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Recently, Chinese heavy-equipment enterprises achieved fruitful overseas results. In the heavy-duty truck segment, multiple firms advanced local-plant construction, new-product launches and local marketing events across Africa, North Africa and Southeast Asia. The industry also held in-depth discussions on pathways for high-quality overseas expansion of new-energy heavy-trucks. Construction-machinery players leveraged local overseas sports events for innovative brand promotion. Leading component enterprises relied on domestic R&D centres to deliver diversified low-carbon power technologies for global markets. The industry keeps shifting from simple product export toward localized manufacturing, service and brand-operation, steadily lifting the comprehensive competitiveness of Chinese-made equipment in global markets.
Recently, the Global New-energy Vehicle Cooperation and Development Forum (GNEV2026) opened in Shanghai. As the only new-energy commercial-vehicle enterprise delivering a keynote speech at the main forum, SANY Truck Chairman Liang Linhe presented the speech How Sparks Can Start a Prairie Fire: The High-quality Overseas Path for China’s New-energy Heavy-duty Trucks. This marked SANY Truck’s second appearance on the China EV 100 main forum within four months. Liang Linhe pointed out that China has taken the global lead in core-technology R&D, manufacturing cost control and product reliability for new-energy heavy trucks. Nevertheless, overseas business remains in the initial stage, and large-scale high-quality global expansion is yet to be realized.
SANY Truck put forward four strategies for high-quality global development: collaborative overseas expansion, industrial-capacity-driven overseas expansion, standard-setting-oriented overseas expansion and full-element overseas expansion. It advocates delivering systematic solutions together with upstream-downstream partners, boosting local industrial upgrading via localized manufacturing, participating in global standard-making, and realizing full-scale localization of marketing, service, spare-parts and technical support. The enterprise also stressed the importance of compliance and product quality, rejecting low-price competition and one-off transactions. It calls for long-term full-lifecycle service-oriented operation in overseas markets to promote win-win global development of China’s new-energy heavy-truck industry.
Recently, FORLAND held a new-product launch event in Tripoli, the capital of Libya, officially entering the North African market. Nearly 200 local customers, dealers, industry partners and media representatives attended the gathering. Attendees included the president of Libyan Islamic Bank, local dealer chairman Dawadi and Sun Chaoshan, deputy general manager of overseas business at FORLAND. Cooperating with local partners, FORLAND started to build sales and service networks. Beyond pure vehicle exports, it intends to carry out full-chain localized operations covering R&D, manufacturing, sales, logistics and after-sales services.
Libya features year-round high temperature, widespread desert dust and tough road conditions, which place high requirements on vehicle reliability and durability. FORLAND will keep optimizing its products to suit local operating conditions. More than 20 vehicles were delivered and multiple orders were signed on-site. The two parties also discussed possibilities for local vehicle assembly and planned a 24-hour spare-parts support system to improve local service capacity. Marking a key step of FORLAND’s North-Africa expansion, the Libya entry helps the company deliver complete vehicle and service solutions via local partners and consolidate its long-term overseas development foundation.
Recently, SHACMAN held synchronized X6000 product-experience events across multiple cities in Vietnam. Key local logistics enterprises and core customers were invited for immersive test-drives to experience the flagship truck’s power output, riding comfort and fuel-saving performance. On-site technical teams gave special briefings on premium configurations and full-lifecycle maintenance solutions to help customers fully understand the product’s comprehensive strengths.
This multi-city marketing activity secured batch intent orders for multiple models and helped SHACMAN make further breakthroughs in Vietnam’s high-end heavy-truck segment. With customer communication channels built through these events, SHACMAN will further tap demands from Vietnam’s logistics sector. It will keep strengthening local product adaptation, technical support and after-sales service systems to expand SHACMAN’s brand influence across Southeast Asia.
Recently, FAW Vehicle Manufacturing South-Africa (PTY) Ltd celebrated a milestone as its Coega plant rolled off the 25000th complete vehicle. Put into production in July 2014 and jointly funded by FAW Group and China-Africa Development Fund, it ranks among China’s largest industrial-investment projects in South Africa. Over 12-year operation, output has kept rising. The jump from 20000 to 25000 units was accomplished within only 11 months, reflecting strong local-market demand for FAW Jiefang products.
Tailored for harsh southern-African transport conditions, local-optimized models including JH6 heavy-duty trucks have won recognition from local fleets thanks to good fuel economy, durability and competitive full-lifecycle cost. The new flagship J7 launched in March 2026 further strengthens product competitiveness. The plant is carrying out equipment renewal and digital transformation, targeting annual-capacity expansion from original 5000 units to 8000 units by 2028, alongside local-worker skill-training programmes. Besides supplying South-Africa domestic market, vehicles are exported to SADC countries and Indian-Ocean island nations, serving as a notable symbol of China-South-Africa economic-trade cooperation. FAW will keep expanding its African footprint based on local manufacturing capability.
Recently, LGMG together with its local partner took part in Ecuador’s national-level automobile rally. Hosted by FEDAK (Ecuadorian Federation of Automobile and Karting Sports), it ranks among South America’s oldest and highest-profile motorsport events. The race route crosses seven provinces and the high-altitude Andes mountains and enjoys huge public attention. This sports-event appearance represents an important innovative brand-promotion practice for LGMG.
