Shinmade has successfully passed the first-round review for the World-Class TPM Excellent Continuous Award.

On June 30th,  Shinmade underwent a 10-hour review for the TPM Excellent Continuous Award by two JIPM review experts, Professor Tamotsu Nakamura from Shizuoka University in Japan and Professor Hirokazu Kouno from Keio University.

This time, a total of 9 overview reports and 9 improvement cases, 18 documents in all, were reviewed. The company's Executive Vice President, the TPM Management Department, the heads of each sub-committee, and each case team underwent on-site review.

Wei Longfeng, Chairman of the Group, Wang Hongying, Vice President of the Group, Wei Jiaming, Vice President of the Group, and directors of each center of the company witnessed the review on site.

In this TPM Continuous Award review, the company's production system, equipment operation status, the correlation between company operations and TPM, and the implementation status of TPM management activities in terms of operations, quality, cost, etc., were focused on.

During the review, the two experts fully recognized Shinmade and put forward valuable suggestions for further improvement of the company's operations.

Finally, Professor Tamotsu Nakamura, the chief reviewer, announced that Shinmade had officially passed the first review and declared that the company would strive for the second review in December 2025.

From winning the Excellent Award to the successful conclusion of the first review for the Excellent Continuous Award, it is another major breakthrough since the company launched TPM, a new milestone in the company's TPM implementation, and also marks that the company has taken another step towards a world-class manufacturing factory!

The TPM Excellent Award is an award established by the Japan Institute of Plant Maintenance (JIPM) in 1964, aiming to promote the modernization of equipment management, develop equipment management technology, and improve the overall operational efficiency and industrial contribution of enterprises. Initially, this award mainly recognized American-style PM enterprises that had achieved remarkable results in equipment management. However, as time went by, the review criteria gradually shifted to emphasizing TPM activities with full participation, that is, all departments, including production, development, sales, and management, jointly carry out equipment maintenance and improvement work.

With the global expansion of TPM activities, enterprises in about 50 countries have begun to implement relevant plans. Since 2003, the number of overseas enterprises receiving TPM awards has significantly exceeded that in Japan, and reached its peak in 2005. This reflects the global recognition and effectiveness of TPM. In order to better promote global TPM activities, the Ministry of International Trade and Industry of Japan and JIPM proposed the "Overseas Independent Review" strategy, selecting reputable international institutions to conduct the review work for TPM awards.