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Pune, Apr (EPC News): SANY Group, a leading global major in construction machinery industry, today officially inaugurated their first manufacturing facility in Pune, India. With presence in over 150 countries with 30 overseas subsidiaries, and a turnover of US $4.5 billion, the new facility underpins SANY Group’s commitment to developing its operations in India business. The new facility was inaugurated at the hands of Sachin Ahir, Minister of State for Industries, Mining, Environment and Housing, Zhang Chunxian, Governor of China and Zhang Yan, Chinese Ambassador to India. |
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The state of the art manufacturing facility has been set up on an area of 330000 sq. meters and has a built up area of 37000 sq. meters. The new facility will include a comprehensive manufacturing set-up, product design and customization center, sales, renting, service, storage, logistics & full fledged R&D centre. The India centre will manufacture Trailer-mounted Concrete Pump, Truck-mounted Concrete Pump, concrete Mixer Truck, Concrete Batching Plant and Motor Grader and Cranes.
India, being it’s second manufacturing facility in Asia, the company’s expanded capacity and R&D centre will enable it to create and develop new construction machinery technologies and to custom-tailor these to suit specific Indian market conditions. The new facilities are designed to supply equipments, components, design and R&D to the Indian marketplace and additional Asian African and Middle Eastern markets.
Speaking on the occasion, Xiang Wenbo, Founder and President of SANY Group, said, “Availability of a skilled work force, presence of good logistics and support from the Maharashtra government were reasons for the choice of Pune as our first offshore destination in India. This investment confirms our long term commitment to the country. This facility will help to achieve further profitable growth in the future. India has also provided us with educated, motivated and talented people. Their dedication, customer focus and creativity are instrumental for our success in this important market."
Liang Dong, Managing Director, SANY India, said, “We are happy to announce the launch of our first manufacturing facility in India. India is a key market for us. As in China, infrastructure development is at the centre of India’s new global dynamic. Given the positive response from existing clients and our expansion into new markets, our India facility will significantly enhance our ability to deliver industry-leading, real time solutions & will help us continue to meet the demands of our rapidly growing customer base both nationally & internationally."
"With the new manufacturing facility, we aim to aggressively expand our customer base in India over the next 12-18 months", he added. |