Lixing Steel Ball
About
About Lixing Steel Ball
Lixing's manufacturing portfolio covers several forms of bearing rolling element, including tapered and cylindrical rollers as well as balls. Its specialised lines include steel balls for automotive wheel-hub bearings, small and micro balls for low-noise mechanisms, and larger elements for heavy-duty bearings. This range connects the business to applications from precision electrical equipment to wind turbines and rail transport.
The company operates through subsidiaries in China, the United States, Poland and Mexico. Alongside production, it maintains dedicated rolling-element research centres and serves as the secretariat for China's rolling-bearing standardisation subcommittee covering these components. Its business combines materials and manufacturing development with repeatable supply of the individual elements assembled into customers' bearings.
Operations
Facilities & manufacturing
- Facility
2026-03-25 - Lixing Steel Ball opened a Phase II ultra-precision digital workshop for G3-grade robot-bearing steel balls. - G3-grade robot-bearing steel balls
Source
Financials
- 300421.SZ - SZSE - CNY
Team
- Shi Bo - Group President - Leads Lixing's expansion of silicon-nitride ceramic rolling elements into humanoid dexterous-hand and joint applications.
Timeline
Events
- 2026-05-18 - Facility Opening - Lixing opens Ningbo Phase II precision manufacturing plant
The line covers rolling elements from 0.400 mm to 6.350 mm. Applications include ball screws and bearings for humanoid robots and drones. The launch included strategic-cooperation signings with precision-component partners.
Source - 2026-03-25 - Production Milestone - Lixing Steel Ball opens Phase II ultra-precision digital workshop for G3-grade robot-bearing steel balls
Lixing's Phase II ultra-precision digital workshop began operation with G3-grade steel-ball output aimed at ball screws, joint modules, and reducer bearings for humanoid robots. The company said the project was built around ultra-precision production, traceability, and high-consistency manufacturing for advanced rolling elements. The opening marked a visible manufacturing-scale step from general bearing supply into robot-specific precision rolling-body capacity.
Source - 2026-01-29 - Market Signal - Lixing Steel Ball discloses 2026 private share issuance plan tied to robotics and other downstream demand
Lixing disclosed a 2026 plan to issue A-shares to specific investors. In the filing, the company explicitly identified robotics as one of the fast-growing downstream industries driving demand for higher-end rolling elements. The round is kept without an inferred total because the surfaced filing extract here does not cleanly expose the final gross proceeds.
Source - 2025-09-18 - Product Launch - Lixing Steel Ball enters the robotics market with ceramic-ball products for humanoid robot electric drive systems
Trade coverage said Lixing had formally entered the robotics market, highlighting silicon nitride ceramic balls for humanoid-robot electric drive systems. The move extended the company beyond its traditional automotive, wind, and general bearing markets into robot-motion applications. The reported product focus was on lightweight, wear-resistant rolling elements suited to high-speed and long-life robot drivetrain requirements.
Source - 2024-11-12 - Partnership - Lixing Group and Institute of Metals of the Chinese Academy of Sciences sign application-technology cooperation agreement
Lixing Group and the Institute of Metals of the Chinese Academy of Sciences signed a cooperation agreement focused on silicon-nitride and ceramic-ball application technology. The arrangement spans materials research through manufacturing and solution delivery for precision equipment and high-end bearing applications. The announcement also references exploration of future collaboration in industrial screws, humanoid robots, low-altitude drones, and spindle-bearing use cases.
Source - 2024-10-07 - Production Milestone - JGBR South Carolina factory steadily ramps local capacity
JGBR's South Carolina factory resumed production and was steadily increasing capacity. The update reflects a live capacity ramp at a precision-components plant. Chinese listed rolling-element manufacturer focused on precision bearing steel balls, rollers, ceramic balls, and related bearing rolling bodies.
Source - 2024-09-26 - Facility Opening - JGBR receives official delivery of Phase II land in Mexico
JGBR announced the official delivery of land for the second phase of its Mexico project in Monterrey. The site is intended to produce steel balls, rollers, and ceramic balls for the Americas and shorten regional supply cycles. The milestone expands manufacturing capacity for precision rolling elements that feed industrial and robotics-adjacent downstream markets.
Source - 2015-05-27 - Regulatory - Lixing Steel Ball completes IPO on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange
Lixing Steel Ball completed its IPO on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange with 28 million newly issued A-shares. The company later disclosed gross proceeds of RMB 255.64 million and net proceeds of RMB 228.7262 million from the offering. The financing supported expansion of high-grade precision steel-ball capacity and a new rolling-element technology research center.
Source
Relations
Relationships
- Institute of Metals, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Application Technology Cooperation - Lixing Steel Ball and the Institute of Metals cooperate on application technology.
Context
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Shared workflows
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Context tags
- Steel ball component supplier - Peer Group - JGBR's official product catalogue identifies precision steel balls for bearing and screw applications: https://en.jgbr.com.cn/products/1.html
- Steel ball supply - Workflow - JGBR's official product catalogue identifies precision steel balls for bearing and screw applications: https://en.jgbr.com.cn/products/1.html
- Humanoid Component Supplier - Stack Layer - Lixing supplies precision ceramic and steel rolling elements for humanoid electric-drive and actuation systems: https://en.jgbr.com.cn/
- Humanoid Component Manufacturing - Workflow - Lixing's Ningbo precision plant produces miniature G3/G5 rolling elements for ball screws and robot joints: https://www.jgbr.com.cn/news_detail/2057259408729255936.html
- Robotics hardware supply chain - Customer Environment