Founder Motor
About
About Founder Motor
Founder Motor combines electric machines with the electronics that drive and manage them. Its micro-motor business produces AC, DC and brushless DC designs for applications including sewing machines and vehicle seats. Separate vehicle-drive operations develop traction motors, while Shanghai Haineng supplies electronic controls for engines and other power systems.
Shenzhen Gaokerun, the group's electronics business, works on motor-drive controls, lithium-battery management and intelligent controllers. Its manufacturing footprint includes Shenzhen, Zhejiang and Vietnam. Together, these operations give Founder a combination of motor manufacture and control-electronics development, with expansion into robot-joint drives drawing on its electric-drive business. The established application base also includes household appliances, power tools and automotive equipment.
Financials
- 002196.SZ - SZSE - CNY
Team
- Weiwen Weng - Chairman and General Manager - Weng leads Founder Motor, relevant to electric motors and robotics-adjacent drive systems.
- Meiling Lu - Chief Financial Officer - Lu is finance leadership for Founder Motor.
- Chengwei Huang - Deputy General Manager and Board Secretary - Huang is senior operating/governance leadership for Founder Motor.
Timeline
Events
- 2026-09-29 - Market Signal - Founder Motor approves RMB20M Fangde Robot capital injection
Founder Motor would contribute RMB12 million and retain its 60% ownership stake. Employee shareholding platform Deqing Yuanfang would contribute RMB8 million for its unchanged 40% stake. Fangde Robot's registered capital would increase from RMB10 million to RMB30 million.
Source - 2026-04-14 - Market Signal - Founder Motor reports small-batch robot-joint motor supply
The controlled subsidiary achieved small-batch supply of robot-joint motors during the 2025 reporting period. Founder Motor said the supplied products were used across multiple humanoid-robot projects. The disclosure did not name customers, robot models, unit quantities, contract values or robotics revenue.
Source - 2025-05-13 - Market Signal - Founder Motor sends robot-joint and motor samples to customers
The company said its controlled robotics subsidiary had developed several robot-joint and motor products since its 2023 formation. Some products had reached customer-sample evaluation, while Founder Motor said product and customer development remained in progress. Founder Motor reported 26 robotics patent applications and explicitly said it had not developed a humanoid dexterous-hand product.
Source - 2023-06-29 - Company Formation - Founder Motor announces controlled robot-joint joint venture
Founder Motor committed CNY6 million for 60% of the venture, while employee investment platform Deqing Yuanfang committed CNY4 million for 40%. The planned CNY10 million company covers robot-joint research, production and sales, including miniature motors, reducers and related components. Founder Motor said the entity would enter its consolidated accounts but cautioned that it was not expected to materially affect near-term results.
Source
Relations
Relationships
- Fangde Robot
60% Owned Subsidiary - Fangde Robot is a 60%-owned robot-joint subsidiary of Founder Motor.
- Deqing Yuanfang Management Consulting Partnership
Fangde Robot Joint Venture Partner - Founder Motor and employee investment platform Deqing Yuanfang formed the controlled Fangde robot-joint venture.
Context
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Shared workflows
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workflow adjacency - Robotic Motor Drive Supply
Context tags
- Robot motor supply - Workflow
- Robot motor component supplier - Peer Group
- Motor component supplier - Stack Layer
- Robot motor supplier - Peer Group
- Industrial motor supplier - Peer Group
- Robotics motion-component supply layer - Stack Layer
- Robotic motor drive supply - Workflow
- Industrial robot supply chain - Customer Environment
- Robot joint supply chain - Customer Environment