Sinpa is a small Shanghai-based automation company running a classic industrial-software stack: Siemens and Mitsubishi PLCs, Keyence sensors, CATIA/Solidworks CAD, plus OpenCV and C# for custom vision algorithms. The team is heavily engineering-weighted (5 engineers) with minimal hiring velocity, and active work centers on AOI (Automated Optical Inspection) detection algorithms—a narrow, high-specificity play in quality control. Pain points flagged are sales execution and payment collection, not technical debt, suggesting a pre-product-market-fit or market-access challenge rather than engineering scaling.
Sinpa develops automated optical inspection (AOI) systems and industrial automation controls for manufacturing operations in China. The company designs custom vision detection algorithms (OpenCV, C#) integrated with industry-standard PLC platforms (Siemens, Mitsubishi, Omron, Keyence) and CAD tooling (CATIA, Solidworks, AutoCAD). With seven employees—five in engineering, one each in finance, manufacturing, sales, and marketing—the organization is engineering-led and operator-focused. Current product development centers on field validation and algorithm refinement for AOI applications. Sales and payment collection are noted operational priorities.
Siemens and Mitsubishi PLCs, Keyence sensors, OpenCV for vision processing, C# for software, plus CATIA, Solidworks, and AutoCAD for design.
AOI (Automated Optical Inspection) detection algorithm development and field debugging—vision-based quality control for manufacturing.
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