On May 8th, the staff of Anhui Jianghuai Yinlian Heavy-Duty Construction Machine Co., Ltd (Jianghuai Heavy-Duty Company for short) stood on both sides of the main road in the plant area to see off their high-speed field forklift entering the army. At 9:00 a.m., five loading trucks with 13 high-speed field forklifts moved out of the plant.

Jianghuai Heavy-Duty Company a subsidiary company held by Anhui Jianghuai Automobile Company Group (JAC Group for short), sticking to the corporate of management innovation and technology innovation, striding greatly forward in four years since the establishment in Oct. 2003. The product sales increased from less than 400 sets in 2004 to 5000 sets in 2007, and the sales income increased from 40 million Yuan in 2004 to 300 million Yuan in 2007 with an annual average increasing margin of 100%. With 6 type and more than 150 series of products, the company has sales network subsidiary company held by Anhui Jianghuai Automobile Company Group (JAC Group for shthroughout China while occupies certain share on international market. Jianghuai Heavy-Duty Company upgraded the position in the industry, ranking as No.4 among domestic industry in the end of 2007.
 

In 2007, after complete inspection, the PLA General Logistics Department decided to entrust them manufacturing field forklifts. This kind of forklifts shall meet the demands of army to load and unload in the field. Besides the fork of common forklift, they shall be equipped with bucket. From the appearance, it looks like forklift as well as loader with functions of both forklift and loader while excellent all-terrain performance. The maximum speed reaches 80km/h, 3.2 times of common forklifts. Facing such a high-tech product, workers of Jianghuai Heavy-Duty went towards the challenge. After receiving the order from the PLA General Logistics Department, they organized to design and produce, overcoming one another difficulty in the process of production till gaining success at last. On May 6^th, the checking group comprising of specialized staff from the PLA General Logistics Department checked the 13 sets of forklifts in terms of every technical indicator, and finally confirmed that all of the technical indicators of the high-speed field forklifts were complied with the requirements.

About Jianghuai Heavy-Duty Company

Anhui Jianghuai Yinlian Heavy-Duty Construction Machine Co., Ltd (“Jianghuai Heavy-Duty Company” for short) is a subsidiary company hold by Anhui Jianghuai Automobile Company Group (JAC Group for short). As a key enterprise of the Heavy-Duty section, one of the four sections of JAC Group, the Company is a specialized manufacturer of construction machinery, such as forklift and excavator. The predecessor of the company, Hefei Mining Machinery Company, had been a researcher and manufacturer of construction machinery for over forty years and was hailed as Cradle of Chinese Construction Machinery. Today, the company has over 800 employees and covers an area of 143000 square meters. It has strong technical strength and complete checking devices with a team of good staffs and with the installation of 550 sets of manufacturing or checking equipments including 49 sets of precision equipments, large volume equipments, and unusual equipments such as BSF-150（B）NC machining centers, NC flame cutting machines, and plasma cutting machines. Since its foundation, the company introduces advanced techniques and management and JAC culture on the basis of former facilities and staffs. It insists to take the road of quality merit under the motto of “make better products and create a better society”. The forklift trucks developed and produced by Jianghuai Heavy-Duty Company have wide variety, strong power, and excellent performance. The company has already produced 6 series ,and 150 kinds of forklift trucks including 1-10 ton diesel forklift and 1-3 ton electrical forklift. The company has complete testing devices and its products receive high praise from consumers and the National Construction Machinery Quality Inspection Center. There are over 100 first tier dealers in China; its sales network covers all domestics markets; and its products are sold to overseas markets. Over 5000 sets of forklifts are sold in 2007; about 1000 sets are sold to major markets in Europe and America, the sales income is nearly 300 million Yuan. The company has become the most growable forklift and construction machinery manufacturer and major base of forklift development and export in China. When the main products win the trust of consumers, the company makes full use of advantage of component production. Many famous enterprises have cooperated with the company because of its advanced equipments, good staffs, and high quality products. As long term cooperate business, it produces frame of aircraft tractor for an American company, loader spare parts for Komatsu in Japan, and excavator components for Hitachi. The company learns of Toyota Production Way and puts it into practice, continuously carries out 5S activities, builds up an improvement mechanism which all staff takes part in and cooperate in teams. The company passed ISO9001 Certification in June, 2004. All forklift products passed CE Certificate. Meanwhile, by making use of the advantage of spare parts production of JAC Group, the company develops and produces key parts like transmission and axle by itself, and JAC forklift engine have been out in 2006. JAC forklift will become the only forklift producer in China who has own high quality engine, and the most globally competitive one from China. The production base, which can make annually 20 thousand sets of forklift, have been put into use in 2008. By the end 2010, the company’s goal is to produce and sale 12 thousand to produce sets construction machinery, and to realize a main business income of 6 billion Yuan.