Since the advent of the first Sunflower Award in 2017, it has been like a bright star, illuminating the road of innovation and development of the smart door lock industry, and becoming the backbone of promoting the innovation of the entire industry.
After seven years of spring and autumn, the Sunflower Award has become the "guiding light" of the industry with its professional judging team and strict selection criteria, leading the smart door lock and even the entire smart home field to continue to reach new heights.
Looking back on the glorious history of the past, the Sunflower Award has walked side by side with many enterprises and witnessed the growth and transformation of the industry. In this issue, we have taken stock of those representative companies that have worked hand in hand with the Sunflower Award for four years, let us appreciate their glory and style together~
fluorite
Strength creates honor, and AI empowers the future of smart home
As a leading brand in the smart home industry, since its establishment in 2013, EZVIZ has adhered to the core foundation of AI and Internet of Things cloud platform in the field of smart home, and has successfully launched a series of diversified products covering smart cameras, smart home systems, intelligent service robots and intelligent control systems, building a unique "1+4+N" product ecosystem to deeply empower users' smart life experience.
In the authoritative selection of the Sunflower Award, EZVIZ has won a number of industry awards with its excellent product strength and brand influence, especially in 2022 and 2023, winning a total of 13 awards, covering the two core areas of EZVIZ smart home and Internet of Things cloud platform. These honors include the whole house intelligent system leadership brand, the whole house intelligent IOT cloud platform service supreme award, consumer favorite brand award, smart lock industry product gold award, leadership brand award and scientific and technological innovation award and other major awards, whether it is a single product or brand strength, EZVIZ is firmly in the forefront of the industry.
According to EZVIZ's latest annual report in 2023, based on the advancement of the company's products and the high recognition of the market, EZVIZ's smart home business is rising rapidly and is becoming the company's new star business and the second growth curve. In March this year, at the new product release in the spring of 2024, EZVIZ launched a high-end new product - DL60FVX ProAI three-camera automatic face video lock, which has large model access, super care, flagship configuration and other highlights, which triggered a warm response from the market once it was listed. In the future, EZVIZ will continue to adhere to scientific and technological innovation, focusing on keywords such as "warm technology" and "rejuvenation", and is committed to providing users with better products and services.
Deer Guest:
Demonstrate hard-core innovation and continue to lead industry reform
As a leader in finger vein recognition technology in the industry, Luke has always made technological breakthroughs and product innovations, and its market sales scale has been at the forefront of the industry, and it has repeatedly won the crown of single product sales on online platforms. In the selection of the Sunflower Award, Luke has won the recognition of the Sunflower Award for four times, and has won the Smart Lock Industry Science and Technology Innovation Product Award for four times for its outstanding technical strength and product innovation, and the Gold Award for Smart Lock Industry Products and the Industry Leadership Brand Award twice.
Since the beginning of this year, Luke's performance in the high-end market has been particularly outstanding, according to the "Summary of the Smart Door Lock Market in the First Quarter of 2024" released by Aowei Cloud Network, Luke ranks first in retail sales and retail volume in the smart door lock e-commerce market with a price range of 2500 yuan and above. In addition, Luke Technology has also launched a new generation of finger lock S6 Max and successfully put into production the intelligent security equipment industrial park, laying a solid foundation for the company's sustainable and steady development.
Kotata
Quality and innovation go hand in hand, and it has won the industry award for four times
As a leader in the field of smart home in China, Mrs. Hao has been deeply involved in the field of intelligent care of whole house fabrics for more than 20 years, and has always maintained a leading position in the industry with excellent brand influence, scientific and technological innovation and quality assurance. In the selection of the Sunflower Award, Mrs. Hao won the Smart Lock Quality and Safety Award for four consecutive years, and won the Gold Award for Smart Lock Industry Products and the Leadership Brand Award twice, especially in 2022 and 2023, and won four awards in a row.
According to the latest 2023 financial report, Haotai smart home products achieved an operating income of 1.433 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 26.39%, accounting for 84.86% of the company's total revenue. The company adheres to the strategic plan of "five leading, seven capabilities", through the construction of channels, e-commerce, retail and other multi-dimensional collaborative operation mode, combined with diversified channel layout, innovative product research and development, excellent service experience and first-class management level, continue to consolidate its leading position in the market, and is committed to becoming a benchmark and model in the smart home industry.
Yale
Crowned with glory and witnessed the power of the century-old brand
Yale, as a pioneer in the smart door lock industry, has more than 180 years of bank-level security experience since the first door lock in 1840, providing solid protection for more than 125 countries and regions around the world. With its excellent security performance and hard core strength, Yale has won many awards in the Sunflower Awards, won the Smart Lock Industry Leadership Brand and Industrial Design Award three times, won the Product Gold Award and the Quality and Safety Award twice, and especially in 2023, won five awards in the smart lock industry.
