China National Heavy Duty Truck Group Co., Ltd.

November 06, 2019

China National Heavy Duty Truck Group Co., Ltd. (CNHTC / SINOTRUK) is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of trucks, as the top one heavy duty truck manufacturer and exporter in China, the CNHTC, which employs about 150,000 people, has production facilities in 8 countries and sales of products in more than 90 markets.

Founded in 1956, Jinan General Auto Works Plant, the predecessor of CNHTC, is the cradle of China's heavy duty truck industry. The works manufactured China's first heavy duty truck Huanghe JN150 8t truck in 1960 and introduced heavy duty truck project from steyr in 1983 as China's first enterprise that introduced heavy truck manufacturing technologies from abroad in an all-round manner. SINOTRUK was established following the reform and restructuring in 2001, became a Hong Kong listed company in 2007; and in 2009, SINOTRUK forged a strategic partnership with MAN which holding a 25%+1 stake in SINOTUK (Hong Kong) Limited, and introduced D08, D20 and D26 engine technologies, medium & heavy duty truck axle technologies and corresponding vehicle technologies, laying a solid foundation for long-term development.