Welcome African Premium CustomerThe 3rd Key Customer Summit of Sany Africa Business Unit was successfully concluded

Recently, the 3rd Key Customer Summit of Sany Africa Region was held, and 182 customer representatives from 36 countries including South Africa, Nigeria, Angola, and Tanzania gathered in China to carry out a five-day intelligent manufacturing inspection and strategic cooperation dialogue.

With the theme of "Trust, Cooperation and Win-win", the summit fully demonstrated Sany's innovative strength in the field of construction machinery and new energy through the display of the whole industry chain, technical seminars and cultural exchanges, and effectively promoted the in-depth development of China-Africa industrial cooperation.

Intelligent manufacturing ignites enthusiasm for cooperation

The first stop of the summit focused on the intelligent upgrade achievements of Sany Heavy Machinery Kunshan Industrial Park. The delegation of African customers visited the Sany Global R&D Center, Micro Excavation Lighthouse Factory and Digital Workshop, and systematically observed the intelligent production site. Mr. Chen Jiayuan, Chairman of Sany Heavy Machinery Division, said: "Since achieving the global sales champion of excavators in 2020, we have continued to deepen the customized research and development in the African market. In the future, it will comprehensively support the modernization of Africa's infrastructure and mining industry through the upgrading of intelligent equipment, the optimization of the spare parts supply system and the construction of localized service network. ”

In the special exhibition area of construction machinery, the intelligent equipment matrix covering mining, road construction and other fields has attracted great attention from international customers, and the guests have stopped to observe and record the technical details.

The new energy layout has attracted the attention of African customers

From May 17th to 18th, the delegation successively investigated Sany Zhilian Heavy Truck Industrial Park, Silicon Energy Zhuzhou Industrial Park and No. 18 Lighthouse Factory. Dr. Chen Jia, Deputy General Manager of Sany Silicon Energy Technology Co., Ltd., introduced the "Source-Grid-Load-Storage" microgrid system solution, and shared the experience of benchmark projects such as Zambia's 20MW photovoltaic power station. The demonstration scenario of the off-grid optical storage system built on site intuitively demonstrates the application value of Sany New Energy's technology in areas with weak power infrastructure. The comprehensive solution of "mining + photovoltaic + energy storage + electrification" launched in response to the green development needs of Africa's mining industry has received enthusiastic responses from representatives of mining enterprises in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Guinea and other countries.

At the No. 18 lighthouse factory, Mr. Jiang Qingbin, chairman of Sany Pump Road Division, demonstrated the construction and operation of the lighthouse factory in the global construction machinery industry. After the visit, all the customers took a group photo in front of the national flag. The representatives of all parties were smiling, symbolizing the close cooperation between Sany and African customers and looking forward to the broad future of the construction machinery industry.

The Sany Plan draws a blueprint for cooperation

At the summit on the afternoon of May 18, Mr. Guo Ruiguang, Chairman of Sany Africa Business Unit, emphasized: "After 23 years of deep cultivation, Sany has delivered more than 20,000 sets of equipment to the African market and built a service network covering 54 countries. Based on the three strategies of globalization, digital intelligence, and low-carbonization, we will continue to promote the application of clean energy technologies such as wind power, photovoltaic power, and hydrogen energy to build a sustainable development cooperation ecosystem. ”

Mr. Li Qin, Chairman of the Overseas Direct Sales Division of Sany Group, said: "In 2024, Sany will achieve revenue of US$20 billion, with overseas business accounting for nearly 50%. Construction machinery, electric trucks and new energy businesses are among the world's leading companies. In the African market, Sany's cumulative sales exceeded US$3 billion, a year-on-year increase of 62% in 2024, and sales reached US$700 million that year, and in the future, it plans to invest US$7 billion to build African microgrid + projects and deepen localized operation and service networks. Mr. Li Qin emphasized that Sany Group will continue to practice the strategy of "intelligent manufacturing + service first", empower global partners with low-carbon and digital technologies, and jointly build a green and intelligent sustainable development ecology.

Mutual cultural learning lays a solid foundation for cooperation

At the business dinner on May 18, Mr. Peng Song, Director of Overseas Business Headquarters, delivered a speech, expressing his warm welcome and sincere thanks to the African guests who came from afar. He pointed out that Africa is an important fulcrum of the company's global strategy, and our company has built a local service network composed of senior management teams and local elites to provide customers with all-round support through training centers, spare parts warehouses and other facilities. In addition, our company plans to expand its service outlets and accelerate digital upgrades, optimize overseas business management, after-sales response and parts logistics system, and comprehensively improve customer experience. Finally, Mr. Peng Song expressed his deep commitment to the African market with "Africa - they called Africa, we called home", and said that Sany will continue to improve product reliability, service response efficiency and online technical support, and work with partners to promote sustainable development in the region.

A new chapter in the strategic upgrade has begun

The first one from 2002Motor gradersExported to Morocco, to now new energy and intelligent equipment go hand in hand, Sany's cooperation with Africa has gone beyond simple equipment trade, upgraded to technology sharing and sustainable development partnership. Relying on the three strategies of "globalization, digital intelligence, and low-carbonization", Sany will provide one-stop support for African partners from intelligent equipment to green overall solutions. We look forward to working with more enterprises to write a new chapter in China-Africa cooperation.