
Tuopu Group (Ningbo Tuopu Group Co., Ltd.) was founded in 1983 in Ningbo, Zhejiang, and is a platform-type auto parts manufacturer listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange (601689), with revenue of RMB 29.581 billion in 2025 and robot actuators as its second growth curve in embodied AI.
The company listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange in 2015 and operates four divisions: powertrain and chassis systems, interior and exterior systems, Yuxiang Zhixing intelligent driving, and robot electric drive. It runs more than 100 manufacturing plants with over 25,000 employees and a R&D team of more than 4,000 people. Revenue reached RMB 29.581 billion in 2025, with net profit attributable to shareholders of RMB 2.779 billion. Meike International Holding (Hong Kong) Limited is the controlling shareholder with a 57.88% stake.
Automotive products span vibration control systems, interior and exterior systems, body lightweighting, chassis systems, smart cockpit components, thermal management systems, air suspension systems and intelligent driving systems. The robot business sits in the robot electric drive (actuator) division, which offers linear actuator systems, rotary actuator systems and robotic arm systems. Working in a Tier 0.5 model together with vehicle makers and robot customers, the company moved linear actuators, rotary actuators and dexterous hand motors into small-batch delivery in the first half of 2026.
Tuopu is one of China's leading auto parts suppliers, serving Audi, BMW, Volkswagen, General Motors, Ford, Mercedes-Benz, Geely, Li Auto, NIO and XPeng among others. In the embodied AI supply chain the market widely regards it as a supplier of actuators for Tesla's humanoid robot, and it belongs to the group of Chinese suppliers commonly referred to as the T chain.

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