Hangzhou Keyman Technologies

What Hangzhou Keyman Technologies does

Hangzhou Keyman Technologies (杭州凯棉科技有限公司, also Keyman Technologies Co., Ltd) is a privately held Chinese industrial-software vendor founded in 2015 and headquartered at 294 Tianmushan Road, Xihu District, Hangzhou. The company builds the FactoryBI Industrial Internet Platform, organized as a '1+4+N' architecture: the FactoryBI platform ('1') provides five core technology engines (big data, AI, IoT, digital twin, and application development) integrated with industrial mechanism models, and serves as the foundation for four production-management module suites (safety production, production management, equipment management, energy management) plus 'N' modular industrial intelligence applications addressing specific scenarios in target verticals.

The company sells primarily through an enterprise field-sales motion with 1-on-1 consulting and trial applications, targeting large Chinese manufacturers in five verticals: chemicals, pharmaceuticals, mining, food, and paper. Named reference customers include Wanhua Chemical (万华化学), Yanchang Petroleum (延长石油), WuXi Biologics (药明生物), Qilu Pharmaceutical (齐鲁制药), Gold East Paper (金光纸业), and Foxconn (富士康); the company reports more than 5,000 manufacturing enterprise customers in aggregate. Revenue is generated via software licensing and platform subscriptions for both standardized and customized industrial digital applications; specific pricing is not publicly disclosed.

The platform applies AI across structured time-series data (process monitoring, predictive maintenance, energy forecasting), video (personnel positioning, intelligent inspection, hazard detection), and multimodal digital-twin integration, combined with industry-specific mechanism models. Only one funding event is disclosed (an early-stage round with Ferry Venture Capital in 2015), and the company has no public listing, parent company, or disclosed M&A activity in the available source material.

Name

Hangzhou Keyman Technologies

Legal name

杭州凯棉科技有限公司 (Keyman Technologies Co., Ltd)

Website

https://keymantech.cn

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

5,001–10,000 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Internet Software

SIC

Industrial Instruments For Measurement, Display, And Control (3823)

akta.pro primary industry

Factory Automation & Control Systems (PLC/SCADA/DCS) (IMAIAMAA)

Keywords

• Industrial internet platform
• Manufacturing software
• Smart factory solutions
• Production management software
• Industrial digital transformation

Headquarters

HQ city

Hangzhou

HQ country

China

HQ region

Asia

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Revenue model

1. Software Platform and Applications: Sale of FactoryBI industrial internet platform and industrial digital applications. The company provides both standardized and customized services for modular industrial digital applications. Revenue is generated through software licensing and platform subscriptions.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Hangzhou Keyman Technologies develops and sells the FactoryBI Industrial Internet Platform, an industrial digital foundation that combines big data, AI, IoT, digital twin, and application development engines with industry-specific mechanism models. On top of this platform it delivers modular industrial software covering safety production, production management, equipment management, and energy management — sold as a "1+4+N" system to manufacturing enterprises in chemicals, pharmaceuticals, mining, food, and paper industries through software licensing and platform subscriptions.

Product overview

Hangzhou Keyman Technologies operates a '1+4+N' product system built on the FactoryBI Industrial Internet Platform as the core digital foundation. The platform provides five core engines: big data, AI, IoT, digital twin, and application development, integrated with industrial mechanism models. Four major production manufacturing modules cover safety production, production management, equipment management, and energy management, each containing multiple specialized sub-modules. The 'N' represents modular industrial intelligence applications that address specific operational scenarios across industries including chemicals, pharmaceuticals, mining, food, and paper manufacturing.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• FactoryBI Industrial Internet Platform (FactoryBI工业互联网平台) Core industrial digital foundation platform providing big data, AI, IoT, digital twin, and application development engines, integrated with industrial mechanism models, to host modular industrial applications and enable IT/OT data interoperability for manufacturing enterprises.
• Safety Production Management (安全生产) Comprehensive safety management software module covering dual prevention management, smart fire protection, special operations management, major hazard source monitoring, personnel positioning, intelligent inspection, contractor management, education and training, emergency management, and performance scoring for manufacturing enterprises.
• Production Management (生产管理) Production management software module providing process analysis, real-time monitoring, quality traceability, golden batch optimization, production reporting, plan tracking, electronic batch records, and process alarm management for manufacturing enterprises.
• Equipment Management (设备管理) Equipment lifecycle management software module covering equipment ledgers, equipment repair, predictive maintenance, equipment maintenance, and equipment inspection for manufacturing enterprises.
• Energy Management (能源管理) Energy management software module providing energy balance, unit consumption benchmarking, energy consumption forecasting, and carbon reduction optimization for sustainable manufacturing operations.

Quantifiable outcome

• Breaking down data silos to achieve IT and OT integration
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability7 records

Feature5 records

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Rootcloud (树根互联): Rootcloud operates one of China's leading industrial internet platforms serving discrete and process manufacturers with equipment connectivity and analytics. It is the closest direct competitor to Keyman's FactoryBI in terms of platform architecture and customer segments.
• Haier COSMOPlat (卡奥斯): COSMOPlat is a mass-customization industrial internet platform from Haier targeting connected manufacturing and supply-chain orchestration. It overlaps with Keyman's smart factory proposition, particularly in electronics and discrete manufacturing use cases.
• Foxconn Industrial Internet (工业富联 / FII): FII is Foxconn's listed industrial internet arm and a named Keyman customer. It builds IIoT solutions for electronics manufacturing, overlapping with Keyman's electronics vertical while representing both a partner and a competitive platform play.
• SupOS (蓝卓科技): SupOS is a Chinese industrial internet OS platform purpose-built for process manufacturing, offering similar IT/OT integration and industrial app ecosystem. It directly competes with FactoryBI in the chemical, petrochemical, and pharmaceutical verticals that Keyman serves.

Broad incumbents

• PTC ThingWorx: PTC's ThingWorx is a global industrial IoT platform combining connectivity, analytics, and AR for manufacturing digital transformation. It is a global incumbent analog to FactoryBI, with overlapping functional coverage in equipment management and predictive maintenance.
• Alibaba Cloud supET (阿里云 supET / 飞象工业互联网): Alibaba Cloud's supET industrial internet platform is a broad incumbent offering in China's manufacturing digitalization market. It competes with Keyman's FactoryBI primarily at the IaaS/PaaS layer, bundling IIoT capabilities with broader cloud services.
• Huawei Cloud Industrial Internet: Huawei Cloud offers an industrial internet solution suite combining connectivity (5G), edge, and cloud with manufacturing-specific applications. It is a broad incumbent competing with Keyman on platform scope and on the OT/connectivity layer of the stack.
• Tencent Cloud Industrial (腾讯云工业): Tencent Cloud's industrial internet offering bundles WeChat ecosystem, IoT, and AI services for Chinese manufacturers. It competes with Keyman at the broad platform layer, particularly for customers already standardized on Tencent's cloud.
• Siemens Industrial Edge / MindSphere: Siemens' MindSphere and Industrial Edge platforms are global industrial IoT incumbents with deep installed bases in process and discrete manufacturing. They represent the global benchmark Keyman's FactoryBI competes against for multinational and large Chinese enterprise accounts.

Emerging players

• Black Lake Tech (黑湖科技): Black Lake provides cloud-based manufacturing execution and collaboration tools primarily targeting SMEs in China. It overlaps with Keyman's production management capabilities but focuses on lighter-weight, smaller-customer deployments rather than enterprise-grade industrial internet.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Compliance1 record

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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