On Oct. 8, 2012, an investigation team allied by the customers from America and Egypt arrived at Wuhu Ruichuang Forklift Co., Ltd. to conduct a visit to the production of Chery forklifts. The Vice General Manager of the company Zhu Jiang introduced the workshops of accessories, structures, assembly line, coating processing center and forklift exhibition hall to the customers.

During the visit, the guests showed their satisfaction on the warm reception of Chery, and said that they were deeply impressed by the spacious layout of the factory, advanced manufacturing equipments, high-end production technologies and ordered on-site management in Chery. They were highly interested in the second generation of Chery forklifts, and inquired about the issues in terms of product design, techniques and manufacturing, expressing their hope to cooperate together in the future so as to put forward the partnerships to go on a better stage.

Along with the increasing cost of human resources, industrial vehicles have become a crucial growth point in the field of material handling equipment industry. In these two years, Chery Forklift experienced a rapid development with great expansion of their business scales. In July, 2012, the construction of Chery’s new forklift factory was completed and put into operation. It was informed that the production capacity of the new factory reached 30,000 sets of forklifts in one year, and the performance and reliability of the new forklifts had been highly improved.

About Chery 

Chery Automobile Co., Ltd. was founded in 1997 by five of Anhui’s local state owned investment companies with an initial capitalization of RMB 3.2 billion. Plant construction commenced on March 18, 1997 in Wuhu, Anhui Province, China. The first car came off the production line on December 18, 1999. And on August 22, 2007, the one-millionth car of Chery rolled out the assembly line successfully, which signifies that Chery has already achieved its first-stage goal in the process of building a successful independent Chinese brand, and is now on its way to create a world famous brand through opening and innovation.

In 2006, Chery achieved a total sales volume of 305,200 units, representing an increase rate of 61.5% over 2005; and in 2007, the annual sales volume of Chery reached 381,000 units, increasing by 24.8% compared with 2006. In 2007 also, Chery achieved an annual export volume of 119,800 units. As a result, the overseas sales of Chery had doubled again with an increase rate of 132%, ranking 1st for 5 consecutive years in car export in China.