Lanjian Intelligent, one of China’s larger warehouse robotics suppliers, has signed a contract with Wuhan Chuxin New Energy for the second phase of a warehouse and logistics equipment project. The contract value is RMB 258 million.
The company said in its filing that the deal falls within ordinary business activity and that it expects a positive effect on its 2027 results if the contract is performed as planned.
For scale, revenue for the first three quarters was RMB 1.215 billion, up 7.40 per cent. Net profit attributable to shareholders was RMB 67.81 million, down 27.67 per cent, and profit after non-recurring items was RMB 61.23 million, down 23.46 per cent.
Backlog with a margin problem
As of 30 June 2026 the company held orders on hand worth RMB 2.53 billion, which gives visible coverage for future revenue.
Revenue is rising while profit is under pressure. Whether the new order converts into earnings depends on delivery pace, project gross margin structure and how quickly scale effects arrive.
The counterparty explains the size of the prize. Wuhan Chuxin is a wholly owned subsidiary of Chuxin Energy, which local reports describe as the largest lithium battery manufacturer in Hubei, covering energy storage, passenger vehicle and commercial vehicle applications across cells, packs and energy management systems.
Chuxin operates four bases in Wuhan, Xiaogan, Yichang and Xiangyang, with annual capacity above 110 gigawatt hours, effective capacity among the national top five, and storage cell shipments ranked in the global top three in 2025. It has also appeared on the BNEF Tier 1 global energy storage maker list five times.
The second phase of the Wuhan project carries total investment of about RMB 22 billion and is planned for 80 gigawatt hours of annual capacity for power cells, storage cells and pack modules.
Why battery plants buy robots first
Battery production is stricter than ordinary manufacturing on cleanliness, safety, material traceability and continuous takt. A single light impact, a particle of dust or a static discharge during handling of a wound cell or bare cell can pull yield down directly.
Manual transfer is also physically punishing and makes uninterrupted full-chain traceability difficult to achieve, which is why automation tends to be specified at the plant design stage rather than retrofitted.
That is the demand structure behind Lanjian’s order book, and behind the wider Chinese warehouse robotics market. The customers are no longer e-commerce fulfilment centres. They are process plants where the robot is part of the quality system.
Editor’s note: This is an adapted translation of the original OFweek report. It has been trimmed and restructured for readability for an international business audience. The full original (in Chinese) is at https://robot.ofweek.com/2026-11/ART-8321202-8120-30709996.html.