Wuxi Lead Intelligent Equipment Co., Ltd.
无锡先导智能装备股份有限公司
LEAD is a large Wuxi equipment group whose PV arm sells both cell-line and module-line machinery. Module makers will mostly deal with its stringers, bussing machines and integrated lines. Tell LEAD on day one whether you are buying for cell making or module assembly.
Supplier at a glance
- Location
- Wuxi, Jiangsu
- Equipment listed here
- Module production lines
- Profile sources
- 3 named sources; source list
Company scope
What the company makes
Wuxi Lead Intelligent Equipment runs battery, automotive, hydrogen, logistics and factory software businesses alongside its photovoltaic unit. On the PV side, its website offers module manufacturing, stringers, TOPCon whole-line solutions, wet equipment, metallization and automation as separate menus.
This entry covers module manufacturing. LEAD's module page centres on stringers, bussing machines and integrated lines for TOPCon, XBC and HJT cells. The same page also carries a TOPCon cell-line comparison table, which is why your first message to LEAD should say whether your factory makes cells or assembles modules.
LEAD also sells turnkey planning and its own factory software. That appeals to a buyer who wants one contractor to coordinate the whole line, as long as the quote names every station and the party that commissions it.
Company scope sources: [1]
Equipment portfolio
Start with the actual equipment
The entries below cover selected products and series from this manufacturer. Ask for the full catalogue if your project needs other models.
PV module manufacturing solution →
LEAD's PV module manufacturing solution joins factory planning, cell stringing and line integration in one offer. LEAD lists compatibility with TOPCon, XBC and HJT, for cell sizes of 156 to 230 mm. Its picture is a line layout rather than a single… [2]
Specifications & selection questions →Module solution page
LEAD module lines: stringers, bussing and line integration
Cell line or module line
LEAD's module page covers stringing and bussing for TOPCon, XBC and HJT cells. The same page includes a table for a TOPCon production line, with wafer-level traceability and daily cell output. Those numbers belong to cell making. For a module project, ask LEAD for the list of assembly, joining, lamination and test equipment it will deliver. For a cell project, ask for the cell process-line documents instead. [2]
Stringer formats and output units
LEAD names a nominal cell format and a wider compatible range, and its stringer table counts output in half-cells. Results can shift with cell architecture, size and ribbon layout. Give LEAD your actual cells, cut format and joining method, and ask which stringer model is in the quote. When you compare rates, put half-cells, finished strings and accepted modules into one unit, and test strings as they hand over to the next station. [2]
One contractor for the whole line
LEAD offers turnkey planning, equipment integration and smart-factory software for PV plants. Its solution pages give no itemised equipment list and leave open which stations LEAD builds itself and which come from partners. Ask for the station list, control and data interfaces, line-balancing assumptions and who commissions machines you already own. One contractor pays off when every interface and acceptance duty is written into the contract. [1][2]
Group capabilities
LEADACE software and LEAD's overseas operations
LEADACE and digital manufacturing
LEAD's 2025 annual report describes its digital manufacturing work and the LEADACE system, which spans material control, planning, workshop production, packaging and logistics. Whether a PV quote includes LEADACE, and which modules of it, varies from offer to offer. Ask LEAD to list the software modules, data ownership and site integration in the proposal. The battery software examples in the report come from that separate business. [3]
Overseas business and local service
The report also covers LEAD's overseas business and its growing local operations across the group. For your PV project, ask which legal entity signs the contract, who installs and commissions the line, in what language training runs and who holds spare parts. Battery equipment exports and group certificates relate to other product lines, so request PV references if you need them. [3]
Project fit
Match the offering to your project
LEAD fits an enquiry that pairs a defined PV equipment list with integration and factory-data duties. Settle cell making versus module assembly first. If you weigh a LEAD integrated line against separately bought machines, hold both to the same material recipe, station boundary and accepted output unit, and set aside the competitor comparison on LEAD's website.
Confirm before ordering
- A current station list and acceptance specification for a module line, kept apart from the cell-line content on the same page.
- How half-cell throughput, finished strings and accepted modules relate, shown in a trial on your recipe.
- A PV line reference site or factory visit, acceptance records from a delivered line, and a support agreement for your country.
Cell-line yield and efficiency comparisons from LEAD's module page, and certificates from its battery business, are left out of this module-line summary.
Certificates & approvals
Approvals on file
No factory audit or equipment certificate is on file for this manufacturer yet. Ask for current certificates, with their scope and validity, in your quotation request.
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Continue to sourcing requestBuyer questions
Does the TOPCon cell-line comparison apply to a module line?
No. LEAD's page mixes cell and module content. Ask for a module-specific configuration and acceptance specification. [2]
Is all LEAD software included in a turnkey quote?
LEAD describes software and integration skills at group level. Ask for the stations and software modules to be itemised in the offer you receive. [3]
How do I spot stations missing from a module-line offer?
Draw up a station list from incoming glass and cells to final module handling. Mark what LEAD supplies, what it buys in and what you provide yourself. Agree the module stack, the bottleneck recipe and the tests for finished modules, and judge the line by accepted modules rather than by its fastest station.
Sources
Where this information comes from
Based on LEAD's PV solution pages and 2025 annual report, with module-line and cell-line material described separately.
Company facts come from the publications listed below, each with the date it was checked. The project-fit notes and enquiry checklist are our buying guidance.
- LEAD PV manufacturing solution categories ↗Manufacturer solutions page · Checked First saved 2026-09-26, rechecked 2026-10-07
Module, stringer and cell-process solution menus.
- LEAD module manufacturing solution page ↗Manufacturer solution page · Checked Rechecked 2026-10-07
Module stringing and bussing content plus a TOPCon cell-line table.
- LEAD 2025 annual report ↗Listed-company disclosure via CNINFO · Checked Digital manufacturing and overseas sections read 2026-10-07
LEADACE software, group business lines and overseas operations.
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