HUANGSHAN, China — The 2025 RCEP Local Government and Sister City Cooperation Forum opened in Huangshan, Anhui Province on June 5, bringing together government representatives, business leaders and experts from RCEP member countries under the theme "Regional Parternership for Common Development." Anhui Heli Co., Ltd., China's leading industrial vehicle manufacturer, marked its third consecutive year at the forum by announcing a landmark international expansion — the establishment of its first overseas manufacturing facility in Thailand.

Green Innovation Takes Center Stage

At the forum exhibition area, Anhui Heli showcased its latest achievements in green technology, premium manufacturing and intelligent systems. The company's G2 Series lithium battery counterbalanced forklift took the spotlight, earning high praise from attendees for its exceptional performance and operational efficiency. The model successfully combines compact structure with optimal layout design while delivering enhanced operator comfort and environmental performance that rivals traditional internal combustion forklifts.

The company's display also featured demonstration models of its G2, G3, and H4 lithium-electric series, along with its i-series intelligent forklifts, offering a comprehensive view of its technological capabilities and product portfolio in the new energy industrial vehicle sector. These products not only demonstrate Heli's commitment to sustainable development but also showcase the innovative achievements of Chinese manufacturing in intelligent transformation and upgrading.

Historic Breakthrough in Overseas Manufacturing

A signing ceremony during the forum's opening session marked a pivotal moment in Anhui Heli's internationalization journey. The company formally signed a cooperation agreement with Thailand's SMP Company to establish Heli's first global overseas manufacturing facility through a joint venture in Thailand. This strategic move represents not only a milestone in the company's development history but also exemplifies how Chinese industrial vehicle enterprises are deeply integrating into RCEP regional supply chains.

The establishment of the Thailand manufacturing base will significantly enhance Anhui Heli's localized manufacturing capabilities. By establishing a production facility in this key Southeast Asian market, Heli will be better positioned to serve RCEP regional customers, shorten supply chains, improve market responsiveness, while creating local employment opportunities and promoting technology transfer and industrial upgrading.

Digital Technology Empowers Regional Supply Chain Cooperation

During the RCEP Member Countries and Yangtze River Delta Business Youth Dialogue held on the afternoon of June 5, Zhou Jun, General Manager of Anhui Heli Co., Ltd., shared insights on how digital technology can strengthen regional supply chain cooperation among RCEP member countries.

Zhou noted that under the RCEP framework, cooperation patterns in the industrial vehicle sector are undergoing profound transformation. Traditional "trade relationships" are evolving into "digital ecosystem partnerships," with supply chain resilience transcending geographical limitations to achieve closer collaborative development. He emphasized that digital transformation has not only changed product design, production and service models, but more importantly, has created new cooperation opportunities and development spaces for regional enterprises.

As China's leading industrial vehicle enterprise, Anhui Heli is actively embracing digital and intelligent development trends. Zhou expressed that Heli looks forward to joining hands with numerous enterprises in the RCEP family to embark on a digital journey together, develop intelligent markets collectively, and pursue regional development jointly. Through technological and model innovation, the company aims to inject new momentum into high-quality regional economic development, promote the upgrading of free trade in the Asia-Pacific region, and achieve mutual benefit and shared prosperity.

Continued Deepening of Global Layout

Anhui Heli's internationalization strategy follows a "1 China headquarters + N overseas centers + X global teams" marketing model. Through years of careful planning and steady advancement, the company has established a comprehensive sales and service network in major global markets. The landing of the Thailand manufacturing facility marks the evolution of the company's international strategy from market development to deep localization, creating a complete global layout system covering "R&D-production-sales" across the entire value chain.

This strategic upgrade not only enhances Anhui Heli's competitiveness in international markets but, more importantly, strengthens its ability to serve global customers. By establishing manufacturing bases in target markets, the company can better understand and meet local customer needs, provide more timely and professional products and services, while effectively responding to changes in the international trade environment and ensuring supply chain stability and sustainability.

