over 22 years. The successful evaluation of the achievements of this “14th Five-Year Plan” National Key R&D Program project marks that Macio’s leading position in intelligent manufacturing for solid wood furniture has gained national-level authoritative recognition. Standing at a new starting point, Macio will adhere to solid wood as its strategic foundation and intelligent manufacturing as its technological engine, continue to deepen its high-end customization brand proposition of “No Solid Wood, No High-End,” build an inimitable competitive barrier with solid wood, a highly difficult category, continuously elevate its high-end customization strategy, continue to lead in the high-end solid wood customization track, and contribute benchmark strength to the high-quality development of China’s home furnishing industry.
