LiuGong, officially Guangxi LiuGong Machinery Co., Ltd., is a Chinese multinational construction machinery manufacturing company headquartered in

Liuzhou Liuzhou (; , IPA Pronunciation:) is a prefecture-level city in north-central Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, People's Republic of China. The prefecture's population was 3,758,700 in 2010, including 1,436,599 in the built-up area made of 4 urban ...

, China. It is the world's 10th-largest construction equipment

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by market share and the world's largest manufacturer of wheel loaders. LiuGong was founded in 1958 in Liuzhou. Its products include

wheel loaders A loader is a heavy equipment machine used in construction to move or load materials such as soil, rock, sand, demolition debris, etc. into or onto another type of machinery (such as a dump truck, conveyor belt, feed-hopper, or railroad ca ...

, bulldozers, skid steer loaders, forklifts, motor graders, excavators, long reach excavators, rollers, truck mounted and crawler cranes, pavers, mini excavators,

drilling machine A drill is a tool used for making round holes or driving fasteners. It is fitted with a bit, either a drill or driverchuck. Hand-operated types are dramatically decreasing in popularity and cordless battery-powered ones proliferating due to ...

s, mining dump trucks, concrete equipment, and cold planners. It is listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange.

History

LiuGong manufactured China's first modernized wheel loader in 1966 and in 1976 produced its first articulated and oversized wheel loaders. In 1993, it became China's first publicly traded construction equipment company. Then, to take advantage of western technologies, it entered into a joint venture with the German transmission manufacturer ZF in 1995, a partnership that continues today. In 2000, LiuGong acquired Jiangyin Roller Company, and soon after, continued to expand its product offering to include a total of 12 different product lines. These lines include a full array of construction equipment and specialized machines such as materials handling equipment and mobilized cranes. Today, LiuGong offers 19 different product lines. In February 2012 LiuGong acquired Huta Stalowa Wola construction machines division and Dressta Co, Ltd. in

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Operations

Liugong ZL50A in Guilin East Railway Station 20100713 02

LiuGong employs over 11,000 people worldwide, and has 24 manufacturing facilities and around 2,650 sales outlets and 380 dealers. Supporting its dealer network are 10 regional offices with engineering, marketing, and service support, coupled with 10 parts depots located worldwide. LiuGong has subsidiary companies based in

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; Sydney, Australia; Belo Horizonte, Brazil;

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; Stalowa Wola, Poland;

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Joint ventures

Guangxi Cummins Industrial Power

On 20 October 2011 LiuGong and

Cummins Cummins Inc. is an American multinational corporation that designs, manufactures, and distributes engines, filtration, and power generation products. Cummins also services engines and related equipment, including fuel systems, controls, air ...

Inc. signed a joint-venture agreement to build a new mid-range engine manufacturing facility in Liuzhou, Guangxi Province, southern China. The joint-venture, named Guangxi Cummins Industrial Power Co., Ltd., was planned to commence production of engines meeting Tier 2 and Tier 3 emissions by 2013. The engines will be fully localized in China. They have developed a new 9.3-Liter engine, and it is scheduled for production soon.

Liuzhou ZF Machinery

Liuzhou ZF Machinery Co., Ltd. is a joint venture between LiuGong (49%) and

ZF Friedrichshafen ZF Friedrichshafen AG, also known as ZF Group, originally ''Zahnradfabrik Friedrichshafen'', and commonly abbreviated to ZF (ZF = "Zahnradfabrik" = "Cogwheel Factory"), is a German car parts maker headquartered in Friedrichshafen, in the south- ...

of Germany (51%) which manufactures driveline and parts of driveline for construction machinery. Ratified by the People's Government of Guangxi, both shareholders signed the JV Contract in the Great Hall of the People, Beijing, on 12 December 1995, and the business license was approved in the same year.

Beijing Capital Steel Heavy Duty Truck

LiuGong holds a 42% stake in Beijing Capital Steel Heavy Duty Truck Co. Ltd, which is a subsidiary of Beijing Capital Steel Mining Co. The terms of the acquisition of the stake were not disclosed.

Products

LiuGong's products include

, bulldozers, skid steer loaders, forklifts, motor graders, excavators, rollers, truck mounted and crawler cranes, pavers, mini excavators,

s, mining dump trucks, concrete equipment, and cold planners. File:CLG414BSIII @ God's own country (Kerala).JPG, A LiuGong CLG414BSIII

grader A grader, also commonly referred to as a road grader, motor grader, or simply a blade, is a form of heavy equipment with a long blade used to create a flat surface during grading. Although the earliest models were towed behind horses, and lat ...

in use in

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File:Liugong ZL50C Wheel Loader.JPG, A Liugong ZL50C

wheel loader A loader is a heavy equipment machine used in construction to move or load materials such as soil, rock, sand, demolition debris, etc. into or onto another type of machinery (such as a dump truck, conveyor belt, feed-hopper, or railroad car) ...

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. File:Liugong 375A Skid-steer loader 20160528 02.jpg, A Liugong 375A

skid-steer loader A skid loader, skid-steer loader, SSLs or skidsteer is a small, rigid-frame, engine-powered machine with lift arms that can attach to a wide variety of buckets and other labor-saving tools or attachments. Skid-steer loaders are typically four-whee ...

Guilin Guilin (Standard Zhuang: ''Gveilinz''; alternatively romanized as Kweilin) is a prefecture-level city in the northeast of China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. It is situated on the west bank of the Li River and borders Hunan to the nort ...

, China. File:Liugong Blue Wheel Loader 20151111.jpg, A Liugong blue wheel loader in Luorong Town,

, China. The man who operate the Excavator.jpg, A LiuGong excavator in

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References

External links

LiuGong official site

LiuGong Argentine Reseller site
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