Thanks to long-term localized deployment, LGMG and its local dealers have built mature sales networks and professional service teams in Ecuador. Leveraging this high-impact sports competition for brand publicity marks substantial progress in LGMG’s South-American localization strategy. As one of LGMG’s key global strategic regions, South America keeps seeing steady market-share growth for the company. Going forward, LGMG will keep cooperating with local partners, deliver high-quality machinery and localized services, and further tap market potential across South America.
Recently, Cummins East-Asia R&D Center held its 20th-anniversary ceremony in Wuhan. Global and Chinese executives of Cummins, industrial-chain partners and media representatives attended the milestone event. Launched in 2006, the institute has grown from an initial team of 62 members with four test-beds into a major R&D hub housing more than 700 technical staff and 28 world-class test-beds, ranking as Cummins’ largest R&D site outside North America. Over two decades, it has carried out joint innovation with OEM partners including Dongfeng, Foton, Shaanxi Automobile, JAC and LiuGong, supporting successive emission-standard upgrades for on-road and off-road power products in China.
Adhering to the philosophy “Rooted in China, Serving the World”, Cummins East-Asia R&D Center has evolved from local adaptation to deep participation in global R&D projects. Beyond high-efficiency internal-combustion engines, it keeps advancing low-carbon and zero-carbon solutions covering multi-fuel engines, hydrogen internal-combustion engines, fuel-cell components, e-axles, energy-storage and micro-grid systems. Its innovations serve domestic OEMs and are exported overseas, helping Chinese machinery manufacturers meet international regulatory requirements and compete globally. Going forward, the center will iterate diversified power technologies under the Destination-Zero decarbonization goal, strengthen integration between local innovation and global collaboration, and deliver more China-originated power solutions for worldwide markets.
Recently, LiuGong held a shipment ceremony for the international project of SD130A integrated down-the-hole drills at its Liuzhou compressor plant, completing the first-batch delivery of this international order. Follow-up units will be shipped overseas successively for practical mine-site operation. Developed for complex mine conditions, SD130A integrated down-the-hole drill features high drilling efficiency, low energy consumption and easy operation. Developed by dedicated R&D team with lean-manufacturing standards, the equipment has passed strict inspections and multiple rounds of field tests to verify its adaptability and reliability. This shipment marks phased international progress of LiuGong’s drill-rig business. LiuGong Compressor will keep delivering reliable drilling solutions worldwide to support overseas engineering projects.
Recently, SDLG together with local partners delivered multiple L935H wheel loaders in Kenya, East-Africa, for local key road-construction projects. Meanwhile, L953H wheel loaders were shipped from SDLG South-Africa subsidiary to mining sites in Zimbabwe. Serving as the regional hub for southern Africa, the South-Africa subsidiary keeps improving machine stock, spare-parts inventory and maintenance capacity to shorten delivery and failure-response cycles. By conducting thorough on-site research, SDLG wins customer trust with well-adapted products and integrated localized service packages. Going forward, SDLG will further optimize its overseas product portfolio tailored for diverse African working scenarios, strengthen local service capabilities and support infrastructure and mining development across Africa.
Recently, XCMG dispatched a batch of truck-mounted cranes to Central Asia for local infrastructure, mining and transportation projects. Equipped with high-strength booms and mature hydraulic systems, these cranes adopt multi-level overload-protection safety features and realize integrated lifting-and-transport operation. Specially adapted for Central-Asia’s large day-night temperature gaps, sandy-desert environment and scattered job sites, the machines are optimized for dust-proof heat dissipation and chassis cross-country performance. Supported by XCMG’s overseas service and spare-parts network, full-cycle support including model-selection consultation, operator training and maintenance is delivered for local clients. It implements the full-chain “product plus service” export model and facilitates infrastructure upgrading across Central Asia.
IAA Transportation 2026 will be held in Hannover, Germany from September 14 to 20. As the world’s leading professional exhibition for commercial vehicles and truck industries, the event gathers top global manufacturers and suppliers. Leading Chinese truck manufacturers including SINOTRUK, SANY Truck, Foton, Dongfeng and FAW will attend the show, presenting new-energy and low-emission heavy-duty trucks tailored for European markets. A full lineup of Chinese truck component suppliers will also showcase core commercial vehicle parts and advanced supporting solutions. Leveraging the IAA China Day platform, Chinese truck and component brands will fully demonstrate industrial strength in vehicle manufacturing and spare parts R&D, promoting in-depth business and technical cooperation with global transportation clients.
Chinese heavy-equipment enterprises keep deepening global market layout. Localized manufacturing, localized product adaptation and diversified overseas brand-promotion approaches are playing increasingly important roles. Heavy-duty truck enterprises are speeding-up capacity building and market expansion in Africa, North Africa and Southeast Asia. Component enterprises are leveraging domestic R&D advantages to export diversified clean-power technologies for worldwide clients. In future, Chinese heavy-equipment players will continue to push forward the transformation from pure product export toward comprehensive localized operation, further lifting the global influence of Chinese-manufactured equipment.
