Infore Environment Technology Group

What Infore Environment Technology Group does

Infore Environment Technology Group Co., Ltd. (盈峰环境科技集团股份有限公司, Shenzhen Stock Exchange: 000967) is China's largest sanitation equipment manufacturer and a leading integrated smart sanitation service provider, founded in 1994 and headquartered in Foshan, Guangdong. The company operates across three core segments: intelligent equipment (smart sanitation vehicles, sanitation robots, new energy equipment with 400+ product models), intelligent cloud computing (the Smart Sanitation Cloud Platform deployed across 254 cities managing 100,000+ connected products), and smart services (integrated sanitation management, solid waste treatment, and kitchen waste processing). Technology centers include proprietary innovations in 5G remote cluster control, autonomous robot navigation, computer vision for waste recognition, and the only comprehensive sanitation robot product family in the industry.

The company sells equipment directly to government sanitation bureaus and municipal clients, and operates long-term PPP/BOT sanitation service contracts (typically 15-30 years) covering road cleaning, waste collection/transport, kitchen waste treatment, and waste-to-energy. Cumulative contract value across 118+ sanitation service projects in 19 provinces exceeds 370 billion yuan as of end-2020, with new contract wins of 125.74 billion yuan that year ranking #1 in the Chinese industry. The customer base is predominantly Chinese municipal governments, with notable landmark projects including the Shenzhen Baoan District PPP (7.8 billion yuan total, the largest sanitation service contract in China's history) and the Shenzhen Futian District 5G smart sanitation PPP (11.19 billion yuan total).

The company's go-to-market is enterprise field sales targeting government tenders and competitive bidding, augmented by trade show presence (China Environmental Expo), CCTV earned media coverage, and an extensive domestic and international distribution network including a Thailand manufacturing facility (1,000 units/year capacity) opened in January 2025. The 2018 acquisition of Changsha Zoomlion Environmental Industry for 152.5 billion yuan was the transformative transaction that established the company as the sanitation equipment market leader, with 20 consecutive years of #1 ranking in China and 1,013 total patents (375 invention patents) ranking #1 in the industry.

Name

Infore Environment Technology Group

Legal name

盈峰环境科技集团股份有限公司

Website

https://inforeenviro.com

Company type

Public

Founded year

1994

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

5,001–10,000 employees

Short description

Infore Environment Technology Group is China's largest sanitation equipment manufacturer and integrated sanitation service provider, serving municipal governments through 400+ equipment models, a smart cloud platform deployed across 254 cities, and long-term PPP/BOT service contracts across 19 provinces.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Sanitation Equipment Manufacturing

NAICS

Sewage Treatment Facilities (22132)

SIC

Sanitary Services (4950), Refuse Systems (4953), Electric, Gas & Sanitary Services (4900)

akta.pro primary industry

Waste Management & Smart Sanitation (Facilities) (HSAPAPAM)

akta.pro secondary industries

Heavy Equipment, Fleet & Dumpster Pad Washing (HSAIAMAJ), Restroom & Hygiene Dispensing Systems (Commercial/Industrial) (IMAHALAH)

Keywords

• Sanitation equipment manufacturing
• Intelligent sanitation robots
• Smart city cloud platform
• New energy sanitation vehicles
• Integrated sanitation services

Headquarters

HQ city

Foshan

HQ country

China

HQ region

Asia

Offices6 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. 环卫装备销售 (Sanitation Equipment Sales): Sale of sanitation equipment including new energy vehicles, sanitation robots, traditional环卫装备. Equipment sales account for the majority of revenue. Products include sweeping vehicles, washing vehicles, waste collection vehicles, hydrogen-powered equipment, and AI-powered robots. Over 400 product models across multiple categories.
2. 环卫服务运营 (Sanitation Service Operations): Integrated sanitation service contracts with government clients including road cleaning, waste collection/transport, waste treatment, and smart city sanitation management. Revenue generated through long-term PPP/BOT contracts. Revenue from sanitation services reached 1.969 billion yuan in 2020.
3. 固废处理 (Solid Waste Treatment): Kitchen waste treatment, household waste incineration power generation, and circular economy park operations. Multiple BOT/TOT franchise projects including 餐厨垃圾处理 (kitchen waste disposal) and household waste processing facilities.
4. 智云计算/平台服务 (Intelligent Cloud Platform Services): Smart sanitation cloud platform services for city management, providing real-time monitoring, scheduling, and data analytics to government sanitation departments. Platform deployed across 254 cities serving over 100,000 connected products.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Infore Environment Technology Group manufactures and sells 400+ models of sanitation equipment — including new-energy (pure-electric and hydrogen fuel cell) sweeping, washing, waste-collection, and snow-removal vehicles, plus AI-powered sanitation robots — and delivers integrated sanitation services to municipal governments through PPP/BOT/TOT contracts. A proprietary Smart Sanitation Cloud Platform with 58+ software copyrights and 1,013 patents manages real-time monitoring of personnel, vehicles, and operations across 254 cities. Revenue is anchored in one-time equipment sales and multi-year managed service contracts (1.969 billion yuan from sanitation services in 2020).

