State-owned limited company | |
Traded as | : 000528 |
Industry | Conglomerate |
Predecessor | Liuzhou Construction Machinery Factory |
Founded | 1958 (Liuzhou) |
Headquarters | Liuzhou, Guangxi, China |
Key people
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Wang Xiaohua (Chairman) Zeng Guang'an (Vice Chairman and President) |
Products | Road machinery, Mining equipment, Industrial machinery, Concrete Machinery, Port machinery, Coal mining machinery, Pile driving machinery |
Revenue | CNY 17,798 million (FY 2011) |
CNY 1,676 million (FY 2011) | |
Profit | CNY 1,321 million (FY 2011) |
Number of employees
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Approximately 19,000 |
Subsidiaries | Dressta |
Website | http://www.liugong.com/en/ |
LiuGong | |||||||
Simplified Chinese | 广西柳工机械股份有限公司 | ||||||
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Literal meaning | Guangxi LiuGong Machinery Co., Ltd. | ||||||
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Standard Mandarin | |
Hanyu Pinyin | Guǎngxi Liǔgōng Jīxiè Gǔfèn Yǒuxiàn Gōngsī |
LiuGong, officially Guangxi LiuGong Machinery Co., Ltd., is a Chinese multinational construction machinery manufacturing company headquartered in Liuzhou, China. It is the world's 10th-largest construction equipment manufacturer by market share and the world's largest manufacturer of wheel loaders.
LiuGong was founded in 1958 in Liuzhou. Its products include wheel loaders, bulldozers, skid steer loaders, forklifts, motor graders, excavators, long reach excavators, rollers, truck mounted and crawler cranes, pavers, mini excavators, drilling machines, mining dump trucks, concrete equipment, and cold planners. It is listed on the .
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 14 different product lines.
In February 2012 LiuGong acquired Huta Stalowa Wola construction machines division and Dressta Co, Ltd. in Stalowa Wola, Poland.