Recently, Chinese aerial lift manufacturer Dingli laid the foundation for a new production facility with the annual production capacity of 6,000 units.

The new facility is located in the Deqing Linhang Industrial Park, near to its existing headquarters to the west of Shanghai. Guests included members of the government like secretary of the county committee Zhang Xiaoqiang, along with representatives Zhu Fagen, Pan Huaming, and Wen Hongquan.

In his address to the guests, Dingli’s chief executive Xu Shugen said: “Dingli is growing very fast at this time, and with this new plant our objective is to establish a modern aerial work platform production centre, combining Research & Development, manufacturing, sales and service.”

The company is investing 321 million Yuan ($51/€38 million) in the new facility, which is expected to achieve annual revenues of 400 million Yuan ($63/48 million), with a profit and tax of 90 million Yuan ($14/11 million) each.