2025 Zhejiang Molding & Plastics Application Technology Forum,” jointly organized by the Taizhou University Intelligent Mold Industry College and the Industrial Research Institute, was held on September 21st at the Jiaojiang Campus of TU.
The forum brought together over 150 experts, scholars, and enterprise representatives from renowned domestic and international companies such as MAHLE, RJG, Autodesk, Sabic, and Beijing Lianxun Chuangcheng Technology Co., Ltd, engaging in in-depth exchanges on issues faced by molding and plastics industry, including quality and efficiency improvement, and precision plastic part molding.
Focusing on the above themes, the forum centered on the application prospects of artificial intelligence in the molding and plastics field, specifically discussing how to use AI technology to achieve early risk warning, optimization of key process parameters, molding defect control, and production efficiency enhancement. The participating experts unanimously agreed that artificial intelligence is driving mold flow technology from traditional “experience-driven” and “post-event verification” towards “data-driven” and “forward-looking prediction and optimization,” a transformation that will have a profound impact on the industry.
The holding of this forum will strongly promote the development of mold design and manufacturing in the Yangtze River Delta region towards standardization, parameterization, and intellectualization, while also providing sustained momentum for the high-quality development of Huangyan’s molding and plastics industry.
Forum undergoing
At the forum, Dai Sheng, Vice Dean of the Intelligent Mold Industry College, introduced the college’s achievements in student education, scientific research innovation, and social service. He emphasized that the forum aims to deepen the integration of industry and education, build a “community of shared future, interests, and endeavor” between the university and the city, help enhance the core competitiveness and added value of Taizhou’s molding and plastics industry, and inject new momentum into regional economic development.
This forum, combining thematic speeches and technical exhibitions, built an efficient communication platform for engineers, teachers, and students. It promoted cooperation between the university and enterprises. Participating teachers and students said that this activity enhanced their understanding of the development direction and technical needs of the molding and plastics industry. It laid a solid foundation for subsequent industry-university-research collaborative innovation.
Group photo of participants
Taizhou University Intelligent Mold Industry College, the organizer of this forum, was established in 2019 through a collaboration between TU and the Huangyan District People's Government. The college is committed to addressing national manufacturing transformation and regional development needs. It draws on strong academic foundations, including the provincial first-class discipline “Materials Science and Engineering,” as well as provincial and municipal first-class majors such as “Materials Forming and Control Engineering” and “Polymer Materials and Engineering.” In partnership with leading enterprises like Gongyuan Co., Ltd., Jingcheng Mold, and Saihao, the college aims to build a closed loop integrating the “talent chain, education chain, industry chain, and innovation chain.” Its goal is to create a modern industry college that synthesizes production, learning, research, transformation, innovation, and application. This model was successfully recognized in 2025, when the college was approved as a provincial key-supported modern industry college.
