On June 12^th, China Brand Institute issued the list of 2^nd Leading Brand of Industry. During the 288 leading brands of industry, Hunan occupied 9 and Sany from construction machinery industry was on the list.

The leading brand of industry means the brand that can stand for the whole industry in China or brands with great influence among the same industry in the world. There will be one brand recommended from each industry exclusively as the highest honor for Chinese enterprises and National Card of China’s image.

40 leading brands in the 1^st appraisal were out of the list this time, and another 187 new brands were honorably ranked in. Among the 9 listing brands of Hunan, 7 are from Changsha.

Sany successfully gained the title of China Leading Brand of Industry, which fully deserves to be the leader of construction machinery industry.

About Sany

SANY Group Co. Ltd was established in 1989, with associated companies including SANY Heavy Industry Co. Ltd, SANY Heavy Machine Industry Co. Ltd and SANY Auto Manufacture Co. Ltd. SANY Heavy Industry Co. Ltd was established in 1994 and has since become the group's core company. We are one of the mainland's largest manufacturers of large-volume pumps, with achievements that include being the first mainland China manufacturer to produce truck-mounted concrete pumps. We also manufacture concrete placing booms, concrete mixers, excavators, motor graders and vibratory rollers. We currently serve clients in more than 100 countries worldwide, and are publicly traded on the Shanghai Stock Exchange (A-Listed).

Our facilities cover a total area of 200,000 square meters and are staffed by more than 12,000 employees. We have the largest share of the domestic market for trailer-mounted concrete pumps, truck-mounted concrete pumps, and 18-T full hydraulic vibratory rollers. This makes us one of the three most influential construction engineering equipment manufacturers in mainland China. In the last three years, we were successfully maintaining an annual growth rate of over 40 percent.

Our trailer-mounted concrete pumps have broken the world record several times for pumping height. In 2002, our trailer-mounted concrete pumps pumped C60 concrete to a height of 406 meters in the construction of the Hong Kong International Financial Center. In 2004, our pumps played an important role in the construction of the Dubai Tower, the world's tallest skyscraper in the United Arab Emirates.

We were also the world's first maker to develop fully hydraulic motor graders, and the only company in mainland China to produce asphalt transfer trucks.