In Changtan Village, Yonglejiang Town, Anren County, Chenzhou City, you will find that traditional baking houses have been replaced by neatly arranged white “containers”-biomass molding fruit and vegetable dryers run by fuel.

They can be used not only for flue-cured tobacco, but also for baking fruits and vegetables, rice and other crops.

Since the beginning of this year, Hunan Tianye Modern Intelligent Equipment Co., Ltd., located in Suxian Industrial Development Zone, has sold more than 8,000 sets of fruit and vegetable dryers to Hunan, Yunnan, Guizhou and other provinces.

“We have been developing fruit and vegetable dryers for about 5 years, and after many iterations, this dryer has now become our main product,” said Xia Zhen, general manager of Hunan Tianye Modern Intelligent Equipment.

“The use of biomass pellet fuel is energy-saving, green and environmentally friendly. Compared with traditional coal roasting houses, each room can save farmers 300 to 500 yuan,” said Xia Zhen.

In addition, combined with the Internet of Things technology, the biomass molding fuel fruit and vegetable dryer can realize automatic baking after the parameters are set, so farmers no longer have to stay at the coal roasting room 24 hours a day and refuel based on experience.

After you download the related App, you can also make monitoring and adjustment in real time on your mobile phone to keep track of the data and baking status, etc.

“In the first half of the year, we have realized the sales of 120 million yuan, exceeding the amount of last year,” said Xia Zhen.

There are many such innovations in the Suxian Industrial Development Zone.

In July this year, the bamboo fiber composite corrugated pipe produced by Hunan Xiecheng Pipe Industry Technology Co., Ltd. won the gold award of the 5th China (Shanghai) International Bamboo Industry Expo Quality Product Selection.

Since 2020, the company has begun to develop bamboo fiber composite materials, pipe manufacturing and applications.

“After three years of hard work, we made it in the second half of last year. Now we are working to promote the product. At present, part of its performance is better than the national standards according to the market feedback,” said Cao Xuanyong, general manager of Hunan Xiecheng Pipe Industry Technology Co., Ltd.

Different from ordinary pipes, this brown bamboo fiber composite pipe uses 20%-50% modified bamboo fiber by plasticization and extrusion, which can gradually replace traditional reinforced concrete and steel pipes, and direct production costs can also be reduced by 20%-30%.

At present, the company has invested nearly 20 million yuan to increase the production and application of equipment and industrialization.

“We will actively respond to the national initiative of replacing plastic with bamboo, further strengthen innovation, and continuously improve the company’s competitiveness. Such bamboo fiber products can also replace some plastics. Because it is low-carbon, environmentally friendly and energy-efficient, it will be widely used in the future,” said Cao Xuanyong.

At present, Suxian Industrial Development Zone has 37 enterprises above designated size, including 21 high-tech enterprises.

“In 2023, Suxian Industrial Development Zone will further improve the efficiency of investment attraction and service level, and create favorable conditions to promote the high-quality development of the park,” said Fan Huazhou, deputy Party secretary of Suxian Industrial Development Zone.