On August 11, Shandong Provincial Development and Reform Commission announced the list of newly recognized and all Shandong Provincial Engineering Research Centers in 2025. Yantai Longgang Pump Industry, an invested enterprise of Dawn Group, was approved for the "Shandong Engineering Research Center for Heavy-Duty Petrochemical Centrifugal Pumps". This is the company's first provincial-level R&D platform, marking a key leap in its journey of technological innovation and industry leadership, and injecting strong momentum into high-quality development.

It is understood that the center is led by Longgang Pump Industry. and co-established with universities including Shandong University and Zhejiang Sci-Tech University. Focusing on key technical challenges in heavy-duty petrochemical centrifugal pumps, it conducts in-depth basic and applied research in core areas such as new material applications, energy-efficient design, intelligent control systems, and extreme condition adaptability to drive R&D breakthroughs.

Guided by the actual needs of the petrochemical industry, and supported by close industry-university-research collaboration and mechanism innovation, the center aims to build an integrated platform integrating technological innovation, efficient achievement transformation, and in-depth industry-university-research integration for heavy-duty petrochemical centrifugal pumps.

The approval provides a solid platform to enhance Longgang Pump Industry's independent innovation capability and accelerate the transformation of technological achievements, recognizing its years of technical accumulation in heavy-duty centrifugal pumps and highlighting its R&D strength and leading position in high-end fluid equipment. Moving forward, Longgang Pump Industry will take this opportunity to increase R&D investment, leverage its five provincial and municipal research platforms, drive industrial upgrading through technological innovation, and support the high-end, intelligent, and green development of China's petrochemical equipment.