China-based XCMG Launches New Manufacturing Base and HD ‘HANVAN’

XCMG has announced that it is has put its new heavy truck manufacturing base into production simultaneously launched a new heavy truck model, the HANVAN.

XCMG, whose products operate in 173 countries and regions, entered the heavy truck industry in September 2008, having developed rapidly in recent years, earning RMB two billion (USD 324 million) in 2014 and becoming the market leader in China regarding wide-body dump trucks.

According to some analytsts, XCMG mining dump trucks hold over 50% of the market share in Southeast Asia. Located in the Xuzhou High-tech Industrial Development Zone in Jiangsu Province, China, XCMG’s new base occupies 228 acres with annual capacity of 60,000 heavy trucks and 40,000 construction machinery cabs.

With an investment of RMB 2.5 billion (USD 406 million), the base marks the highest level of manufacturing technique for commercial vehicles in China. Innovative coating workshops enable XCMG to achieve non-phosphorus emissions.

HANVAN’s most competitive advantage is its degree of comfort. Multiple control technologies and noise-proofing devices are used, making indoor noise four to five decibels lower than the average industry level.

The vehicle is further differentiated by active warning and lighting systems, adopted for safety and in terms of cost-saving measures, it introduces a specially designed optimal dynamic system to reduce the wind-resistance coefficient. Further, its deadweight is lowered by using lightweight parts.

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