This article is republished from Anhui Daily Client.

The 2025 World Manufacturing Convention was successfully held in Hefei from September 20 to 23, bringing together cutting-edge achievements from over 3,000 enterprises across 47 countries. A host of local hard-tech innovators, including Zhixin Semiconductor and Zhixiang Future, shone at the event, underscoring the robust strength of Anhui smart manufacturing and the province's firm commitment to advancing the intelligent upgrading of its manufacturing sector.

Amid the global wave of smart manufacturing, Anhui Province is vigorously steering its medical device industry toward higher-end and more clustered development, with a focus on building strengths in key areas such as high-end medical imaging equipment and medical robotics, while accelerating the formation of industrial clusters. Concurrently, the industry is dedicated to forging trustworthy alliance brands to continuously enhance industrial competitiveness. Enterprises like Hanzu, rooted in this favorable industrial ecosystem and leveraging their solid technological accumulation, advanced process systems, and superior product performance, are becoming vivid examples of how Anhui smart manufacturing is achieving high-quality development in the domestic medical device sector, demonstrating the strong momentum of domestic oral implants in technological innovation and industrial breakthrough.

In recent years, as the integrated development of the Yangtze River Delta advances in depth and Anhui Province vigorously implements policies to drive manufacturing toward high-end, intelligent, and green transformation through new technological upgrades, the province's medical device industrial ecosystem has been continuously optimized, and the synergy of the industrial chain has been steadily strengthened. Against this backdrop, domestic implant enterprises are gradually rising, achieving critical breakthroughs in technology, materials, and clinical applications.

With years of deep commitment to the oral implant field, Hanzu has leveraged Anhui's regional industrial foundation and talent advantages to build an integrated value chain covering material R&D, precision manufacturing, and clinical support. Committed to independent innovation, Hanzu collaborates with multiple universities and research institutes to advance industry-academia-research integration, achieving multiple technological accomplishments in core areas such as implant materials, surface treatment, and structural design. On this basis, the company has developed and produced Hanzu implants that are better suited to the oral characteristics of the Chinese population.

In terms of materials, Hanzu implants utilize internationally recognized high-biocompatibility Carpenter Grade 4 cold-worked titanium, with a tensile strength of up to 900 MPa and superior torsional performance, achieving a maximum torque exceeding 180 Ncm. These mechanical strength and safety parameters are comparable to imported products. The surface treatment employs the mature SLA (sandblasted, large-grit, acid-etched) technology, creating a uniform porous structure of 2–4 microns that significantly promotes osteoblast attachment and differentiation, accelerates osseointegration, and ensures long-term implant stability.

In structural design, Hanzu implants incorporate innovative features such as large threads, angled shoulder platforms, and cervical micro-threads, effectively optimizing stress distribution and enhancing primary stability. These designs are suitable for complex clinical scenarios such as immediate loading, significantly improving surgical efficiency and success rates.

In terms of industrial integration, Hanzu actively serves as a bridge, fostering a collaborative innovation ecosystem by supporting academic exchanges, conducting physician training, and participating in industry standard-setting. Anchored in solid industrial practice, the company continuously injects momentum into elevating local oral healthcare standards while ensuring product quality, becoming a key driver of regional industrial cluster development.

Hanzu's goal is not only to be an outstanding enterprise, but also to advance the overall progress of the domestic implant industry, enabling more patients to access high-quality and affordable dental implants, said a representative of Hanzu. The company will continue to increase R&D investment and deepen clinical collaboration. Currently, Hanzu is planning to build a large-scale production base in Anhui that integrates scale with intelligence, laying a solid foundation for its upcoming overseas expansion. Looking ahead, Hanzu will remain actively engaged in the national oral health initiative, contributing to strategic programs such as Healthy Anhui and Manufacturing Powerhouse, and bringing its innovative and quality-driven Chinese solution to the global stage.

From the age of steam to the age of intelligence, every leap in manufacturing has profoundly reshaped the world. With technology as its spear and craftsmanship as its shield, Hanzu is steadily advancing on the path of breakthrough for domestic oral implants, continuously writing a new chapter of Anhui smart manufacturing innovation through relentless upgrading and evolution.