Product overview

Infore Environment Technology Group is a comprehensive environmental services company offering an integrated portfolio of intelligent sanitation equipment, smart cloud platforms, and operational services. The core product lineup includes the 5G Unmanned Cleaning Robot and Intelligent Sanitation Robot Family featuring autonomous navigation and AI-powered computer vision; the 2-ton Small Elf Series for narrow urban spaces; the Xuelong Snow Removal Series for winter operations; and New Energy Sanitation Equipment with industry-leading electric and hydrogen-powered vehicles. These are supported by the Smart Sanitation Cloud Platform (智慧环卫云平台) providing IoT-based real-time monitoring across 254 cities. The service offerings encompass Sanitation Integration Services (环卫一体化) for municipal clients, Food Waste Treatment using biological technologies, and Solid Waste Treatment including incineration power generation. The company operates across intelligent equipment (智能装备), intelligent cloud computing (智云计算), and smart services (智慧服务) divisions, maintaining leadership in China's sanitation equipment market for 24 consecutive years with 400+ product models.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Sanitation Equipment (环卫装备) A comprehensive lineup of 400+ sanitation equipment models for municipal governments and sanitation operators, covering road sweeping, road washing, waste collection and transport, snow removal, and municipal operations. Industry-leading in China for 20 consecutive years.
• New Energy Sanitation Equipment (新能源装备) Pure-electric and hydrogen fuel cell sanitation vehicles covering sweeping, washing, waste collection/transport, and municipal operations. 40+ models, with 27.85% market share in new-energy sanitation vehicles and #1 ranking in China for 3 consecutive years.
• Intelligent Sanitation Robot Family (智能环卫作业机器人族群) A complete line of AI-powered smart sanitation robots including cleaning, disinfection, garbage collection, and street maintenance robots with autonomous navigation, machine vision, deep learning, and 5G connectivity. Includes the world's first 5G remote cluster control of sanitation robot fleets.
• 5G Unmanned Dump-type Cleaning Robot 'Little Bee' (5G无人驾驶自卸式洁扫机器人 小蜜蜂) Autonomous 5G-connected dump-type cleaning robot for municipal road cleaning with unmanned driving and real-time remote monitoring/control capabilities.
• Xuelong Snow Removal Series Equipment (雪龙号除雪系列装备) High-speed snow removal equipment with up to 60km/h operation speed, triple flexible collision avoidance, and capabilities for snow sweeping, pushing, and salt spreading. Used by municipal governments for winter road maintenance.
• Hydrogen-Powered Sanitation Products (氢能动力环卫产品) Hydrogen fuel cell sanitation equipment including dust suppression vehicles and cleaning vehicles, representing next-generation zero-emission cleaning technology.
• Scientific Instruments / Environmental Monitoring Equipment (科学仪器/环境监测设备) Environmental monitoring instruments covering air, water, soil, and noise measurement (50+ models), plus comprehensive solutions for smart atmospheric, watershed, water affairs, and environmental protection applications.
• Smart Sanitation Cloud Platform (智慧环卫云平台) IoT-based management platform integrating 5G, AI, big data, cloud computing, edge computing, machine vision, and image recognition to deliver real-time monitoring, scheduling, and management of personnel, vehicles, materials, and events across 254 cities and 100,000+ connected products.
• Smart Environment Management (智慧环境管理) Environmental management system utilizing IoT, mobile internet, cloud computing, and big data for comprehensive monitoring and analysis of environmental conditions, covering smart environmental protection, smart parks, smart watersheds, and smart water services.
• Sanitation Integration Services (环卫一体化服务) Comprehensive integrated sanitation solutions for government clients covering urban-rural road cleaning, garbage collection and transport, sanitation information management, and municipal engineering maintenance, delivered through multi-year PPP/BOT/TOT contracts.
• Solid Waste Treatment (固废处理) Municipal solid waste processing including incineration power generation, comprehensive waste treatment, and circular economy industrial park solutions, producing electricity, building materials, and biodiesel.
• Kitchen Waste Treatment (餐厨垃圾处理) Organic waste processing solutions utilizing biological treatment technologies including black soldier fly cultivation, anaerobic digestion, and resource recovery for municipal and industrial clients; uses fourth-generation wet waste treatment technology with 90%+ impurity removal and 95%+ oil extraction.