Today, Yale has grown to become a leader in smart locks and smart security solutions for residential spaces. The company always adheres to the business philosophy of quality-oriented and technology-oriented, and continues to inject high-quality and safer lock products into the market. Looking forward to the future, Yale will continue to cultivate the needs of users, improve product performance and strength with exquisite craftsmanship and cutting-edge technology, and provide all-round security protection for thousands of families!
Tsang-hsien
Recognized as leading a new chapter in IoT security
Qingli focuses on the frontier of Internet of Things technology and is committed to building a complete Internet of Things security technology system. With its excellent innovation, design and R&D capabilities, it has stood out in the Sunflower Award for four consecutive years, won the crown of scientific and technological innovation in the smart lock industry three times, won the gold award of smart lock industry products twice, and was ranked on the TOP20 list of the smart lock industry in 2022.
As a close ecosystem partner of Huawei's all-scenario smart life, relying on its strong R&D capabilities in electronics, software, information security, cloud, and APP, Qingli will continue to drive iterative updates of technologies and products. The company continues to launch a variety of new smart locks to provide users with a safer, more convenient and intelligent product experience, leading the Internet of Things security field to a new era.
National Science and Technology
Award-winning, empowering the high-quality development of the industry
National Technology is an IoT open source hardware solution service provider with chip and information security background, focusing on Internet of Things control, networking and security technology, and is committed to building an industry-specific SOC + IoT open source hardware solution + trusted IoT cloud comprehensive development integrated service platform. In the selection of the Sunflower Award, National Technology has won awards for 4 consecutive years, including three times the Smart Lock Industry Technology Seed Award and the Attitude Person Award, and in 2022, it will win five awards, with remarkable results.
In April this year, National Technology officially launched Bluetooth SOC products for smart locks - "NSS32LB-1P (four-in-one) and NSS32LB-2 (five-in-one)" products. The official launch of these two products not only provides a more convenient evaluation method for industry customers, but also greatly shortens the research and development cycle of door lock products and accelerates the process of product launch. National Technology will continue to adhere to the chip + open source business model and contribute to the high-quality development of the smart lock industry.
Luban arrives home
Outstanding honor, to create a new ecology of home service
As a leading brand in the digitalization of blue-collar services in the field of large home furnishings in China, Luban Daojia has gathered more than 3 million professional blue-collar masters across the country and successfully served more than 2 million large home furnishing enterprises with a digital gig economy model, and has become the head platform of the comprehensive track of the home furnishing market. According to statistics, Luban Daojia has been the title sponsor of the Sunflower Award for four consecutive years, and has won the Outstanding Contribution Award for After-sales Service in the Smart Home Industry, the Leading Brand of Smart Home Digital Services, and the Leading Brand of Digital Services in the Home Furnishing Industry, demonstrating its outstanding status and influence in the industry.
In April this year, Luban Daojia announced the successful completion of hundreds of millions of yuan in Series B financing, led by Sinovation Works, and received continuous support from the old shareholder Binfu Capital. After the successful financing, Luban Daojia acted quickly and launched a series of value-added preferential activities, including 7.8% off home installation, 8.5% off kitchen appliance installation, etc., and at the same time, it also launched the "2024 Quality Service Salary Increase Plan", through the two-way subsidy strategy for merchants and technicians, to further promote the overall improvement of the service quality of the home aftermarket.
With the significant advantages of its own large-scale growth, Luban Daojia's services have fully covered the entire large home furnishing field including furniture, building materials, home appliances, and smart homes, and continue to promote the "category breakthrough", and widely undertake diversified orders such as outdoor advertising, charging piles, security equipment, etc. Based on the sharing of service supply resources and the standardization of service processes, Luban Daojia is committed to helping enterprise users reduce costs and increase efficiency, help master users realize their skills, and help consumers improve their service experience.
Through the detailed inventory and in-depth summary of the award-winning companies, it is not difficult to find that these companies have shown leading technical strength and excellent product quality in the field of smart home. Their brilliant achievements and accumulated valuable experience have not only won wide recognition from the market and the industry, but also provided important inspiration and reference for the future development of the entire industry.
Sunflower Award, as an authoritative award in the smart home industry, attracts many brands in the industry to participate every year with its professional selection mechanism and fair and impartial evaluation attitude. Through rigorous selection, the award not only selects outstanding brands and products that represent the highest level of the industry, but also injects a steady stream of innovative vitality into the entire smart home industry. We eagerly look forward to more outstanding enterprises to join the Sunflower Award family and work together to create a more brilliant future for the smart home industry~