Looking ahead, Anhui Heli will continue to deepen RCEP regional cooperation, fully leveraging the policy dividends and market opportunities brought by the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership agreement. Through continuous technological innovation, product upgrades and service optimization, the company will steadily enhance its brand influence and market share in the global industrial vehicle market, contributing Chinese wisdom and strength to regional economic integration and global supply chain optimization.

Anhui HeLi Co.,Ltd. was founded in 1958 with the fore name Hefei Mine Machinery Plant- the core enterprise of Anhui Forklift Truck Group. In September 1993, Anhui Forklift Truck Group established the company exclusively in mode of finacing. In September 1996,the company issued 30 million stocks to the public, in the same year it was listed in Shanghai Stock Exchange on October 9th with a stock short name of "Anhui Heli" and a stock code of ‘600761’. Till December 31, 2005, the total capital stock of Anhui HeLi Co.,Ltd. were 30.7 million , with the circulation stock of 17.8 million, the total assets of 1.47 billion RMB,and the net assets of 1.05 billion RMB.

Anhui HeLi Co.,Ltd. mainly engages in the production and sales of forklift trucks,wheel loaders,engineering machinery,mining machinery, foundry parts,heat treatment manufacture. Metal materials, chemical raw materials (not including dangerous goods), electronic products, electrical machinery, rubber products sale; machinery technology consultation, information services and so on business; real estate, equipment property rent.

The leading products forklift truck and various types of warehouse equipment with "HELI" brand are widely used in industrial and mining enterprises,ports and harbors, airports, construction sites, shopping malls, warehouses, and for short distance transportation.Since established in 1993, Anhui HeLi Co.,Ltd. has set up the management idea of "transform traditional industry by the high and new technology", devoting to the research and development in forklift trucks and necessary components. Also it has been presenting many new products to public such as the forklift truck of X series, α series, H2000 series and G Series step by step, particularly the H2000 series forklift truck promoted in 2000 has the competitive advantages against with the similar products in the world and now is the leading product of our company with high performance, safe reliable, low noise and etc.; in 2005 the company has promoted a new generation of environmental protection G series forklift truck, further strengthenes the company’s competitive advantage in future. Anhui HeLi Co.,Ltd. also has developed the green environmental protection storage battery forklift, the petroleum liquid gas forklift and other new products. At present, its forklift truck and components products are the most full-specification,the largest scale,and their comprehensive performance is in the leading position at national same profession level, partial products even reach the international advanced level.

Otherwise the company has the most complete industry system with the biggest vanishing mold casting production base, the biggest cylinder production base, and the biggest steering axle production base in domestic forklift truck industry, also has the domestic leading forklift truck R&D,manufacturing, testing and inspecting ability, and each main economic index ranked No.1 in domestic same profession continuously for 18 years.Located in Hefei, the central province of Anhui, Anhui HeLi Co.,Ltd. belongs to the equipment manufacturing industry,and its development conforms with the political spirit of Rise of Central China Plan, lays great strength on the equipment manufacturing industry,the company is also listed in the Govenmental "861" activity plan and Main Pillar Industries which is the fixed-point production enterprise of Military Equipment for General Logistics Department of the People's Liberation Army.

Anhui HeLi Co.,Ltd. has passed ISO9001(2000) Quality System Certifications, CE Certification of imported and exported commodities, ISO14001 environmental management system, and was rewarded as "high-tech enterprises" in National High-Tech Zone by Scientific Office in Anhui province."HELI" brand has been successively rewarded as "No.1 Brand of Chinese Forklift Market","The Most Influential Brand of Chinese Forklift Market" and was rewarded as "The Key Export Brand with Fostered and Promoted by the Ministry of Commerce of the P.R.C"and "Famous Trademark of China". It was named as "User Satisfactory Product Nationwide" by User Committee of China Association for Quality Inspection Center and has been rewarded the names as "Satisfactory Service from Nationwide Users" and "Satisfactory Enterprise from Nationwide Users".