On March 3rd, 2008, ZF (China) Investment Co., Ltd and Industrial Truck Institution of China Construction Machinery Association (CITA for short) held technology seminar of forklift transmission system in the meeting room in Jiangnan Shipyard Building of ZF Shanghai Branch. More than 20 people from 12 units attended the meeting. They are Mr. Markus Kramer (Sales Director of China, ZF Construction Machinery and Forklift System), Mr. Chris Menger (Key Account Manager of ZF Forklift System Head Office), Mr. Donadella (Zapi General Manager of China), Mr. Burani (Key Account Manager in Zapi Head Office), Secretary General Su Enyi and Executive Vice General-Secretary Zhang Jie of CITA, leaders and technological superintendents from domestic forklift enterprises such as Dalian Forklift, Ruyi, Huli, Baoli, Good Friend and Longgong. On the seminar, representative of ZF introduced their products, application situation and technical advantage, and answered some questions.

The seminar issued another important content: German ZF and Italian Zapi jointly announced that since Feb. 7th, 2008, ZF Gotha GmbH and Zapi S.p.A had gone to a new era of coopertation, and they would provide systematic transmission schemes for electric forklift. The cooperation of the two market leaders will undoubtedly bring customers great profit in electric forlklift field.

At present, electric forklifts in China has gone to development stage, and the export situation is good. How to improve the key technoloty becomes the problem each enterprise has to face. CITA hopes that domestic enterprises can have wider space to choose and exert their technology through the deeper development of ZF and Zapi in the field of industrial trucks in China.

The seminar finished successfully. Representatives of the enterprises support CITA to organize such technology seminar, and show strong interests in the product solution to be launched jointly by ZF and Zapi in the future.