Quantifiable outcome

• 45,000 tons of pollutant emissions reduced annually by new energy vehicles nationwide, equivalent to planting 2,263 acres of forest
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability7 records

Feature7 records

Partnerships

16 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• YIDA NEW MATERIALcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 10 January 2025Thailand-based channel partner for Infore's sanitation equipment distribution. Signed vehicle procurement and strategic cooperation agreement at Thailand factory opening ceremony.
• AMERICAN AUTO (Thailand)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 10 January 2025Thailand sanitation vehicle procurement and strategic cooperation agreement.
• MSA (Thailand)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 10 January 2025Thailand sanitation operation enterprise — vehicle procurement agreement and strategic cooperation.
• CRD (Thailand)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 10 January 2025Thailand sanitation operation enterprise — vehicle procurement and strategic cooperation.
• Clean (Thailand)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 10 January 2025Thailand sanitation operation enterprise — vehicle procurement and strategic cooperation.
• Wise EV (Thailand)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 10 January 2025Signed agency agreement at Thailand factory opening. 133 pre-existing orders plus 27 units ordered at event. Will distribute Infore sanitation equipment across Thailand regions.
• Ghana Partner (加纳市场合作伙伴)minorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 8 October 2021Framework cooperation agreement signed for 100-unit sanitation equipment supply to Ghana market.
• Low-Speed Autonomous Driving Industry Alliance (低速无人驾驶产业联盟)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 9 September 2021Infore co-founded the low-speed autonomous driving industry alliance to advance unmanned sanitation vehicle technology and industrial standards.
• Midea Property Management (美的物业)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 24 June 2021Strategic cooperation to create smart cleaning demonstration community. Combines Midea Property's residential property management expertise with Infore's sanitation equipment and smart city services. First project at Junlan International Golf Life Village in Foshan.
• Midea Property (美的物业)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 22 June 2021First smart cleaning project at Junlan International Golf Life Village, deploying pure electric sweeping, road washing, high-pressure washing, waste collection and other intelligent sanitation equipment.
• Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (华为技术有限公司)coreTechnology or Integration · 21 May 2021Framework cooperation agreement signed for smart city co-building, autonomous driving, AI, new energy equipment, and industrial digitalization. Partnership leverages Huawei's communication infrastructure and information solutions capabilities combined with Infore's sanitation equipment and smart operations expertise. Focus on 5G-enabled sanitation operations and autonomous vehicle deployment.
• Meixinda Sanitation Cambodia (美欣达环卫柬埔寨)minorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 13 May 2021Phnom Penh urban waste management project in Cambodia. Nearly 100 units delivered including garbage compression vehicles, sprinkler trucks and sweeping vehicles.
• Dongguan Jiabiao (东莞家宝)minorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 16 April 2021At smart sanitation new product launch, signed cooperation agreements with 20 companies including Dongguan Jiabiao.
• Shenzhen Qingya (深圳洁亚)minorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 16 April 2021Sanitation service company signing cooperation agreement at product launch.
• Changsha Yucheng (长沙玉诚)minorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 16 April 2021Sanitation service company signing cooperation agreement at product launch.
• Ladurner (Italy)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 17 January 2019Partnership with Italian Ladurner for Rome 100M yuan sanitation equipment contract. First export of sanitation equipment to European market. Opening new overseas market entry through local partner.

Scale indicators17 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Fulongma Group (福建龙马环卫装备股份有限公司): Direct Chinese competitor in sanitation vehicles and equipment, including road sweepers, washing trucks and waste collection vehicles. Closest domestic peer to Infore in product line, customer base (municipal sanitation bureaus) and business model.

Broad incumbents

• XCMG (徐工集团工程机械股份有限公司): Major Chinese heavy machinery group with a sanitation equipment product line. Competes with Infore in municipal sanitation vehicles and offers broader construction machinery portfolio.
• Heil Environmental (Dover Corporation): North American leader in refuse collection and sanitation truck bodies via the Heil and Heil Co Spec brands. Comparable as a global sanitation vehicle manufacturer serving municipal waste collection customers.
• China Everbright Environment Group (中国光大环境集团): Largest integrated environmental services group in China with operations spanning waste-to-energy, environmental sanitation and smart city solutions. Comparable as a one-stop environmental services provider targeting municipal government clients.
• Beijing Capital Environment (首创环保集团): Major state-owned integrated environmental services company covering solid waste, wastewater and sanitation services. Comparable in municipal environmental services contract structure and PPP/BOT operating model.
• Zoomlion Heavy Industry (中联重科股份有限公司): Former parent of Infore's core subsidiary (Zoomlion Environmental Industry, acquired in 2018). As a major diversified heavy machinery group, it competes with Infore in adjacent sanitation equipment categories and remains the broader industrial parent lineage.

Regional players

• FAUN Group (FAUN Umwelttechnik): German manufacturer of refuse collection vehicles, sweepers and sewer cleaners. Comparable in heavy sanitation equipment technology and municipal customer base across European markets.
• Labrie Enviroquip Group: Canadian manufacturer of refuse collection vehicles and street sweepers serving North American municipal and private waste hauling customers. Comparable in product line focus and fleet-customer business model.
• Schwarze Industries: US manufacturer of street sweepers including regenerative air and mechanical broom sweepers. Comparable as a specialized municipal street cleaning equipment competitor with similar customer base.

Emerging players

• BYD Company Limited (比亚迪股份有限公司): China's largest electric vehicle manufacturer increasingly moving into electric commercial vehicles and special-purpose vehicles including sanitation. Comparable as a competitor in new energy sanitation vehicles and battery powertrains.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles18 records

Subsidiaries4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments2 records

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